The abundance and in vitro DNA binding of three cellular proteins interacting with the adenovirus EIIa early promoter are not modified by the EIa gene products.

AUTOR(ES)

Jalinot, P

RESUMO

Specific protein binding on the EIa-inducible adenovirus EIIa early (EIIaE) promoter was analyzed by the sensitive electrophoretic band-shift assay and by protection against DNase I digestion. Three factors were identified, and precise mapping of the cognate-binding sites revealed their correspondence to promoter elements essential for constitutive EIIaE transcription. One binds to the major upstream element located between -82 and -64 (with respect to the major EIIaE cap site), another appears to interact with sequences on either side of this region, and the last one binds to an element located further upstream. Comparison of the binding activities of the factors present in extracts from cells infected with wild-type adenovirus (adenovirus type 5) or with the EIa deletion mutant dl312 did not reveal striking differences. Not only were the general binding patterns indistinguishable, but the concentration of each of the identified factors as well as their affinity for the cognate-binding sites were unchanged. Our results suggest that the EIa-mediated activation of the EIIaE transcription complexes involves appropriate interactions between transcription factors, rather than their increased binding to DNA.

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