Telomeric localization of TRF2, a novel human telobox protein.
Natural chromosomal ends are stabilized by proteins that bind duplex telomeric DNA repeats. In human cells, the TTAGGG Repeat Factor 1 (TRF1) was identified by two independent studies, one screening for factors that bind duplex telomeric DNA and the other screening for proteins containing a particular Myb motif called the telobox, which is required for telomeric repeat recognition (Fig. 1a; refs 3-5). A second human open reading frame, orf2, contains a telobox sequence and encodes a polypeptide that specifically recognizes mammalian telomeric repeat DNA in vitro. We show that two proteins of 65 and 69 kD, expressed in HeLa cells, contain the orf2 telobox sequence. These proteins are collectively termed TRF2. Affinity-purified antibodies specific for anti-TRF2 label the telomeres of intact human chromosomes, strengthening the correlation between occurrence of telobox and telomere-repeat recognition in vivo.
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Laboratoire de Biologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire, UMR49, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Ecole Normale Supérieure de Lyon, France.
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Ancelin
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Koering
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Laroche
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Gilson
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D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001483:Base Sequence; D004247:DNA / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D017931:DNA Primers / Q000235:genetics; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D005455:Fluorescent Antibody Technique; D006367:HeLa Cells; D006801:Humans; D018895:Microsatellite Repeats; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D016366:Open Reading Frames; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D016615:Telomere / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D035341:Telomeric Repeat Binding Protein 2
D017931:DNA Primers; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D035341:Telomeric Repeat Binding Protein 2; D004247:DNA