title: Structural and functional analysis of the 5'-transcription control region for the human alpha2-HS glycoprotein gene.
abstract: The human alpha2-HS glycoprotein (A2HS) and rat phosphoprotein of Mr 63000 (pp63) are homologous plasma proteins and members of the fetuin superfamily. A2HS is involved in important functions such as inhibition of the tyrosine kinase activity of the insulin receptor, regulation of calcium metabolism and osteogenesis as well as protease inhibitory activity. We report an analysis of the 5' transcription control region (4 kb) of the A2HS gene. Its most proximal 300 nt display a very potent transcriptional activity. The latter is likely accounted for by C/EBP and NF1 binding sites that are conserved from the human A2HS gene to the rat pp63 gene. In contrast, these human and rat genes appear to largely diverge beyond their proximal promoter.
authors.affiliation: INSERM Unit-78 and Institut Fédératif de Recherches Multidisciplinaires sur les Peptides, Rouen, France.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Banine
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Gangneux
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Lebreton
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Frebourg
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Salier
mesh_terms: D001483:Base Sequence; D001798:Blood Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D004247:DNA; D015971:Gene Expression Regulation, Enzymologic; D006801:Humans; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D011401:Promoter Regions, Genetic; D012045:Regulatory Sequences, Nucleic Acid; D014158:Transcription, Genetic; D060749:alpha-2-HS-Glycoprotein
chemical_list: C556354:AHSG protein, human; D001798:Blood Proteins; D060749:alpha-2-HS-Glycoprotein; D004247:DNA