Cloning and expression of a novel human DNA binding protein, PO-GA.
We have cloned a novel human DNA-binding protein from a HeLa cDNA expression library using the cognate DNA binding site of a transcription factor, PO-B. Further hybridization screening with the initial clone produced contiguous cDNA sequence of 4508 bp and a complete open reading frame encoding a 128 kDa protein, PO-GA. Northern analysis revealed a wide distribution of PO-GA mRNA in most human tissue. However, PO-GA mRNA levels were lower in lung and kidney and undetectable in placental tissue. A DNA-binding fragment of PO-GA expressed in E. Coli bound selectively to the PO-B element and other GA-rich double-stranded DNA sequences and to certain single-stranded DNA sequences. PO-GA has regions of homology to E. coli and yeast DNA ligases, and to proteins involved in DNA repair. Thus, in addition to a potential role in transcription, PO-GA may also be involved in DNA repair or replication.
Department of Pharmacology, Georgetown University, Washington, DC 20007.
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D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001483:Base Sequence; D001665:Binding Sites; D015139:Blotting, Southern; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D004247:DNA; D015342:DNA Probes; D004273:DNA, Neoplasm / Q000378:metabolism; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000235:genetics; D015870:Gene Expression; D015723:Gene Library; D006367:HeLa Cells; D006801:Humans; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D015345:Oligonucleotide Probes; D016366:Open Reading Frames; D051818:Replication Protein C; D015183:Restriction Mapping; D014157:Transcription Factors
D015342:DNA Probes; D004273:DNA, Neoplasm; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D015345:Oligonucleotide Probes; C081632:RFC1 protein, human; D014157:Transcription Factors; D004247:DNA; D051818:Replication Protein C