title: NFATz: a novel rel similarity domain containing protein.
abstract: Nuclear Factor of Activated T cell (NFAT) is a family of transcription factors that are important for the coordinate expression of various cytokines and immunoregulatory cell surface molecules in T cells and other types of cells in the immune system. In addition, analysis of gene disrupted mice revealed that some members of NFAT family are important for the development of myocardium, myocardial hypertrophy, and mesenchymal stem cells. NFAT family proteins have two conserved domains, the NFAT Homology Domain (NHD) and the Rel Similarity Domain (RSD). The RSD is DNA binding and AP-1 interacting domain which has structural similarity to the Rel Homology Region, the DNA binding domain of Rel family proteins. The NHD is a regulatory domain required for the Ca regulated translocation of NFAT. We report here the isolation and initial characterization of a novel RSD containing protein designated NFATz. NFATz has a RSD but no NHD. NFATz protein is localized in the nucleus without Ca signal. There is no detectable binding to a typical NFAT site even in the presence of AP-1, and it is not capable of activating transcription through the NFAT site. The chromosomal location determined by FISH revealed that NFATz and NFATx genes are in the same region.
authors.affiliation: Department of Molecular and Developmental Biology, Institute of Medical Science, University of Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Pan
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Tsuruta
authors.forename: E S
authors.initials: ES
authors.lastname: Masuda
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Imamura
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Bazan
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Arai
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Arai
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Miyatake
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D002118:Calcium / Q000494:pharmacology; D002460:Cell Line; D002467:Cell Nucleus / Q000737:chemistry / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D002885:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 16 / Q000235:genetics; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D004247:DNA / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D020869:Gene Expression Profiling; D006801:Humans; D051379:Mice; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D050778:NFATC Transcription Factors; D009687:Nuclear Proteins; D010802:Phylogeny; D020161:Physical Chromosome Mapping; D011485:Protein Binding; D017434:Protein Structure, Tertiary; D020569:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-rel / Q000737:chemistry*; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000032:analysis / Q000235:genetics; D020218:Response Elements / Q000235:genetics; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D018808:Transcription Factor AP-1 / Q000378:metabolism; D014157:Transcription Factors / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D015533:Transcriptional Activation / Q000235:genetics
chemical_list: D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D050778:NFATC Transcription Factors; C494008:NFATC3 protein, human; C494009:Nfatc3 protein, mouse; D009687:Nuclear Proteins; D020569:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-rel; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D018808:Transcription Factor AP-1; D014157:Transcription Factors; D004247:DNA; D002118:Calcium