Purification and characterization of a protein binding to the SP6 kappa promoter. A potential role for CArG-box binding factor-A in kappa transcription.
A protein interacting with an A-T-rich region that is a positive control element within the SP6 kappa promoter was purified and identified as CArG-box binding factor-A. The purified protein was shown to interact specifically with the coding strand of single-stranded DNA and, with lower affinity, with double-stranded DNA. A mutation that inhibited binding of the protein to the A-T-rich region also aborted the transcriptional stimulatory effect of the region. Two Ets proteins, PU.1 and elf-1, that have previously been shown to bind to an adjacent DNA element were shown to physically interact with CArG-box binding factor-A. An antiserum raised against the protein recognized two different forms indicating either that different splice-forms of CArG-box binding factor-A are expressed, or that the protein is subject to post-translational modification.
Immunology, Department of Cellular and Molecular Biology, Lund University, S-220 07 Lund, Sweden.
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D017398:Alternative Splicing; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D004247:DNA / Q000378:metabolism; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000378:metabolism; D012321:DNA-Directed RNA Polymerases / Q000378:metabolism*; D007145:Immunoglobulin kappa-Chains / Q000235:genetics*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D011401:Promoter Regions, Genetic; D011485:Protein Binding; D012097:Repressor Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000378:metabolism; D014157:Transcription Factors / Q000378:metabolism; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured
D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D007145:Immunoglobulin kappa-Chains; D012097:Repressor Proteins; D014157:Transcription Factors; D004247:DNA; C070852:RNA polymerase SP6; D012321:DNA-Directed RNA Polymerases