Identification of Ets- and notch-related subunits in GA binding protein

Science. 1991 Aug 16;253(5021):789-92. doi: 10.1126/science.1876836.

Abstract

Recombinant cDNA clones that encode two distinct subunits of the transcription factor GA binding protein (GABP) have been isolated. The predicted amino acid sequence of one subunit, GABP alpha, exhibits similarity to the sequence of the product of the ets-1 protooncogene in a region known to encompass the Ets DNA binding domain. The sequence of the second subunit, GABP beta, contains four 33-amino acid repeats located close to the NH2-terminus of the subunit. The sequences of these repeats are similar to repeats in several transmembrane proteins, including Notch from Drosophila melanogaster and Glp-1 and Lin-12 from Caenorhabditis elegans. Avid, sequence-specific binding to DNA required the presence of both polypeptides, revealing a conceptual convergence of nuclear transforming proteins and membrane-anchored proteins implicated in developmentally regulated signal transduction processes.

Publication types

  • Comparative Study
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Amino Acid Sequence
  • Animals
  • Blotting, Northern
  • Cloning, Molecular
  • DNA-Binding Proteins / chemistry*
  • DNA-Binding Proteins / genetics
  • GA-Binding Protein Transcription Factor
  • Gene Expression
  • Molecular Sequence Data
  • Nuclear Proteins / chemistry
  • Nuclear Proteins / genetics
  • Peptides / chemistry
  • Proto-Oncogene Protein c-ets-1
  • Proto-Oncogene Proteins / chemistry
  • Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-ets
  • RNA, Messenger / genetics
  • Rats
  • Recombinant Proteins
  • Transcription Factors / chemistry*
  • Transcription Factors / genetics

Substances

  • DNA-Binding Proteins
  • Ets1 protein, rat
  • GA-Binding Protein Transcription Factor
  • Gabpa protein, rat
  • Gabpb2 protein, rat
  • Nuclear Proteins
  • Peptides
  • Proto-Oncogene Protein c-ets-1
  • Proto-Oncogene Proteins
  • Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-ets
  • RNA, Messenger
  • Recombinant Proteins
  • Transcription Factors

Associated data

  • GENBANK/M63875
  • GENBANK/M74515
  • GENBANK/M74516
  • GENBANK/M74517
  • GENBANK/M76239
  • GENBANK/M76240
  • GENBANK/M76241
  • GENBANK/M76242
  • GENBANK/M76243
  • GENBANK/M76244