title: Human ZHX1: cloning, chromosomal location, and interaction with transcription factor NF-Y.
abstract: NF-YA, B, and C comprise the heterotrimeric transcription factor known as nuclear factor Y (NF-Y) or CCAAT-binding protein (CBF). NF-Y binds many CCAAT and Y box (an inverted CCAAT box, ATTGG) elements. Mutations of these elements that disrupt the binding of NF-Y result in decreased transcription from various tissue-specific and inducible promoters. We employed a yeast two-hybrid system to screen a human liver cDNA library in an effort to isolate proteins that interact with NF-Y and that may play a role in tissue-specific or hormone-inducible promoter activity. Using a fragment of the NF-YA subunit as bait we isolated a cDNA that encodes most of the open reading frame of the human zinc fingers and homeobox 1 (ZHX1) protein. The complete open reading frame was subsequently isolated and found to encode a protein of 873 amino acids that contains two zinc fingers and five homeodomain motifs. Northern blot analysis of poly(A)(+) RNA isolated from various tissues revealed two major ZHX1 transcripts of about 4.5 and 5 kilobases. Both transcripts were expressed ubiquitously, although the 5-kilobase transcript is of greater abundance in most tissues examined. The human ZHX1 gene is located on chromosome 8q, between markers CHCL.GATA50B06 and CHLC. GATA7G07.
authors.affiliation: Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, 707 Light Hall, Nashville, Tennessee, 37232-0615, USA.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Yamada
authors.forename: R L
authors.initials: RL
authors.lastname: Printz
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Osawa
authors.forename: D K
authors.initials: DK
authors.lastname: Granner
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D022762:CCAAT-Enhancer-Binding Proteins; D002874:Chromosome Mapping; D002898:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 8; D018076:DNA, Complementary / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D015723:Gene Library; D018398:Homeodomain Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D008099:Liver / Q000737:chemistry; D051379:Mice; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D016366:Open Reading Frames; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D011401:Promoter Regions, Genetic; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000032:analysis; D017421:Sequence Analysis; D014018:Tissue Distribution; D014157:Transcription Factors / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D016335:Zinc Fingers
chemical_list: D022762:CCAAT-Enhancer-Binding Proteins; D018076:DNA, Complementary; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D018398:Homeodomain Proteins; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D014157:Transcription Factors; C484404:ZHX1 protein, human; C100746:Zhx1 protein, mouse