A SEQUENCE-SPECIFIC DNA-BINDING PROTEIN RECOGNIZING A GA-RICH ELEMENT COOPERATES WITH OCT-1 AT THE HERPES-SIMPLEX VIRUS TYPE-1 IE3 PROMOTER

被引:8
作者
BAILEY, AC [1 ]
THOMPSON, R [1 ]
机构
[1] UNIV GLASGOW, DEPT VIROL, GLASGOW G11 5JR, SCOTLAND
关键词
HSV-1; TAATGARAT; IE GENE TRANSACTIVATION; GA-RICH ELEMENT;
D O I
10.1159/000150265
中图分类号
Q93 [微生物学];
学科分类号
071005 ; 100705 ;
摘要
Herpes simplex virus immediate early (IE) gene transcription is regulated via the upstream TAATGARAT motif and involves the recruitment of the ubiquitous octamer-binding protein Oct-1 and a component of the virion Vmw65 into a multiprotein complex termed the immediate early complex (IEC). An upstream GA-rich element (GA-RE) has been postulated to mediate a response to Vmw65 independent of TAATGARAT. We have studied IEC formation in gel shift assays using DNA fragments containing these sequence elements from the HSV-1 IE gene 3 promoter in different combinations. The results show that a factor which footprints to the GA-RE cooperates with Oct-1 to increase IEC levels on a TAATGARAT motif located 5 bp 5' to the GA-RE. The factor alone is unable to promote IEC formation. We were unable to demonstrate any effect of this factor on a TAATGARAT motif located 16 bp from the GA-RE, suggesting that this effect is not universal for all TAATGARAT motifs.
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