title: Phosphorylation-dependent formation of a quaternary complex at the c-fos SRE.
abstract: The rapid and transient induction of the human proto-oncogene c-fos in response to a variety of stimuli depends on the serum responses element (SRE). In vivo footprinting experiments show that this promoter element is bound by a multicomponent complex including the serum response factor (SRF) and a ternary complex factor such as Elk-1. SRF is thought to recruit a ternary complex factor monomer into an asymmetric complex. In this report, we describe a quaternary complex over the SRE which, in addition to an SRF dimer, contains two Elk-1 molecules. Its formation at the SRE is strictly dependent on phosphorylation of S-383 in the Elk-1 regulatory domain and appears to involve a weak intermolecular association between the two Elk-1 molecules. The influence of mutations in Elk-1 on quaternary complex formation in vitro correlates with their effect on the induction of c-fos reporter expression in response to mitogenic stimuli in vivo.
authors.affiliation: Spemann Laboratories, Max-Planck-Institut für Immunbiologie, Freiburg,Germany.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Gille
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kortenjann
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Strahl
authors.forename: P E
authors.initials: PE
authors.lastname: Shaw
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D018014:Gene Transfer Techniques; D051379:Mice; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009154:Mutation; D009687:Nuclear Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D011487:Protein Conformation; D000090063:Proto-Oncogene Mas; D011518:Proto-Oncogene Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D016760:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-fos / Q000378:metabolism*; D026362:Serum Response Factor; D014157:Transcription Factors; D050807:ets-Domain Protein Elk-1
chemical_list: D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; C494113:Elk1 protein, mouse; C000715470:MAS1 protein, human; D009687:Nuclear Proteins; D000090063:Proto-Oncogene Mas; D011518:Proto-Oncogene Proteins; D016760:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-fos; D026362:Serum Response Factor; D014157:Transcription Factors; D050807:ets-Domain Protein Elk-1