GAS41 interacts with transcription factor AP-2beta and stimulates AP-2beta-mediated transactivation.
Transcription factor AP-2 regulates transcription of a number of genes involving mammalian development, differentiation and carcinogenesis. Recent studies have shown that interaction partners can modulate the transcriptional activity of AP-2 over the downstream targets. In this study, we reported the identification of GAS41 as an interaction partner of AP-2beta. We documented the interaction both in vivo by co-immunoprecipitation as well as in vitro through glutathione S-transferase (GST) pull-down assays. We also showed that the two proteins are co-localized in the nuclei of mammalian cells. We further mapped the interaction domains between the two proteins to the C-termini of both AP-2beta and GAS41, respectively. Furthermore, we have identified three critical residues of GAS41 that are important for the interaction between the two proteins. In addition, by transient co-expression experiments using reporter containing three AP-2 consensus binding sites in the promoter region, we found that GAS41 stimulates the transcriptional activity of AP-2beta over the reporter. Finally, electrophoretic mobility shift assay (EMSA) suggested that GAS41 enhances the DNA-binding activity of AP-2beta. Our data provide evidence for a novel cellular function of GAS41 as a transcriptional co-activator for AP-2beta.[1]References
- GAS41 interacts with transcription factor AP-2beta and stimulates AP-2beta-mediated transactivation. Ding, X., Fan, C., Zhou, J., Zhong, Y., Liu, R., Ren, K., Hu, X., Luo, C., Xiao, S., Wang, Y., Feng, D., Zhang, J. Nucleic Acids Res. (2006) [Pubmed]
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