Chang L S, Shenk T
Department of Biology, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Princeton University, New Jersey 08544.
J Virol. 1990 May;64(5):2103-9. doi: 10.1128/JVI.64.5.2103-2109.1990.
The DNA-binding protein (DBP) encoded by the E2A region of adenovirus type 5 was found to enhance the expression of a reporter gene controlled by several different promoters within transfected cells. The rate of synthesis of correctly initiated transcripts was increased by the DBP. The adeno-associated virus P5 promoter and the adenovirus E1A and E2A early and major late promoters responded to the DBP by increases in expression ranging from 6- to 27-fold, while the adenovirus E4 promoter was slightly inhibited by DBP. The adenovirus major late promoter showed a greater response to DBP than to the E1A transactivator protein, suggesting that the DBP plays a central role in activation of the late promoter.
人们发现,由5型腺病毒E2A区域编码的DNA结合蛋白(DBP)可增强转染细胞内由几种不同启动子控制的报告基因的表达。DBP提高了正确起始转录本的合成速率。腺相关病毒P5启动子以及腺病毒E1A和E2A早期及主要晚期启动子对DBP有反应,表达增加6至27倍,而腺病毒E4启动子受到DBP的轻微抑制。腺病毒主要晚期启动子对DBP的反应比对E1A反式激活蛋白的反应更大,这表明DBP在晚期启动子的激活中起核心作用。