title: Identification of new human mastermind proteins defines a family that consists of positive regulators for notch signaling.
abstract: Mastermind (Mam) is one of the evolutionarily conserved elements of Notch signaling. Genetic analyses in Drosophila implicated it as an important positive regulator of the pathway. We show here identification of two new members of human Mam family (human Mastermind-2 (hMam-2) and human Mastermind-3 (hMam-3)), which retain characteristics similar to human Mastermind-1 (hMam-1) and Drosophila Mastermind. Both hMam-2 and hMam-3 stabilize and participate in the DNA-binding complex RBP-J/CBF-1 protein and the Notch intracellular domains that serve as intermediates of the signaling. Both hMam-2 and hMam-3 enhanced the activation of transcription from a target promoter by Notch signaling. However, we also show evidence that the activation of the target promoter by Notch3 and Notch4 is more efficiently potentiated by hMam-2 than by hMam-1 or -3. The multiplicity of Mam proteins in the mammalian system may help provide divergence to the strength of the Notch signals in different cell types.
authors.affiliation: Department of Molecular and Tumor Pathology, Chiba University Graduate School of Medicine, 1-8-1 Inohana, Chuo-ku, Chiba 260-8670, Japan.
authors.forename: Sey-En
authors.initials: SE
authors.lastname: Lin
authors.forename: Toshinao
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Oyama
authors.forename: Takahiro
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Nagase
authors.forename: Kenichi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Harigaya
authors.forename: Motoo
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kitagawa
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D002460:Cell Line; D002467:Cell Nucleus / Q000378:metabolism; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D005786:Gene Expression Regulation; D006801:Humans; D008565:Membrane Proteins / Q000502:physiology*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D016297:Mutagenesis, Site-Directed; D009687:Nuclear Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D010446:Peptide Fragments / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism; D011956:Receptors, Cell Surface / Q000502:physiology; D051880:Receptors, Notch; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D015183:Restriction Mapping; D016415:Sequence Alignment; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D015398:Signal Transduction; D013601:T-Lymphocytes; D015534:Trans-Activators; D014157:Transcription Factors; D014158:Transcription, Genetic
chemical_list: D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; C430872:MAML1 protein, human; C471297:MAML2 protein, human; C471298:MAML3 protein, human; D008565:Membrane Proteins; D009687:Nuclear Proteins; D010446:Peptide Fragments; D011956:Receptors, Cell Surface; D051880:Receptors, Notch; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D015534:Trans-Activators; D014157:Transcription Factors