title: B-ATF: a novel human bZIP protein that associates with members of the AP-1 transcription factor family.
abstract: A new member of the ATF/CREB family of transcription factors, called B-ATF, has been isolated from a cDNA library prepared from Epstein-Barr virus stimulated human B cells. B-ATF is a 125 amino acid nuclear protein possessing a basic leucine zipper domain that is most similar to the basic leucine zipper of ATF-3. Northern blot analysis of polyadenylated mRNA isolated from a variety of human tissues and established cell lines indicates that the 1.0 kilobase B-ATF mRNA is expressed differentially, with the strongest hybridization detected in lung and in Raji Burkitt's lymphoma. Efficient homodimerization of the B-ATF protein cannot be detected using the yeast two hybrid system or using in vitro binding assays with glutathione-s-transferase-B-ATF and maltose binding protein-B-ATF fusion proteins produced in E. coli. However, a yeast two hybrid library screen has identified the human oncoprotein JunB as a specific binding partner for B-ATF. Glutathione-s-transferase-B-ATF heterodimerizes efficiently with in vitro translated JunB, c-Jun, and JunD, but only weakly associates with c-Fos. In addition, electrophoretic mobility shift assays demonstrate that a B-ATF/c-Jun protein complex can interact with DNA containing a consensus binding site for AP-1, suggesting that B-ATF functions as a tissue-specific modulator of the AP-1 transcription complex in human cells.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biological Sciences, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907-1392, USA.
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Dorsey
authors.forename: H J
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Tae
authors.forename: K G
authors.initials: KG
authors.lastname: Sollenberger
authors.forename: N T
authors.initials: NT
authors.lastname: Mascarenhas
authors.forename: L M
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Johansen
authors.forename: E J
authors.initials: EJ
authors.lastname: Taparowsky
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001483:Base Sequence; D050976:Basic-Leucine Zipper Transcription Factors; D001665:Binding Sites; D001704:Biopolymers; D018076:DNA, Complementary; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D006801:Humans; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009687:Nuclear Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D012441:Saccharomyces cerevisiae / Q000235:genetics; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D018808:Transcription Factor AP-1 / Q000378:metabolism*; D014157:Transcription Factors / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D014158:Transcription, Genetic
chemical_list: C099359:BATF protein, human; D050976:Basic-Leucine Zipper Transcription Factors; D001704:Biopolymers; D018076:DNA, Complementary; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D009687:Nuclear Proteins; D018808:Transcription Factor AP-1; D014157:Transcription Factors