title: Gene regulation of Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome protein and the human homolog of the Drosophila Su(var)3-9: WASP and SUV39H1, two adjacent genes at Xp11.23.
abstract: The region Xp11.23 is a gene-rich, light giemsa-staining segment on the short arm of the X chromosome. In this study, we have characterized the transcriptional regulatory elements in this interval for two adjacent genes: SUV39H1, a regulator of chromatin organization, and the Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome protein (WASP). The WASP gene exhibits two alternate promoters, both of which demonstrate transcription factor binding elements specific to blood cell lineages. Reporter gene expression analyses indicate that both WASP promoters show high levels of expression in different hematopoietic cell lines. The human homolog of the Drosophila Su(var)3-9 gene was identified by sequence analysis of the region downstream from WASP. SUV39H1 is ubiquitously expressed, and the promoter sequence consists mostly of general transcription factors. The presence of putative binding sites for GAGA and Adf1 transcription factors may indicate a cross regulatory mechanism with other chromatin regulators.
authors.affiliation: The Waisman Center, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI 53705, USA.
authors.forename: T L
authors.initials: TL
authors.lastname: Hagemann
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Mares
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kwan
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D002843:Chromatin / Q000235:genetics; D004330:Drosophila; D029721:Drosophila Proteins; D005091:Exons; D005786:Gene Expression Regulation; D005809:Genes, Regulator; D006801:Humans; D007438:Introns; D008780:Methyltransferases / Q000235:genetics*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D011401:Promoter Regions, Genetic; D011487:Protein Conformation; D011506:Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D012097:Repressor Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D012689:Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid; D051316:Wiskott-Aldrich Syndrome Protein; D014960:X Chromosome
chemical_list: D002843:Chromatin; D029721:Drosophila Proteins; D011506:Proteins; D012097:Repressor Proteins; C089148:Su(var)3-9 protein, Drosophila; C495767:WAS protein, human; D051316:Wiskott-Aldrich Syndrome Protein; C407843:SUV39H1 protein, human; D008780:Methyltransferases