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Mol Cell Biol. 1993 January; 13(1): 196-206

Two domains of ISGF3 gamma that mediate protein-DNA and protein-protein interactions during transcription factor assembly contribute to DNA-binding specificity.

S A Veals, T Santa Maria and D E Levy

Department of Pathology, New York University School of Medicine, New York 10016.

ABSTRACT

Alpha interferon (IFN-alpha) induces the transcription of a large set of genes through activation of multimeric transcription factor ISGF3. This factor can be dissociated into two protein components, termed ISGF3 gamma and ISGF3 alpha. ISGF3 gamma is a 48-kDa protein related at the amino terminus to members of the IFN-regulatory factor (IRF) and Myb families of DNA-binding proteins; ISGF3 alpha consists of three polypeptides of 84, 91, and 113 kDa that self-assemble to form an activated component in response to IFN-alpha. DNA-binding studies indicated that ISGF3 gamma binds DNA alone, recognizing the IFN-stimulated response element, while the ISGF3 alpha polypeptides alone display no specific interactions with DNA. A complex between ISGF3 gamma and activated ISGF3 alpha binds the IFN-stimulated response element with much greater affinity than does the 48-kDa ISGF3 gamma protein alone. The DNA-binding domain of ISGF3 gamma and regions responsible for protein-protein interaction with ISGF3 alpha were identified by using deleted forms of ISGF3 gamma expressed in vitro. The amino-terminal region of ISGF3 gamma homologous to the IRF and Myb proteins was sufficient for interaction with DNA and displayed the binding specificity of the intact protein; phosphorylation of this region was necessary for activity. A second region of 160 amino acids separated from the DNA-binding domain by over 100 amino acids contained a domain capable of associating with ISGF3 alpha and was sufficient to confer specific ISGF3 alpha interaction to a heterologous protein. Interaction of the ISGF3 alpha component with the protein interaction domain of ISGF3 gamma altered the DNA-binding specificity of the resulting complex, suggesting that one or more of the ISGF3 alpha polypeptides make base-specific contacts with DNA. This interaction defines a mechanism through which IRF-like proteins complexed with regulatory components can display novel DNA-binding specificities.

Mol Cell Biol. 1993 January; 13(1): 196-206




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