title: A C/EBP beta isoform recruits the SWI/SNF complex to activate myeloid genes.
abstract: The activation of many genes requires the concerted effort of two or more transcription factors. Although C/EBP beta is known to cooperate with Myb to induce transcription of the granulocyte-specific mim-1 gene, the molecular mechanism of this cooperativity is undefined. We show that the N terminus of the full-length C/EBP beta isoform, which is essential for induction of the mim-1 gene in chromatin, interacts specifically with the SWI/SNF complex. Grafting this domain onto Myb generates a chimeric activator that recruits SWI/SNF and induces mim-1 transcription in the absence of C/EBP beta. Interaction between C/EBP beta and SWI/SNF is essential for activating a subgroup of resident target genes in chromatin and may represent a major determinant of combinatorial gene regulation in eukaryotes.
authors.affiliation: Max-Delbrück-Centrum für Molekulare Medizin, Berlin, Federal Republic of Germany.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Kowenz-Leutz
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Leutz
mesh_terms: D000123:Acetyltransferases; D000251:Adenosine Triphosphatases; D000818:Animals; D001665:Binding Sites; D022762:CCAAT-Enhancer-Binding Proteins; D018797:Cell Cycle Proteins; D002460:Cell Line; D002843:Chromatin / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D004265:DNA Helicases; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D029721:Drosophila Proteins; D004900:Erythroblasts / Q000166:cytology / Q000378:metabolism; D005347:Fibroblasts / Q000166:cytology / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D009097:Multienzyme Complexes / Q000378:metabolism*; D009687:Nuclear Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D011401:Promoter Regions, Genetic / Q000235:genetics; D011485:Protein Binding; D020033:Protein Isoforms / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism; D011506:Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D020598:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-myb / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism; D012441:Saccharomyces cerevisiae / Q000235:genetics; D029701:Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins; D017384:Sequence Deletion / Q000235:genetics; D015534:Trans-Activators / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D014157:Transcription Factors / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D015533:Transcriptional Activation / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D022762:CCAAT-Enhancer-Binding Proteins; D018797:Cell Cycle Proteins; D002843:Chromatin; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D029721:Drosophila Proteins; D009097:Multienzyme Complexes; D009687:Nuclear Proteins; D020033:Protein Isoforms; D011506:Proteins; D020598:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-myb; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins; C499336:SMARCA1 protein, human; C084011:SMARCA2 protein, human; D029701:Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins; D015534:Trans-Activators; D014157:Transcription Factors; C086469:brm protein, Drosophila; D000123:Acetyltransferases; C077509:mim-1 protein, Gallus gallus; D000251:Adenosine Triphosphatases; C084108:SMARCA4 protein, human; C499333:SNF2 protein, S cerevisiae; D004265:DNA Helicases