Analysis of transciption-factor binding sites in the CMV / T7 promoter portion of the CMV-SEAP vector using TranFac (CMV: 232-819 = 1-588, T7: 865-883 = 589-668)

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 matrix               | matrix       | core   | matrix | sequence
 name                 | position(str)| simil. | simil. | 
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 Inspecting sequence CMVT7promoter (1 - 668):
  V$CREBP1CJUN_01     |      139 (+) |  1.000 |  1.000 | tgACGTca
  V$CREB_01           |      139 (+) |  1.000 |  1.000 | TGACgtca
  V$CREB_01           |      139 (-) |  1.000 |  1.000 | TGACgtca
  V$CREBP1CJUN_01     |      139 (-) |  1.000 |  1.000 | tgACGTca
  V$CREBP1CJUN_01     |      192 (+) |  1.000 |  1.000 | tgACGTca
  V$CREB_01           |      192 (+) |  1.000 |  1.000 | TGACgtca
  V$CREB_01           |      192 (-) |  1.000 |  1.000 | TGACgtca
  V$CREBP1CJUN_01     |      192 (-) |  1.000 |  1.000 | tgACGTca
  V$NKX25_01          |      242 (+) |  1.000 |  1.000 | tcAAGTg
  V$CREBP1CJUN_01     |      275 (+) |  1.000 |  1.000 | tgACGTca
  V$CREB_01           |      275 (+) |  1.000 |  1.000 | TGACgtca
  V$CREB_01           |      275 (-) |  1.000 |  1.000 | TGACgtca
  V$CREBP1CJUN_01     |      275 (-) |  1.000 |  1.000 | tgACGTca
  V$CREL_01           |      436 (+) |  1.000 |  1.000 | ggggatTTCC
  V$CREBP1CJUN_01     |      461 (+) |  1.000 |  1.000 | tgACGTca
  V$CREB_01           |      461 (+) |  1.000 |  1.000 | TGACgtca
  V$CREB_01           |      461 (-) |  1.000 |  1.000 | TGACgtca
  V$CREBP1CJUN_01     |      461 (-) |  1.000 |  1.000 | tgACGTca

CREBP1CJUN_01 = CRE-BP1/c-Jun = CRE-binding protein 1/c-Jun heterodimer,
Benbrook D. M., Jones N. C.: Different binding specificities and transactivation of variant CRE's by CREB complexes. Nucleic Acids Res. 22:1463-1469 (1994)

CREB_01 = CREB = cAMP-responsive element binding protein,
Benbrook D. M., Jones N. C.: Different binding specificities and transactivation of variant CRE's by CREB complexes. Nucleic Acids Res. 22:1463-1469 (1994)

NKX25_01 = Nkx-2.5 = homeo domain factor Nkx-2.5/Csx, tinman homolog
Chen C. Y., Schwartz R. J.: Identification of novel DNA binding targets and regulatory domains of a murine tinman homeodomain factor, nkx-2.5. J. Biol. Chem. 270:15628-15633 (1995) Abstract: A murine cardiac-specific homeodomain gene named csx (Komuro, I., and Izumo. S.(1993) Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U. S. A. 90, 8145-8149) and nkx-2.5 (Lints, T. J., Parsons, L. M., Hartley, L., Lyons, I., and Harvey, R. P.(1993) Development 119, 419-431) was identified as a potential vertebrate homologue of Drosophila tinman, a mesoderm determination factor required for insect heart formation (Bodmer, R.(1993) Development 118, 719-729). Bacterial expression of the nkx-2.5 homeodomain allowed us to identify downstream DNA targets from a library of randomly generated oligonucleotides. High affinity nkx-2.5 DNA binding sites, 5`-TNNAGTG-3`, represented novel binding sequences, whereas intermediate and weaker affinity sites, 5`-C(A/T)TTAATTN-3`, contained the typical 5`-TAAT-3` core required by most homeodomain factors for DNA binding. We also observed that nkx-2.5 served as a modest transcription activator in transfection assays done in 10T1/2 fibroblasts with multimerized binding sites linked to a luciferase reporter gene. Functional dissection of nkx-2.5 revealed a COOH-terminal inhibitory domain composed mainly of clusters of alanines and prolines, which appeared to mask a potent activation domain composed of hydrophobic and highly charged amino acids.

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