title: A20, an inhibitor of cell death, self-associates by its zinc finger domain.
abstract: A20 is a primary response gene which is induced after monocyte adherence or cytokine stimulation of a variety of cells. The A20 protein belongs to a novel class of Cys2/Cys2 zinc finger proteins, and has been characterized as an inhibitor of both apoptotic and necrotic cell death. In order to clarify its molecular mechanism of action, we used the yeast-based two-hybrid system to screen for A20-associated proteins. Here we report that A20 is able to self-associate, and demonstrate that the latter interaction is mediated by its zinc finger domain.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Molecular Biology, University of Gent, Belgium.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: De Valck
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Heyninck
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Van Criekinge
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Contreras
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Beyaert
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Fiers
mesh_terms: D001483:Base Sequence; D001665:Binding Sites; D001943:Breast Neoplasms; D016923:Cell Death; D002460:Cell Line; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D003545:Cysteine; D017931:DNA Primers; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D005260:Female; D015870:Gene Expression / Q000187:drug effects; D006801:Humans; D047908:Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009687:Nuclear Proteins; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D011485:Protein Binding; D014176:Protein Biosynthesis; D011506:Proteins / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism*; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000302:isolation & purification; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000494:pharmacology; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured; D000072598:Tumor Necrosis Factor alpha-Induced Protein 3; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha / Q000494:pharmacology; D016335:Zinc Fingers
chemical_list: D017931:DNA Primers; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D047908:Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins; D009687:Nuclear Proteins; D011506:Proteins; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha; C076529:TNFAIP3 protein, human; D000072598:Tumor Necrosis Factor alpha-Induced Protein 3; D003545:Cysteine