title: A novel human KRAB-containing zinc-finger gene ZNF446 inhibits transcriptional activities of SRE and AP-1.
abstract: Kruppel-related zinc-finger proteins constitute the largest individual family of transcription factors in mammals [C. Looman, L. Hellman, M. Abrink, A novel Kruppel-associated box identified in a panel of mammalian zinc-finger proteins, Mammalian Genome 15 (1) (2004) 35-40.[1]]. Here we identified and characterized a novel zinc-finger gene named ZNF446. The predicted protein contains a KRAB and three C(2)H(2) zinc fingers. Northern blot analysis shows that ZNF446 is expressed in a variety of human adult tissues with the highest expression level in muscle. ZNF446 is a transcription repressor when fused to GAL4 DNA-binding domain and co-transfected with VP-16. Overexpression of ZNF446 in COS-7 cells inhibits the transcriptional activities of SRE and AP-1, in which the KRAB motif represents the basal transcriptional repressive activity, suggesting that the ZNF446 protein may act as a transcriptional repressor in mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) signaling pathway to mediate cellular functions.
authors.affiliation: The Center for Heart Development, College of Life Sciences, Hunan Normal University, Changsha, People's Republic of China. mliu@ibt.tamhsc.edu
authors.forename: Fang
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Chuanbing
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Zhu
authors.forename: Jing
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Xiao
authors.forename: Yuequn
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Wenxian
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Tang
authors.forename: Wuzhou
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Yuan
authors.forename: Yulian
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Zhao
authors.forename: Yongqing
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Zhiming
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Xiang
authors.forename: Xiushan
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: Mingyao
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Liu
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D019556:COS Cells; D002522:Chlorocebus aethiops; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D019143:Evolution, Molecular; D005786:Gene Expression Regulation / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D020928:Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases / Q000378:metabolism*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009928:Organ Specificity; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism; D012097:Repressor Proteins / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D020539:Sequence Analysis, Protein; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D013045:Species Specificity; D014018:Tissue Distribution; D018808:Transcription Factor AP-1 / Q000378:metabolism*; D014157:Transcription Factors / Q000378:metabolism*; D015533:Transcriptional Activation / Q000502:physiology*; D016335:Zinc Fingers / Q000502:physiology
chemical_list: D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D012097:Repressor Proteins; C502774:SRE protein, human; D018808:Transcription Factor AP-1; D014157:Transcription Factors; C422407:ZNF350 protein, human; C502773:ZNF446 protein, human; D020928:Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases