Ets-1 activates the DRA promoter in B cells. |
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Authors: | N Jabrane-Ferrat and B M Peterlin |
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Institution: | Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of California at San Francisco, 94143-0724. |
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Abstract: | The X box in promoters of class II major histocompatibility complex genes plays a crucial role in the B-cell-specific and gamma interferon-inducible expression of these genes. The sequence TTCC is located in the pyrimidine tract which extends 5' to and partially overlaps the X box of the DRA promoter. This sequence resembles the core binding site for the Ets family of DNA-binding proteins. In this study, we demonstrate that mutations within the pyrimidine tract which change the TTCC motif, but do not affect the binding of regulatory factor X to the X box, decrease the activity of the DRA promoter in B cells. Furthermore, using electrophoretic mobility shift assays and cotransfection experiments, we demonstrate that Ets-1, but not Ets-2 or PU.1, functionally interacts with the pyrimidine tract and activates the DRA promoter. |
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