title: Characterization of the DNA binding domain of the mouse IRF-2 protein.
abstract: The DNA binding domain of the interferon regulatory factor-2 protein (IRF-2) has been produced and characterized. alpha-chymotrypsin digestion of the purified IRF-2 protein bound to a synthetic binding site yields a peptide fragment of 14 K in molecular weight. N-terminal analysis of this peptide fragment showed that its sequence is the same as that of the intact IRF-2. A peptide fragment of approximately 14 K, IRF-2(113), which corresponds to the N-terminal 113 amino acids of the intact IRF-2 protein, has been expressed in a functional form in Escherichia coli. The first methionine was processed during the expression and the purified IRF-2(113) thus contains 112 amino acids. DNase I footprinting and gel retardation assaying showed that IRF-2(113) binds to a synthetic DNA having the consensus binding site and to the upstream regulatory sequence of the IFN-beta gene as intact IRF-2 does. These results showed that this peptide fragment, IRF-2(113), may be a good material for investigation of the DNA binding domain of IRF-2 and of the DNA-protein interaction.
authors: Institute for Protein Research, Osaka University, Japan.
authors: K
authors: K
authors: Uegaki
authors: M
authors: M
authors: Shirakawa
authors: T
authors: T
authors: Fujita
authors: T
authors: T
authors: Taniguchi
authors: Y
authors: Y
authors: Kyogoku
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D001665:Binding Sites; D002942:Circular Dichroism; D004247:DNA / Q000378:metabolism; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins / Q000737:chemistry*; D004926:Escherichia coli; D050836:Interferon Regulatory Factor-2; D051379:Mice; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010446:Peptide Fragments / Q000138:chemical synthesis / Q000737:chemistry; D011485:Protein Binding; D017433:Protein Structure, Secondary; D017434:Protein Structure, Tertiary; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins / Q000737:chemistry; D012097:Repressor Proteins; D014157:Transcription Factors
chemical_list: D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D050836:Interferon Regulatory Factor-2; C494230:Irf2 protein, mouse; D010446:Peptide Fragments; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins; D012097:Repressor Proteins; D014157:Transcription Factors; D004247:DNA