title: Characterization of domains in C/EBPalpha that mediate its constitutive and cAMP-inducible activities.
abstract: Structure/function analysis of CCAAT/enhancer binding proteins (C/EBP) alpha and beta have shown that they possess both constitutive and cAMP inducible activities. Three regions conserved between C/EBPalpha and beta were identified which lie within the cAMP inducible domains of each protein. Deletion analysis of these conserved regions within C/EBPalpha show that conserved region 2 plays a particularly critical role in mediating the PKA inducible activity of the protein, however, the constitutive activity of conserved region 2 depends on promoter context. This data supports previous findings that constitutive and cAMP responsiveness are mediated by domains of the protein that do not directly overlap, suggesting that they occur through distinct mechanisms.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry, University of Saskatchewan, 107 Wiggins Road, Saskatoon, S7N 5E5, Saskatchewan, Canada.
authors.forename: H L
authors.initials: HL
authors.lastname: Wilson
authors.forename: P J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: McFie
authors.forename: W J
authors.initials: WJ
authors.lastname: Roesler
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D022763:CCAAT-Enhancer-Binding Protein-alpha / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D022782:CCAAT-Enhancer-Binding Protein-beta / Q000737:chemistry; D000242:Cyclic AMP / Q000378:metabolism*; D017868:Cyclic AMP-Dependent Protein Kinases / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D019764:Phosphoenolpyruvate Carboxykinase (ATP) / Q000235:genetics; D011401:Promoter Regions, Genetic / Q000235:genetics; D017434:Protein Structure, Tertiary; D020218:Response Elements / Q000235:genetics; D017384:Sequence Deletion; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D013329:Structure-Activity Relationship; D014162:Transfection; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured; D015854:Up-Regulation
chemical_list: D022763:CCAAT-Enhancer-Binding Protein-alpha; D022782:CCAAT-Enhancer-Binding Protein-beta; D000242:Cyclic AMP; D017868:Cyclic AMP-Dependent Protein Kinases; D019764:Phosphoenolpyruvate Carboxykinase (ATP)