title: Human cytomegalovirus immediate-early protein IE2 tethers a transcriptional repression domain to p53.
abstract: The IE2 gene of human cytomegalovirus has been implicated in the development of coronary restenosis, and the gene product appears to inhibit p53-dependent transactivation. Here we describe an analysis of the IE2-p53 interaction. Repression of p53 function by IE2 requires two separable domains of IE2. The N terminus of IE2 interacts with p53. IE2 has little effect on the ability of p53 to bind specific DNA sequences. Reduction of the transactivation activity of p53 is caused by a transcriptional repression function contributed by the C-terminal domain of IE2. These findings suggest that IE2 may function as a transcriptional repressor, which is recruited to p53's target genes by interacting with p53.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Academia Sinica, Taipei 11529, Taiwan.
authors.forename: H L
authors.initials: HL
authors.lastname: Tsai
authors.forename: G H
authors.initials: GH
authors.lastname: Kou
authors.forename: S C
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: C W
authors.initials: CW
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: Y S
authors.initials: YS
authors.lastname: Lin
mesh_terms: D001665:Binding Sites; D002460:Cell Line; D003587:Cytomegalovirus / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D005656:Fungal Proteins / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000378:metabolism; D005982:Glutathione Transferase; D006801:Humans; D017874:Immediate-Early Proteins / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000378:metabolism*; D008562:Membrane Glycoproteins; D010957:Plasmids; D014176:Protein Biosynthesis; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000378:metabolism; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000378:metabolism; D015183:Restriction Mapping; D029701:Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins; D015534:Trans-Activators / Q000378:metabolism*; D014157:Transcription Factors; D014158:Transcription, Genetic; D014162:Transfection; D016159:Tumor Suppressor Protein p53 / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000378:metabolism*; D014759:Viral Envelope Proteins; D014764:Viral Proteins
chemical_list: D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D005656:Fungal Proteins; C052130:GAL4 protein, S cerevisiae; C069186:IE2 protein, Cytomegalovirus; D017874:Immediate-Early Proteins; D008562:Membrane Glycoproteins; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D029701:Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins; D015534:Trans-Activators; D014157:Transcription Factors; D016159:Tumor Suppressor Protein p53; C077406:UL115 protein, Human herpesvirus 5; D014759:Viral Envelope Proteins; D014764:Viral Proteins; C071440:glycoprotein H, Cytomegalovirus; C499358:glycoprotein H, Human cytomegalovirus; C439068:glycoprotein O, cytomegalovirus; D005982:Glutathione Transferase