Molecular cloning of gaf1, a Schizosaccharomyces pombe GATA factor, which can function as a transcriptional activator.
As a first step to elucidate the functions of Schizosaccharomyces pombe (S. pombe) GATA factors, we have isolated the gaf1+ gene (GATA-factor like gene) in S. pombe. The predicted amino acid (aa) sequence of Gaf1 reveals a single zinc finger domain typical of fungal GATA factors, and the zinc finger exhibits 60% aa identity to that of human GATA-1. The open reading frame of Gaf1 predicts a protein of Mr 32 kDa consisting of 290 intronless amino acids. Disruption of this gene has no effect on cell viability and growth rate. The GST-Gaf1 fusion protein binds specifically to GATA motifs of its own promoter as well as DAL7 UAS, a canonical GATA motif of Saccharomyces cerevisiae (S. cerevisiae) The specific DNA-binding activity resides within the N-terminal half of Gaf1 (Gaf1N; aa 1-120) containing the zinc finger, whereas the C-terminal half (Gaf1C; aa 121-290) contains transactivation sequences that induce the expression of the lacZ reporter when fused to the GAL4 DNA binding domain. These results demonstrate that Gaf1 may function as a transcriptional activator consisting of DNA-binding and transactivation domains.
Cell Cycle, Signal Transduction Research Unit, Korea Research Institute of Bioscience, Biotechnology, Taejon 305-606, South Korea.
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D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001483:Base Sequence; D001665:Binding Sites; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D017124:Conserved Sequence; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins / Q000737:chemistry; D050981:Erythroid-Specific DNA-Binding Factors; D050982:GATA1 Transcription Factor; D005800:Genes, Fungal; D006801:Humans; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D016366:Open Reading Frames; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism; D012568:Schizosaccharomyces / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D029702:Schizosaccharomyces pombe Proteins; D016415:Sequence Alignment; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D015534:Trans-Activators / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism*; D014157:Transcription Factors / Q000737:chemistry; D015533:Transcriptional Activation; D016335:Zinc Fingers
D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D050981:Erythroid-Specific DNA-Binding Factors; D050982:GATA1 Transcription Factor; C494688:GATA1 protein, human; C114485:Gaf1 protein, S pombe; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins; D029702:Schizosaccharomyces pombe Proteins; D015534:Trans-Activators; D014157:Transcription Factors