title: Transcriptional repression from the c-myc P2 promoter by the zinc finger protein ZF87/MAZ.
abstract: ZF87/MAZ is a zinc finger-containing transcription factor that was cloned based on its ability to bind to a site within the c-myc P2 promoter. However, its role in the control of c-myc transcription has not yet been well established. Here we have analyzed the effect of ZF87/MAZ overexpression on transcription from the murine c-myc P2 promoter. It was found that when overexpressed in COS cells, ZF87/MAZ significantly represses transcription from P2. The repression is mediated through the ME1a2 element, located at position -86 relative to the P2 transcriptional start site, and is not mediated through either the E2F or the ME1a1 sites. ZF87/MAZ functions as a true transcriptional repressor since it can repress transcription independently of the c-myc promoter, as part of a fusion with the GAL4 protein. The repressive domain within ZF87/MAZ is located in the amino-terminal half of the protein, a region rich in proline and alanine residues. ZF87/MAZ therefore shares features (i.e. a Pro/Ala-rich region) with those of known transcriptional repressor proteins.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19107, USA.
authors.forename: M W
authors.initials: MW
authors.lastname: Izzo
authors.forename: G D
authors.initials: GD
authors.lastname: Strachan
authors.forename: M C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Stubbs
authors.forename: D J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Hall
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D017209:Apoptosis; D019556:COS Cells; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D004247:DNA / Q000378:metabolism; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D011401:Promoter Regions, Genetic; D016271:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-myc / Q000235:genetics*; D012097:Repressor Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D014157:Transcription Factors / Q000378:metabolism*; D014158:Transcription, Genetic; D014162:Transfection; D016335:Zinc Fingers
chemical_list: D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D016271:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-myc; D012097:Repressor Proteins; D014157:Transcription Factors; C076035:c-MYC-associated zinc finger protein; D004247:DNA