title: Characterization of an alternative transcript of the human CREB3L2 gene.
abstract: CREB3L2, a member of the CREB3 family of transcription factors, spans >120 kbp and is composed of 12 exons. We characterized a widely expressed transcript of CREB3L2 generated by an intronic polyadenylation site in intron 4 of the gene. It could be translated to a CREB3L2 variant which is localized both in the nucleus and the endoplasmatic reticulum. The protein retains the N-terminal transactivation domain but lacks the DNA-binding domain, the transmembrane domain and the C-terminal part. Experiments using a GAL4 DNA-binding domain fusion model showed that the transcript is a transactivator but it cannot exert its function through the CRE and ATF6 binding sites and has little effect on the GRP78 promoter. Whether this transcript has a cellular function or is targeted for degradation by nonsense-mediated RNA decay system of RNA surveillance is currently unknown.
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Genetics, University and Regional Laboratories, Lund University Hospital, Lund University, Lund, Sweden. ioannis.panagopoulos@arklab.su.se
authors.forename: Ioannis
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Panagopoulos
authors.forename: Nastaran
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Monsef
authors.forename: Anna
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Collin
authors.forename: Fredrik
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Mertens
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D050976:Basic-Leucine Zipper Transcription Factors / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D045744:Cell Line, Tumor; D000091342:Endoplasmic Reticulum Chaperone BiP; D005786:Gene Expression Regulation; D006367:HeLa Cells; D006801:Humans; D007438:Introns; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D026723:Polyadenylation; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D014158:Transcription, Genetic; D014162:Transfection
chemical_list: D050976:Basic-Leucine Zipper Transcription Factors; C518609:CREB3L2 protein, human; D000091342:Endoplasmic Reticulum Chaperone BiP; C000717247:HSPA5 protein, human; D012333:RNA, Messenger