title: Activation of transcriptional activities of AP-1 and SRE by a new zinc-finger protein ZNF641.
abstract: Mitogen-activated protein kinases (MAPKs) are evolutionarily conserved enzymes in cell signal transduction connecting cell-surface receptors to critical regulatory targets within cells and control cell survival, adaptation, and proliferation. Previous studies revealed that zinc-finger proteins are involved in the regulation of the MAPK signaling pathways. Here, we report the identification and characterization of a novel human zinc-finger protein, ZNF641. The cDNA of ZNF641 is 4.9kb, encoding 438 amino acids in the nucleus. The protein is highly conserved in evolution across different vertebrate species from mouse to human. Northern blot analysis indicates that ZNF641 is expressed in most of the examined human tissues, with a high level in skeletal muscle. Overexpression of pCMV-Tag2B-ZNF641 in the COS-7 cells activates the transcriptional activities of AP-1 and SRE. Deletion analysis indicates that the linker between KRAB box and C(2)H(2)-type zinc-fingers represents the basal activation domain. These results suggest that ZNF641 may be a positive regulator in MAPK-mediated signaling pathways that lead to the activation of AP-1 and SRE.
authors.affiliation: The Center for Heart Development, College of Life Sciences, Hunan Normal University, Changsha, 410081 Hunan, PR China.
authors.forename: Xingzhu
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Qi
authors.forename: Yongqing
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Jing
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Xiao
authors.forename: Wuzhou
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Yuan
authors.forename: Yan
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yan
authors.forename: Yuequn
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Shuyuan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Liang
authors.forename: Chuanbing
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Zhu
authors.forename: Yingduan
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Mingyao
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Xiushan
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Wu
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D019556:COS Cells; D002522:Chlorocebus aethiops; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D015534:Trans-Activators / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism*; D018808:Transcription Factor AP-1 / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism*; D014157:Transcription Factors / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism*; D015533:Transcriptional Activation / Q000502:physiology*; D016335:Zinc Fingers / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; C502774:SRE protein, human; D015534:Trans-Activators; D018808:Transcription Factor AP-1; D014157:Transcription Factors; C508078:ZNF641 protein, human