title: The mouse homologue of the human transcription factor C1 (host cell factor). Conservation of forms and function.
abstract: The assembly of the herpes simplex virus (HSV) alpha/IE gene enhancer complex is determined by the interactions of the Oct-1 POU domain protein, the viral alphaTIF (alpha-trans-induction factor, VP16, ICP25, VMW65), and the C1 factor (host cell factor, HCF). A unique transcription factor, C1 consists of a family of polypeptides derived from a common precursor by site-specific proteolytic processing. To analyze the role of this factor in the determination of HSV lytic-latent infection, cDNAs and genomic DNAs encoding the mouse homologue have been isolated. This factor is nearly identical to the human protein, contains multiple consensus proteolytic processing sites, and functions efficiently in the assembly of a specific HSV enhancer complex. Interestingly, the differential expression of the C1 factors in both human and mouse tissues may be important for the determination of HSV tissue tropism in these two organisms.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Viral Diseases, NIAID, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA. thomas_kristie@nih.gov
authors.forename: T M
authors.initials: TM
authors.lastname: Kristie
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D002874:Chromosome Mapping; D018076:DNA, Complementary; D051863:Host Cell Factor C1; D006801:Humans; D051379:Mice; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D016366:Open Reading Frames; D011506:Proteins / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D014157:Transcription Factors
chemical_list: D018076:DNA, Complementary; C497692:HCFC1 protein, human; C497693:Hcfc1 protein, mouse; D051863:Host Cell Factor C1; D011506:Proteins; D014157:Transcription Factors