title: GATA-1: friends, brothers, and coworkers.
abstract: GATA-1 is the founding member of the GATA family of transcription factors. GATA-1 and GATA family member GATA-2 are expressed in erythroid and megakaryocytic lineages, in which they play a crucial role in cell maturation and differentiation. GATA-1 regulates the transcription of many specific and nonspecific erythroid genes by binding to DNA at the consensus sequence WGATAR, which is recognized by all of the GATA family of transcription factors. However, it was identified in eosinophilic cells and also in Sertoli cells in testis. Its activity depends on close cooperation with a functional network of cofactors, among them Friend of GATA, PU.1, and CBP/p300. The GATA-1 protein structure has been well described and includes two zinc fingers that are directly involved in the interaction with DNA and other proteins in vivo. GATA-1 mutations in the zinc fingers can cause deregulation of required interactions and lead to severe dysfunction in the hematopoietic system.
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire de Biologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire du Cancer, Hôpital Kirchberg, L-2540 Luxembourg, Luxembourg.
authors.forename: Franck
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Morceau
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Schnekenburger
authors.forename: Mario
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Dicato
authors.forename: Marc
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Diederich
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology*; D050981:Erythroid-Specific DNA-Binding Factors; D050982:GATA1 Transcription Factor; D006801:Humans; D051379:Mice; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D014157:Transcription Factors / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology*
chemical_list: D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D050981:Erythroid-Specific DNA-Binding Factors; D050982:GATA1 Transcription Factor; C494688:GATA1 protein, human; C494689:Gata1 protein, mouse; D014157:Transcription Factors