title: OCA-B is a functional analog of VP16 but targets a separate surface of the Oct-1 POU domain.
abstract: OCA-B is a B-cell-specific coregulator of the broadly expressed POU domain transcription factor Oct-1. OCA-B associates with the Oct-1 POU domain, a bipartite DNA-binding structure containing a POU-specific (POU[S]) domain joined by a flexible linker to a POU homeodomain (POU[H]). Here, we show that OCA-B alters the activity of Oct-1 in two ways. It provides a transcriptional activation domain which, unlike Oct-1, activates an mRNA-type promoter effectively, and it stabilizes Oct-1 on the Oct-1-responsive octamer sequence ATGCAAAT. These properties of OCA-B parallel those displayed by the herpes simplex virus Oct-1 coregulator VP16. OCA-B, however, interacts with a different surface of the DNA-bound Oct-1 POU domain, interacting with both the POU(S) and POU(H) domains and the center of the ATGCAAAT octamer sequence. The OCA-B and VP16 interactions with the Oct-1 POU domain are sufficiently different to permit OCA-B and VP16 to bind the Oct-1 POU domain simultaneously. These results emphasize the structural versatility of the Oct-1 POU domain in its interaction with coregulators.
authors.affiliation: Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, New York 11724, USA.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Babb
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Cleary
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Herr
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001402:B-Lymphocytes / Q000378:metabolism; D001483:Base Sequence; D001665:Binding Sites / Q000235:genetics; D004247:DNA / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D017931:DNA Primers / Q000235:genetics; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D006367:HeLa Cells; D017405:Herpes Simplex Virus Protein Vmw65 / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D051863:Host Cell Factor C1; D006801:Humans; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D008958:Models, Molecular; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D016297:Mutagenesis, Site-Directed; D050811:Octamer Transcription Factor-1; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D011401:Promoter Regions, Genetic; D011487:Protein Conformation; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000235:genetics; D015534:Trans-Activators / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D014157:Transcription Factors / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D017931:DNA Primers; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; C497692:HCFC1 protein, human; D017405:Herpes Simplex Virus Protein Vmw65; D051863:Host Cell Factor C1; D050811:Octamer Transcription Factor-1; C091546:POU2AF1 protein, human; C494165:POU2F1 protein, human; D012333:RNA, Messenger; C106703:SNAPC protein complex, human; D015534:Trans-Activators; D014157:Transcription Factors; D004247:DNA