Structural highlights
Function
[ZEP1_HUMAN] This protein specifically binds to the DNA sequence 5'-GGGACTTTCC-3' which is found in the enhancer elements of numerous viral promoters such as those of SV40, CMV, or HIV-1. In addition, related sequences are found in the enhancer elements of a number of cellular promoters, including those of the class I MHC, interleukin-2 receptor, and interferon-beta genes. It may act in T-cell activation. Involved in activating HIV-1 gene expression. Isoform 2 and isoform 3 also bind to the IPCS (IRF1 and p53 common sequence) DNA sequence in the promoter region of interferon regulatory factor 1 and p53 genes and are involved in transcription regulation of these genes. Isoform 2 does not activate HIV-1 gene expression. Isoform 2 and isoform 3 may be involved in apoptosis.[:][1] [2] [3]
Evolutionary Conservation
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Publication Abstract from PubMed
The high-resolution three-dimensional structure of a synthetic 57-residue peptide comprising the double zinc finger of the human enhancer binding protein MBP-1 has been determined in solution by nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy on the basis of 1280 experimental restraints. A total of 30 simulated annealing structures were calculated. The backbone atomic root-mean-square distributions about the mean coordinate positions are 0.32 and 0.33 A for the N- and C-terminal fingers, respectively, and the corresponding values for all atoms, excluding disordered surface side chains, are 0.36 and 0.40 A. Each finger comprises an irregular antiparallel sheet and a helix, with the zinc tetrahedrally coordinated to two cysteines and two histidines. The overall structure is nonglobular in nature, and the angle between the long axes of the helices is 47 +/- 5 degrees. The long axis of the antiparallel sheet in the N-terminal finger is approximately parallel to that of the helix in the C-terminal finger. Comparison of this structure with the X-ray structure of the Zif-268 triple finger complexed with DNA indicates that the relative orientation of the individual zinc fingers is clearly distinct in the two cases. This difference can be attributed to the presence of a long Lys side chain in the C-terminal finger of MBP-1 at position 40, instead of a short Ala or Ser side chain at the equivalent position in Zif-268. This finding suggests that different contacts may be involved in the binding of the zinc fingers of MBP-1 and Zif-268 to DNA, consistent with the findings from methylation interference experiments that the two fingers of MBP-1 contact 10 base pairs, while the three fingers of Zif-268 contact only 9 base pairs.
High-resolution solution structure of the double Cys2His2 zinc finger from the human enhancer binding protein MBP-1.,Omichinski JG, Clore GM, Robien M, Sakaguchi K, Appella E, Gronenborn AM Biochemistry. 1992 Apr 28;31(16):3907-17. PMID:1567844[4]
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References
- ↑ Muchardt C, Seeler JS, Nirula A, Shurland DL, Gaynor RB. Regulation of human immunodeficiency virus enhancer function by PRDII-BF1 and c-rel gene products. J Virol. 1992 Jan;66(1):244-50. PMID:1727488
- ↑ Seeler JS, Muchardt C, Suessle A, Gaynor RB. Transcription factor PRDII-BF1 activates human immunodeficiency virus type 1 gene expression. J Virol. 1994 Feb;68(2):1002-9. PMID:8289330
- ↑ Lallemand C, Palmieri M, Blanchard B, Meritet JF, Tovey MG. GAAP-1: a transcriptional activator of p53 and IRF-1 possesses pro-apoptotic activity. EMBO Rep. 2002 Feb;3(2):153-8. Epub 2002 Jan 29. PMID:11818340 doi:10.1093/embo-reports/kvf032
- ↑ Omichinski JG, Clore GM, Robien M, Sakaguchi K, Appella E, Gronenborn AM. High-resolution solution structure of the double Cys2His2 zinc finger from the human enhancer binding protein MBP-1. Biochemistry. 1992 Apr 28;31(16):3907-17. PMID:1567844
