title: Rat zinc-fingers and homeoboxes 1 (ZHX1), a nuclear factor-YA-interacting nuclear protein, forms a homodimer.
abstract: Zinc-fingers and homeoboxes 1 (ZHX1) is a protein which interacts with the activation domain of the A subunit of nuclear factor-Y. To analyze the physiological role(s) of ZHX1, we searched ZHX1-interacting protein(s) using a yeast two-hybrid system. The rat counterpart of ZHX1 cDNAs was cloned from an ovarian granulosa cell complementary DNA (cDNA) library, indicating that ZHX1 is able to form a homodimer. An analysis of the nucleotide sequence and its deduced amino acid sequence show that rat ZHX1 consists of 873 amino acid residues. Northern blot analysis shows that ZHX1 messenger RNA is expressed ubiquitously and that the level in the ovary are not regulated by gonadotropins. Furthermore, transfection experiments with green fluorescence protein (GFP) expression vectors into human embryonic kidney HEK293 cells reveal that full-length ZHX1 fused to the GFP is localized in the nuclei. Thus, we report on the molecular cloning, expression and characterization of full-length rat ZHX1 cDNA.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Fukui Medical University, Fukui 910-1193, Japan.
authors.forename: Satoko
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hirano
authors.forename: Kazuya
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Yamada
authors.forename: Hiroko
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kawata
authors.forename: Zhangfei
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Shou
authors.forename: Tetsuya
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Mizutani
authors.forename: Takashi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yazawa
authors.forename: Takashi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kajitani
authors.forename: Toshio
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Sekiguchi
authors.forename: Miki
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Yoshino
authors.forename: Yousuke
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Shigematsu
authors.forename: Mitsufumi
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mayumi
authors.forename: Kaoru
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Miyamoto
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D023081:CCAAT-Binding Factor / Q000378:metabolism*; D002460:Cell Line; D002467:Cell Nucleus / Q000378:metabolism; D018076:DNA, Complementary / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D019281:Dimerization; D005260:Female; D015870:Gene Expression; D005982:Glutathione Transferase / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D049452:Green Fluorescent Proteins; D018398:Homeodomain Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D008164:Luminescent Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D051379:Mice; D008856:Microscopy, Fluorescence; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009687:Nuclear Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D011485:Protein Binding; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D012441:Saccharomyces cerevisiae / Q000235:genetics; D016415:Sequence Alignment; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D014157:Transcription Factors / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism*; D020798:Two-Hybrid System Techniques; D016335:Zinc Fingers / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D023081:CCAAT-Binding Factor; D018076:DNA, Complementary; D018398:Homeodomain Proteins; D008164:Luminescent Proteins; D009687:Nuclear Proteins; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins; D014157:Transcription Factors; C484404:ZHX1 protein, human; C100746:Zhx1 protein, mouse; C484405:Zhx1 protein, rat; C402244:nuclear factor Y; D049452:Green Fluorescent Proteins; D005982:Glutathione Transferase