The purification of an erythroid protein which binds to enhancer and promoter elements of haemoglobin genes. |
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| Authors: | N D Perkins R H Nicolas M A Plumb and G H Goodwin |
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| Institution: | Institute of Cancer Research, Chester Beatty Laboratories, London, UK. |
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| Abstract: | An erythroid nuclear protein (EF1), originally detected as a protein binding within the nuclease hypersensitive site upstream of the chicken beta H-globin gene, has been purified. This protein of 37,000-39,000 molecular weight binds to three sites within the hypersensitive region: one between the CCAAT and TATA boxes, the second (further upstream) next to a NF1 binding site, and the third adjacent to a regulatory element found in a number of beta-globin genes. The EF1 protein also binds to an erythroid-specific promoter element of the mouse alpha-globin gene and to two sites within the chicken beta A-globin enhancer. These six EF1-binding sites are related by the consensus sequence A/TGATAA/GG/C. A minor protein of molecular weight 72,000 which co-purifies with EF1 also binds to the same sequences. |
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