title: Cloning and characterization of a novel member of the human ATF/CREB family: ATF2 deletion, a potential regulator of the human DNA polymerase beta promoter.
abstract: The solitary cAMP response element (CRE)1 in the human DNA polymerase beta (beta-pol) core promoter plays a key role in both basal expression and the DNA-alkylating agent response of the promoter. To further understand the role of the CRE in the regulation of this promoter, we searched for novel CRE-binding proteins by using a 32P-labeled beta-pol CRE oligodeoxynucleotide and a human cDNA expression library constructed in phage lambda. A total of fourteen phage clones were isolated, corresponding to various members of the CRE-binding protein family. One of these clones, termed ATF2 deletion (ATF2d), encodes a novel ATF2 isoform and was chosen for further characterization in this study. Relative to ATF2 mRNA, this clone contains an internal 97-nt deletion and a unique 3' region. The 97-nt deletion causes a frame shift, resulting in a ATF2-like polypeptide of approximately 60 kDa. ATF2d retains the bZIP domain of ATF2, lacks the N-terminal zinc-finger region, and includes novel characteristics in its N- and C-terminal regions.
authors.affiliation: Sealy Center for Molecular Science, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX 77555-0851, USA.
authors.forename: Yau-Jan
authors.initials: YJ
authors.lastname: Chyan
authors.forename: Teresa Y
authors.initials: TY
authors.lastname: Rawson
authors.forename: Samuel H
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Wilson
mesh_terms: D051698:Activating Transcription Factor 2; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001665:Binding Sites; D002460:Cell Line; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D017362:Cyclic AMP Response Element-Binding Protein / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D019951:DNA Polymerase beta / Q000235:genetics; D018076:DNA, Complementary / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D015870:Gene Expression; D015971:Gene Expression Regulation, Enzymologic; D005982:Glutathione Transferase / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D006367:HeLa Cells; D006801:Humans; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D011401:Promoter Regions, Genetic / Q000235:genetics; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D017384:Sequence Deletion; D014157:Transcription Factors / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: C497105:ATF2 protein, human; D051698:Activating Transcription Factor 2; D017362:Cyclic AMP Response Element-Binding Protein; D018076:DNA, Complementary; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins; D014157:Transcription Factors; D005982:Glutathione Transferase; D019951:DNA Polymerase beta