title: Identification of a lens-specific cis-acting element within the basal promoter of the human lens intrinsic membrane protein MP19 gene (LIM2).
abstract: Using overlapping and mutant oligonucleotides as probes, gel mobility assays and competition experiments identified a sequence from -47 to -32 bp upstream of the LIM2 CAP site, which a lens protein complex bound with high affinity which appeared to bind only to the "sense" strand of the double-stranded DNA molecule. This sequence consisted of a string of four guanine residues followed by seven other nucleotides (AACCTAA) and followed by another four guanines, i.e. GGGGAACCTAAGGGG, called the Hsu element. Promoter-CAT constructs containing this sequence or mutations of the sequence indicated that the Hsu element is located within the basal promoter, and is essential for expression of the LIM2 gene. The trans factors binding to the Hsu element are present throughout development, and appear to be lens-specific. Since the LIM2 gene promoter does not contain a classic TATA box, the Hsu element may serve as the site for binding the RNA polymerase complex.
authors.affiliation: Chinese Academy of Medical Science and Peking Union Medical University, Beijing 100730, China.
authors.forename: Heng
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Hsu
authors.forename: Shu-Ren
authors.initials: SR
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Jian-Li
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Sang
authors.forename: Ruo-Mei
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Qi
authors.forename: Robert L
authors.initials: RL
authors.lastname: Church
mesh_terms: D001483:Base Sequence; D005136:Eye Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D006801:Humans; D008565:Membrane Proteins; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D011401:Promoter Regions, Genetic; D016385:TATA Box
chemical_list: D005136:Eye Proteins; C044539:LIM2 protein, human; D008565:Membrane Proteins