title: Noncanonical Oct-sequences are targets for mouse Oct-2B transcription factor.
abstract: We have suggested a random modification method for determining preferable binding sites of a DNA-binding protein and applied this method to the Oct-2B transcription factor. Our results indicate that the Oct-2B protein interacts with canonical oct sequence ATGC/TAAAT and degenerated sequences which contain TAAT motif in the binding site. We have determined nucleotides in the binding sites, involved in the DNA-protein interaction, and the equilibrium dissociation constants Kd for these sequences. These data show that a much greater number of potential targets for Oct proteins exist on DNA and changed our view on the gene expression regulation by this protein factor.
authors.affiliation: Engelhardt Institute of Molecular Biology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow.
authors.forename: A G
authors.initials: AG
authors.lastname: Stepchenko
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D001665:Binding Sites; D002460:Cell Line; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D008745:Methylation; D051379:Mice; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D050813:Octamer Transcription Factor-2; D009838:Oligodeoxyribonucleotides / Q000378:metabolism*; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D014157:Transcription Factors / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; C059328:Oct-2B protein, mouse; D050813:Octamer Transcription Factor-2; D009838:Oligodeoxyribonucleotides; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D014157:Transcription Factors