The histone gene cell cycle regulator HiNF-P is a unique zinc finger transcription factor with a novel conserved auxiliary DNA-binding motif.
Accumulation of histone proteins is necessary for packaging of replicated DNA during the S phase of the cell cycle. Different mechanisms operate to regulate histone protein levels, and induction of human histone gene expression at the G1-S phase transition plays a critical role. The zinc finger HiNF-P and coactivator p220 (NPAT) proteins are key regulators of histone gene expression. Here, we describe a novel HiNF-P-specific conserved region (PSCR) located within the C-terminus that is present in HiNF-P homologues of all metazoan species that have been examined. The PSCR motif is required for activation of histone H4 gene transcription and contributes to DNA binding of HiNF-P. Thus, the PSCR module represents an auxiliary DNA-binding determinant that plays a critical role in mediating histone gene expression during the cell cycle and defines HiNF-P as a unique cell cycle regulatory member of the zinc finger transcription factor family.
Department of Cell Biology and Cancer Center, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts 01655, USA.
Ricardo
R
Medina
Timothy
T
Buck
Sayyed K
SK
Zaidi
Angela
A
Miele-Chamberland
Jane B
JB
Lian
Janet L
JL
Stein
Andre J
AJ
van Wijnen
Gary S
GS
Stein
D020816:Amino Acid Motifs; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001483:Base Sequence; D001665:Binding Sites; D002453:Cell Cycle; D018797:Cell Cycle Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D002460:Cell Line; D017124:Conserved Sequence; D004247:DNA / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D006367:HeLa Cells; D006657:Histones / Q000235:genetics; D006801:Humans; D008958:Models, Molecular; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D046912:Multiprotein Complexes; D016296:Mutagenesis; D009687:Nuclear Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D034741:RNA, Small Interfering / Q000235:genetics; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D012097:Repressor Proteins / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D016335:Zinc Fingers
D018797:Cell Cycle Proteins; C442219:HINFP protein, human; D006657:Histones; D046912:Multiprotein Complexes; C101693:NPAT protein, human; D009687:Nuclear Proteins; D034741:RNA, Small Interfering; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D012097:Repressor Proteins; D004247:DNA