title: Identification and characterization of a Drosophila homologue of ATBP.
abstract: ATBP [(A+T)-stretch binding protein] activates the Sarcophaga defense protein genes in an (A+T)-stretch dependent manner as shown previously using a luciferase reporter assay [Aozasa et al. (2001) Eur J Biochem, 268, 2506-2511]. We identified the Drosophila homologue of ATBP. Drosophila ATBP has 388 amino acid residues and the amino acid sequence has high similarity with that of the Sarcophaga ATBP. In particular, residues 1-56 and 301-374 are highly conserved between Sarcophaga and Drosophila. Drosophila ATBP activated the Sarcophaga lectin gene promoter in SL-2 cells. The Drosophila ATBP gene is a single copy gene and is located in the 20E region of chromosome X.
authors.affiliation: Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Aozasa
authors.forename: Takeo
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kubo
authors.forename: Kazuhisa
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Sekimizu
authors.forename: Shunji
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Natori
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D018076:DNA, Complementary; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D029721:Drosophila Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D004331:Drosophila melanogaster / Q000235:genetics*; D019476:Insect Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009687:Nuclear Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D016335:Zinc Fingers
chemical_list: C454419:ATBP protein, Drosophila; D018076:DNA, Complementary; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D029721:Drosophila Proteins; D019476:Insect Proteins; D009687:Nuclear Proteins