title: Localization of the c-ets-2 transactivation domain.
abstract: The human ets-2 proto-oncogene is one of the homologs of the v-ets gene, found in avian acutely transforming retrovirus E26 (D. Leprince, A. Gegonne, J. Call, C. de Taisne, A. Schneeberger, C. Lagrou, and D. Stehelin, Nature [London] 306:395-397, 1983; M. F. Nunn, P. H. Seeburg, C. Moscovici, and P. H. Duesberg, Nature [London] 306:391-395, 1983), which causes leukemia in chickens. We used the DNA-binding domain of yeast transcriptional activator GAL4 to locate the transactivation region of human ets-2. The transactivation domain of ets-2 was found in the N-terminal part of the protein, which is homologous to ets-1, and can be disrupted by deletion of a stretch of acidic amino acid residues. A transactivation-deficient mutant of ets-2 failed to transform Rat-1 cells and suppressed the transforming activity of coexpressed wild-type ets-2. A mutation in the putative DNA-binding region of ets-2 abolished transforming activity. We show that the motif crucial for ets-2 transactivation capability is necessary for transforming activity in Rat-1 cells. Mutant ets-2 protein that lacks the transactivation domain has a dominant negative effect on transformation by wild-type ets-2. We were unable to detect ets-2-dependent transcriptional regulation of several enhancers containing ets-binding motifs.
authors.affiliation: Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, UCLA School of Medicine 90048-1869.
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Chumakov
authors.forename: D L
authors.initials: DL
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: E A
authors.initials: EA
authors.lastname: Chumakova
authors.forename: H P
authors.initials: HP
authors.lastname: Koeffler
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D002472:Cell Transformation, Viral; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D015870:Gene Expression; D006801:Humans; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009838:Oligodeoxyribonucleotides / Q000737:chemistry; D000090063:Proto-Oncogene Mas; D050787:Proto-Oncogene Protein c-ets-2; D011518:Proto-Oncogene Proteins / Q000737:chemistry*; D051381:Rats; D012097:Repressor Proteins; D017384:Sequence Deletion; D013329:Structure-Activity Relationship; D015534:Trans-Activators; D014157:Transcription Factors; D014158:Transcription, Genetic; D015533:Transcriptional Activation
chemical_list: D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; C107465:ERF protein, human; C494069:ETS2 protein, human; C494071:Ets2 protein, rat; C000715470:MAS1 protein, human; D009838:Oligodeoxyribonucleotides; D000090063:Proto-Oncogene Mas; D050787:Proto-Oncogene Protein c-ets-2; D011518:Proto-Oncogene Proteins; D012097:Repressor Proteins; D015534:Trans-Activators; D014157:Transcription Factors