title: A mammalian DNA-binding protein that contains a chromodomain and an SNF2/SWI2-like helicase domain.
abstract: Two overlapping cDNAs that encode a 197-kDa sequence-selective DNA-binding protein were isolated from libraries derived from mouse lymphoid cell mRNA. In addition to a DNA-binding domain, the protein contains both a chromodomain, which occurs in proteins that are implicated in chromatin compaction, and an SNF2/SWI2-like helicase domain, which occurs in proteins that are believed to activate transcription by counteracting the repressive effects of chromatin structure. A Southern blot analysis indicated that this protein, which we have named CHD-1, for chromodomain-helicase-DNA-binding protein, is present in most, if not all, mammalian species. A Northern blot analysis revealed multiple CHD mRNA components that differed both qualitatively and quantitatively among various cell types. The various mRNAs, which are probably produced by alternative RNA processing, could conceivably encode tissue-specific and developmental stage-specific isoforms of the protein. Based on its interesting combination of features, we suspect that CHD-1 plays an important role in gene regulation.
authors.affiliation: Institute for Cancer Research, Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia, PA 19111.
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Delmas
authors.forename: D G
authors.initials: DG
authors.lastname: Stokes
authors.forename: R P
authors.initials: RP
authors.lastname: Perry
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D015152:Blotting, Northern; D004265:DNA Helicases / Q000235:genetics*; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D005656:Fungal Proteins / Q000235:genetics; D015723:Gene Library; D006801:Humans; D016393:Lymphoma, B-Cell; D051379:Mice; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009687:Nuclear Proteins; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D014157:Transcription Factors / Q000235:genetics*; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured
chemical_list: C489844:Chd1 protein, mouse; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D005656:Fungal Proteins; D009687:Nuclear Proteins; D012333:RNA, Messenger; C499336:SMARCA1 protein, human; C084011:SMARCA2 protein, human; C499503:Smarca2 protein, mouse; D014157:Transcription Factors; C084108:SMARCA4 protein, human; C513194:Smarca4 protein, mouse; D004265:DNA Helicases; C080359:CHD1 protein, human