The human cytomegalovirus IE2 86-kilodalton protein interacts with an early gene promoter via site-specific DNA binding and protein-protein associations.
AUTOR(ES)
Scully, A L
RESUMO
The 86-kDa immediate-early 2 protein (IE2 86) of human cytomegalovirus is a powerful transactivator of homologous and heterologous promoters, including the human cytomegalovirus 1.2-kb RNA early promoter. Two potential mechanisms for gene activation by IE2 86 include interaction with cellular proteins and direct DNA binding. In this report, we show that the 1.2-kb RNA promoter contains a cis-acting AP-1 site, critical for its activation by IE2 86 in vivo, and that IE2 86, purified as a glutathione S-transferase-IE86 fusion protein, can interact with c-Jun and JunB. Additionally, by coimmunoprecipitation, we document that JunB and IE2 86 do associate in vivo. Further in vitro analysis reveals that Fos proteins are able to associate with glutathione S-transferase-IE86 only when present as a Jun-Fos heterodimer. With a set of IE2 86 mutants, we demonstrate that three independent regions of the IE2 86 interact in vitro with c-Jun, two of which are essential for activation of the 1.2-kb RNA promoter in vivo. We also show that IE2 86 can bind directly to this promoter through a sequence located just upstream of the AP-1 site between nucleotides -125 and -97. This discrete domain shares sequence homology with the cis-repression signal on the IE gene.
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