title: Further extension of mammalian GATA-6.
abstract: Mammalian GATA-6, which has conserved tandem zinc fingers (CVNC-X(17)-CNAC)-X(29)-(CXNC-X(17)-CNAC), is essential for the development and specific gene regulation of the heart, gastrointestinal tract and other tissues. GATA-6 recognizes the (A/T/C)GAT(A/T)(A) sequence, and interacts with other transcriptional regulators through its zinc-finger region. The mRNA of GATA-6 uses two Met codons in frame as translational initiation codons, and produces L- and S-type GATA-6 through leaky ribosome scanning. GATA-6 is subjected to cAMP-dependent proteolysis by a proteasome in a heterologous expression system. These protein-based characteristics of GATA-6 will be helpful for the identification of target genes, together with determination of the in vivo binding sites for GATA-6 and understanding of the complex network of gene regulation mediated by GATA-6.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Osaka University, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan. mmaeda@phs.osaka-u.ac.jp
authors.forename: Masatomo
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Maeda
authors.forename: Kazuaki
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ohashi
authors.forename: Ayako
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ohashi-Kobayashi
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D004247:DNA / Q000378:metabolism; D050993:GATA6 Transcription Factor / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data
chemical_list: D050993:GATA6 Transcription Factor; D004247:DNA