1. A Novel, Transformation-Relevant Activation Domain in Fos Proteins
- Author
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Rolf Müller, Valérie Jérôme, M. Funk, B. Poensgen, and W. Graulich
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Transcriptional Activation ,Recombinant Fusion Proteins ,Molecular Sequence Data ,Saccharomyces cerevisiae ,Moloney murine sarcoma virus ,Biology ,Cell Line ,Mice ,Transactivation ,Transcription (biology) ,Animals ,Amino Acid Sequence ,Molecular Biology ,Peptide sequence ,chemistry.chemical_classification ,Oncogene Proteins v-fos ,C-terminus ,Genetic Complementation Test ,Genes, fos ,3T3 Cells ,Cell Biology ,biology.organism_classification ,Molecular biology ,Rats ,Amino acid ,Cell biology ,Cell Transformation, Neoplastic ,chemistry ,Mutation ,Transcription preinitiation complex ,Neoplastic Stem Cells ,Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-fos ,Research Article - Abstract
We have previously demonstrated that transformation by Fos is critically dependent on an intact DNA-binding domain (bZip) and a functional N-terminal transactivation motif (N-TM). We now show that a novel motif (C-terminal transactivation motif [C-TM]) near the C terminus also plays an important role in both transformation and the activation of AP1-dependent transcription and that the hydrophobic amino acids in the C-TM are functionally essential. The C-TM is the most crucial element in the C-terminal transactivation domain in Fos, as indicated by its relative strength and context-independent function. The C-TM is clearly different from the previously identified HOB2 domain, located N terminally to the C-TM, and the C-terminally positioned TATA-binding protein-binding domain. We also show that the C-terminal transactivation domain strongly synergizes with the HOB1-like N-TM, even when both domains are present on different proteins within a dimeric complex, and that the C-TM plays a crucial role in this cooperation. These observations can be corroborated in a model in which multiple contacts with the basal machinery are established either to stabilize the transcription complex or to facilitate its sequential assembly.
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- 1997