title: Interaction of WW domains with hematopoietic transcription factor p45/NF-E2 and RNA polymerase II.
abstract: NF-E2 is an erythroid-specific transcription factor required for expression of several erythroid-specific genes. By Far-Western blotting and yeast two-hybrid assay, we demonstrate that p45, the large subunit of NF-E2, is capable of binding to a specific set of WW domain-containing proteins, including the ubiquitin ligase hRPF1. This binding is mediated through the interaction between the WW domains and a PY motif located within the amino-terminal region of p45. Interestingly, the carboxyl-terminal domain of mammalian RNA polymerase II binds a similar set of WW domains to which p45 interacts with. We discuss the data in terms of possible new pathways through which the processes of transcriptional regulation by NF-E2 could be regulated in erythroid and megakaryote cells.
authors.affiliation: Section of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of California, Davis, California 95616, USA.
authors.forename: N R
authors.initials: NR
authors.lastname: Gavva
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Gavva
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ermekova
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sudol
authors.forename: C J
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Shen
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001853:Bone Marrow / Q000378:metabolism*; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D050981:Erythroid-Specific DNA-Binding Factors; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D050983:NF-E2 Transcription Factor; D050984:NF-E2 Transcription Factor, p45 Subunit; D011485:Protein Binding; D012319:RNA Polymerase II / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*; D012441:Saccharomyces cerevisiae / Q000235:genetics; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D014157:Transcription Factors / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D050981:Erythroid-Specific DNA-Binding Factors; D050983:NF-E2 Transcription Factor; D050984:NF-E2 Transcription Factor, p45 Subunit; D014157:Transcription Factors; D012319:RNA Polymerase II