Structural highlights
Function
[PO2F1_HUMAN] Transcription factor that binds to the octamer motif (5'-ATTTGCAT-3') and activates the promoters of the genes for some small nuclear RNAs (snRNA) and of genes such as those for histone H2B and immunoglobulins. Modulates transcription transactivation by NR3C1, AR and PGR (By similarity). In case of human herpes simplex virus (HSV) infection, POU2F1 forms a multiprotein-DNA complex with the viral transactivator protein VP16 and HCFC1 thereby enabling the transcription of the viral immediate early genes.[1]
Evolutionary Conservation
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Publication Abstract from PubMed
Two crystal structures of Oct-1 POU domain bound to DNA provide a rationale for differential, conformation-dependent recruitment of transcription cofactors. The POU-homeo and POU-specific subdomains of Oct-1 contain two different nonoverlapping pairs of surface patches that are capable of forming unrelated protein-protein interfaces. Members of the POU factor family contain one or two conserved sequence motifs in the interface that are known to be phosphorylated, as noted for Oct-1 and Pit-1. Modeling of Oct-4 reveals the unique case where the same conserved sequence is located in both interfaces. Our studies provide the basis for two distinct dimeric POU factor arrangements that are dictated by the architecture of each DNA response element. We suggest interface swapping in dimers could be a general mechanism of modulating the activity of transcription factors.
Differential dimer activities of the transcription factor Oct-1 by DNA-induced interface swapping.,Remenyi A, Tomilin A, Pohl E, Lins K, Philippsen A, Reinbold R, Scholer HR, Wilmanns M Mol Cell. 2001 Sep;8(3):569-80. PMID:11583619[2]
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References
- ↑ Segil N, Roberts SB, Heintz N. Mitotic phosphorylation of the Oct-1 homeodomain and regulation of Oct-1 DNA binding activity. Science. 1991 Dec 20;254(5039):1814-6. PMID:1684878
- ↑ Remenyi A, Tomilin A, Pohl E, Lins K, Philippsen A, Reinbold R, Scholer HR, Wilmanns M. Differential dimer activities of the transcription factor Oct-1 by DNA-induced interface swapping. Mol Cell. 2001 Sep;8(3):569-80. PMID:11583619
