Associations and Interactions between Bare Lymphocyte Syndrome Factors

AUTOR(ES)

DeSandro, Angela M.

FONTE

American Society for Microbiology

RESUMO

The bare lymphocyte syndrome, a severe combined immunodeficiency due to loss of major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class II gene expression, is caused by inherited mutations in the genes encoding the heterotrimeric transcription factor RFX (RFX-B, RFX5, and RFXAP) and the class II transactivator CIITA. Mutagenesis of the RFX genes was performed, and the properties of the proteins were analyzed with regard to transactivation, DNA binding, and protein-protein interactions. The results identified specific domains within each of the three RFX subunits that were necessary for RFX complex formation, including the ankyrin repeats of RFX-B. DNA binding was dependent on RFX complex formation, and transactivation was dependent on a region of RFX5. RFX5 was found to interact with CIITA, and this interaction was dependent on a proline-rich domain within RFX5. Thus, these studies have defined the protein domains required for the functional regulation of MHC class II genes.

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