title: Cloning and characterization of hGMEB1, a novel glucocorticoid modulatory element binding protein.
abstract: A 21-bp element called glucocorticoid modulatory element (GME) modulates the glucocorticoid receptor-mediated responses via the binding of an as yet poorly characterized transacting complex of proteins containing the 88-kDa GMEB1 and the 67-kDa GMEB2. Using heat shock protein 27 (HSP27) as bait in the yeast two-hybrid assay, we cloned a 1.83-kb cDNA encoding a novel 573-amino acid protein called human GMEB1 (hGMEB1). hGMEB1 possesses a KDWK domain, contains sequences almost identical (36/38) to three tryptic peptides of rat GMEB1 and shares 38% identity with rat GMEB2. hGMEB1 is ubiquitously expressed as a 85-kDa protein in all cell lines and tissues examined. In vitro translated hGMEB1 bound specifically to GME oligonucleotides yielding a complex of similar size to the complex obtained using rat liver nuclear extracts. Both complexes were supershifted with an antibody specific to hGMEB1. Co-immunoprecipitation experiments confirmed the in vivo interaction of HSP27 with hGMEB1.
authors.affiliation: Centre de recherche en cancérologie de l'Université Laval, L'Hôtel-Dieu de Québec, Que., Canada.
authors.forename: J R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Thériault
authors.forename: S J
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Charette
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Lambert
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Landry
mesh_terms: D016475:3T3 Cells; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001665:Binding Sites; D002460:Cell Line; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D006224:Cricetinae; D005982:Glutathione Transferase / Q000096:biosynthesis; D055551:HSP27 Heat-Shock Proteins; D006367:HeLa Cells; D006360:Heat-Shock Proteins; D006801:Humans; D051379:Mice; D018832:Molecular Chaperones; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009363:Neoplasm Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D009838:Oligodeoxyribonucleotides / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism; D014176:Protein Biosynthesis; D051381:Rats; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000378:metabolism; D012441:Saccharomyces cerevisiae; D016415:Sequence Alignment; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D014157:Transcription Factors / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D014162:Transfection
chemical_list: C490664:GMEB1 protein, human; C095568:Gmeb1 protein, mouse; D055551:HSP27 Heat-Shock Proteins; C057725:HSPB1 protein, human; D006360:Heat-Shock Proteins; C486113:Hsbp1 protein, mouse; C486114:Hspb1 protein, rat; D018832:Molecular Chaperones; D009363:Neoplasm Proteins; D009838:Oligodeoxyribonucleotides; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins; D014157:Transcription Factors; D005982:Glutathione Transferase