title: Transcription factor RFX1 helps control the promoter of the mouse ribosomal protein-encoding gene rpL30 by binding to its alpha element.
abstract: The factor that binds to the most upstream element (alpha) of the mouse rpL30 promoter was identified as RFX1, a novel 105-kDa protein that recognizes an important element of MHC class-II promoters. Identification was based on competition between rpL30 alpha and an RFX1-binding site for nuclear protein complex formation and on the ability of RFX1 antibody to supershift the electrophoretic mobility of the DNA-protein complexes. A mutation in the alpha-element that abolished its interaction with RFX1 reduced rpL30 promoter activity to about 43% of the wild-type level, indicating that RFX1 plays an important role in determining the strength of the rpL30 promoter. A search of a eukaryotic promoter database revealed candidate RFX1-binding sites in a variety of other promoters, suggesting that this protein may be implicated in the transcriptional regulation of a wide variety of genes.
authors.affiliation: Institute for Cancer Research, Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia, PA 19111.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Sáfrány
authors.forename: R P
authors.initials: RP
authors.lastname: Perry
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D001667:Binding, Competitive; D004247:DNA; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D051379:Mice; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D016297:Mutagenesis, Site-Directed; D011401:Promoter Regions, Genetic; D000071701:Regulatory Factor X Transcription Factors; D000071716:Regulatory Factor X1; D012269:Ribosomal Proteins / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D014157:Transcription Factors / Q000378:metabolism*; D014158:Transcription, Genetic
chemical_list: D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D000071701:Regulatory Factor X Transcription Factors; D000071716:Regulatory Factor X1; C000605538:Rfx1 protein, mouse; D012269:Ribosomal Proteins; D014157:Transcription Factors; C035201:ribosomal protein L30; D004247:DNA