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ZNF325, a novel human zinc finger protein with a RBaK-like RB-binding domain, inhibits AP-1- and SRE-mediated transcriptional activity.

Mitogen-activated protein kinase ( MAPK) signal transduction pathways are among the most widespread mechanisms of eukaryotic cell regulation. The zinc-finger-containing transcription factors have been previously revealed to be involved in the regulation of the MAPK signaling pathways. Here, we have identified a novel human zinc-finger transcriptional repressor, ZNF325, that contains a RBaK-like RB-binding domain and 15 tandem repeated C2H2 type zinc fingers. Northern blot analysis indicates that a 2.7 kb transcript specific for ZNF325 is widely expressed in all tissues examined at adult stage and in most of the embryonic tissues. Overexpression of ZNF325 in COS-7 cells inhibits the transcriptional activities of AP-1 and SRE. The deletion and RNAi analysis indicate that the C2H2 zinc finger motifs represent the basal transcriptional repressive activity. These results indicate that the ZNF325 protein may act as a novel transcription repressor in MAPK signaling pathway to mediate cellular functions.[1]

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  1. ZNF325, a novel human zinc finger protein with a RBaK-like RB-binding domain, inhibits AP-1- and SRE-mediated transcriptional activity. Zhao, Y., Zhou, L., Liu, B., Deng, Y., Wang, Y., Wang, Y., Huang, W., Yuan, W., Wang, Z., Zhu, C., Liu, M., Wu, X., Li, Y. Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun. (2006) [Pubmed]
 
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