title: Cyclin E/Cdk2, P/CAF, and E1A regulate the transactivation of the c-myc promoter by FOXM1.
abstract: FOXM1c transactivates the c-myc promoter by binding directly to its TATA-boxes. The present study demonstrates that the transactivation of the c-myc promoter by FOXM1c is enhanced by the key proliferation signal cyclin E/Cdk2, but repressed by P/CAF and the adenoviral oncoprotein E1A. Furthermore, FOXM1c interacts with the coactivator and histone acetyltransferase P/CAF. This study shows that, on the c-myc-P1 TATA-box, FOXM1c does not function simply as normal transcription factor just binding to an unusual site. Moreover, the inhibitory N-terminus of FOXM1c does not inhibit its transrepression domain or its EDA. Others reported that a cyclin/Cdk-binding LXL-motif of the splice variant FoxM1b is required for its interaction with Cdk2, Cdk1, and p27, its phosphorylation by Cdk1 and its activation by Cdc25B. In contrast, we now demonstrate that this LXL-motif is not required for the activation of FOXM1c by cyclin D1/Cdk4, cyclin E/Cdk and cyclin A/Cdk2 or for the repression of FOXM1c by p27.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Molecular Biology, Medical School Hannover, Carl-Neuberg-Street 1, D-30625 Hannover, Germany.
authors.forename: Inken
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Wierstra
authors.forename: Jürgen
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Alves
mesh_terms: D002460:Cell Line; D019925:Cyclin A / Q000378:metabolism; D019938:Cyclin D1 / Q000378:metabolism; D019927:Cyclin E / Q000378:metabolism*; D051357:Cyclin-Dependent Kinase 2 / Q000378:metabolism*; D051358:Cyclin-Dependent Kinase 4 / Q000378:metabolism; D051858:Forkhead Transcription Factors / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D051548:Histone Acetyltransferases / Q000378:metabolism*; D006801:Humans; D015513:Oncogene Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D011401:Promoter Regions, Genetic / Q000235:genetics*; D011485:Protein Binding; D015534:Trans-Activators / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D019925:Cyclin A; D019927:Cyclin E; D051858:Forkhead Transcription Factors; D015513:Oncogene Proteins; D015534:Trans-Activators; D019938:Cyclin D1; D051548:Histone Acetyltransferases; D051357:Cyclin-Dependent Kinase 2; D051358:Cyclin-Dependent Kinase 4