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Identification of a 60-kilodalton Rb-binding protein, RBP60, that allows the Rb-E2F complex to bind DNA.

Department of Biochemistry (M/C 536), University of Illinois, Chicago 60680.

ABSTRACT

Several reports have indicated that the product of the retinoblastoma gene (Rb) complexes with the transcription factor E2F. We present evidence that the DNA-binding of the Rb-E2F complex involves another cellular factor. Addition of Rb to purified preparations of E2F does not generate an Rb-E2F complex that can bind DNA, and in fact, we see an inhibition of the DNA-binding ability of E2F. On the other hand, addition of Rb to cruder preparations of E2F results in the formation of an Rb-E2F complex (E2Fr) that can bind DNA and produces a distinct complex in gel retardation assays. We have identified and purified a 60-kDa protein that allows the Rb-E2F complex to bind DNA, and we show that this 60-kDa protein exerts its effect by directly interacting with Rb.

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