title: Transcription factor ISGF-3 formation requires phosphorylated Stat91 protein, but Stat113 protein is phosphorylated independently of Stat91 protein.
abstract: Transcription factor ISGF-3 is a multiprotein, interferon alpha-activated transcription complex consisting of a 48-kDa DNA-binding protein and two proteins termed Stats (for signal transducers and activators of transcription) that become phosphorylated on tyrosine in the cell cytoplasm, a 113-kDa and either a 91- or 84-kDa polypeptide, the latter two of which arise from differentially spliced mRNAs. Using cell lines lacking the Stat91 or Stat84 proteins, we show that mutations in several different sites in the 91-kDa protein block the interferon alpha-induced phosphorylation of the 91-kDa protein and subsequent ISGF-3 formation. Although correct tyrosine phosphorylation on residue 690 of the Stat113 protein occurs independent of the Stat91/84 protein, the Stat113 phosphoprotein by itself moves to the cell nucleus much less efficiently in the absence of phosphorylated Stat91/84 protein.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Molecular Cell Biology, Rockefeller University, New York, NY 10021.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Improta
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Schindler
authors.forename: C M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Horvath
authors.forename: I M
authors.initials: IM
authors.lastname: Kerr
authors.forename: G R
authors.initials: GR
authors.lastname: Stark
authors.forename: J E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Darnell
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001692:Biological Transport; D002460:Cell Line; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D005816:Genetic Complementation Test; D006801:Humans; D050832:Interferon-Stimulated Gene Factor 3; D050834:Interferon-Stimulated Gene Factor 3, gamma Subunit; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009154:Mutation; D010766:Phosphorylation; D050794:STAT1 Transcription Factor; D050795:STAT2 Transcription Factor; D015534:Trans-Activators / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D014157:Transcription Factors / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; C494227:IRF9 protein, human; D050832:Interferon-Stimulated Gene Factor 3; D050834:Interferon-Stimulated Gene Factor 3, gamma Subunit; D050794:STAT1 Transcription Factor; C494079:STAT1 protein, human; D050795:STAT2 Transcription Factor; C494084:STAT2 protein, human; D015534:Trans-Activators; D014157:Transcription Factors