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Mol. Cell. Biol., May 1996, 2445-2452, Vol 16, No. 5
J Chen, X Wu, J Lin and AJ Levine
The mdm-2 gene encodes a 90-kDa polypeptide that binds specifically to the
p53 tumor suppressor protein. This physical interaction results in the
inhibition of the transcriptional functions of p53 (J. Chen, J. Lin, and A.
J. Levine, Mol. Med. 1:142-152, 1995, and J. Momand, G. P. Zambetti, D. C.
Olson, D. George, and A. J. Levine, Cell 69:1237-1245, 1992). Experiments
are described that demonstrate the ability of mdm-2 to abrogate both the
p53-mediated cell cycle arrest and the apoptosis functions. In addition,
the results presented here suggest that mdm-2 binding to p53 and the
resultant inhibition of p53 transcription functions are critical for
reversing p53-mediated cell cycle arrest. The N-terminal half or domain of
the mdm-2 protein is sufficient to regulate these biological activities of
p53, consistent with the possibility that the highly conserved central
acidic region and the C- terminal putative zinc fingers of mdm-2 may encode
other functions.
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mdm-2 inhibits the G1 arrest and apoptosis functions of the p53 tumor suppressor protein
Department of Molecular Biology, Princeton University, New Jersey 08544, USA.
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