title: Oct-1 [corrected] and Oct-2 DNA-binding site specificity is regulated in vitro by different kinases.
abstract: The transcription factors Oct-1 and Oct-2 bind differentially to three octamer binding sequences corresponding to the octamer binding site from the H2B promoter [ATGCTAATAA], a simple TAATGARAT motif, found in herpes simplex virus IE4/5 genes [GCGGTAATGAGAT], and a perfect consensus overlapping octamer/TAATGARAT motif [ATGCTAATGAGAT]. By comparing the effects of protein kinase A, protein kinase C and casein kinase 2 in vitro on the binding of Oct-1 and Oct-2 to the three motifs, we show that the actions of these kinases regulate Oct-1 and Oct-2 DNA binding independently of each other in a binding-site-specific manner. Inhibition of cellular phosphatases also regulate Oct-1 and Oct-2 DNA binding in a binding-site-specific manner. Both kinase and phosphatase activity are important for regulating the DNA binding activity of Oct-1 and Oct-2 because, in the presence of phosphatase inhibitors, protein kinase A attenuates the binding of both Oct-1 and Oct-2 to the octamer binding site but enhances binding when phosphatase inhibitors are omitted. Thus the DNA specificity of Oct-1 and Oct-2 can be regulated in vitro by the action of different kinases.
authors.affiliation: Department of Haematology, University College London Medical School, U.K.
authors.forename: S J
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Grenfell
authors.forename: D S
authors.initials: DS
authors.lastname: Latchman
authors.forename: N S
authors.initials: NS
authors.lastname: Thomas
mesh_terms: D001483:Base Sequence; D001665:Binding Sites; D047390:Casein Kinase II; D002460:Cell Line; D017868:Cyclic AMP-Dependent Protein Kinases / Q000378:metabolism; D004247:DNA / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*; D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology; D051863:Host Cell Factor C1; D006801:Humans; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D050811:Octamer Transcription Factor-1; D050813:Octamer Transcription Factor-2; D010744:Phosphoric Monoester Hydrolases / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000378:metabolism; D010766:Phosphorylation; D011493:Protein Kinase C / Q000378:metabolism; D011499:Protein Processing, Post-Translational; D017346:Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases / Q000378:metabolism; D014157:Transcription Factors / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors; C497692:HCFC1 protein, human; D051863:Host Cell Factor C1; D050811:Octamer Transcription Factor-1; D050813:Octamer Transcription Factor-2; C494165:POU2F1 protein, human; C058435:POU2F2 protein, human; D014157:Transcription Factors; D004247:DNA; D047390:Casein Kinase II; D017346:Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases; D017868:Cyclic AMP-Dependent Protein Kinases; D011493:Protein Kinase C; D010744:Phosphoric Monoester Hydrolases