Lee J K, Huberman J A, Hurwitz J
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY 10021, USA.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1997 Aug 5;94(16):8427-32. doi: 10.1073/pnas.94.16.8427.
We have purified and characterized a novel 60-kDa protein that binds to centromeric K-type repeat DNA from Schizosaccharomyces pombe. This protein was initially purified by its ability to bind to the autonomously replicating sequence 3002 DNA. Cloning of the gene encoding this protein revealed that it possesses significant homology to the mammalian centromere DNA-binding protein CENP-B and S. pombe Abp1, and this gene was designated as cbh+ (CENP-B homologue). Cbh protein specifically interacts in vitro with the K-type repeat DNA, which is essential for centromere function. The Cbh-binding consensus sequence was determined by DNase I footprinting assays as PyPuATATPyPuTA, featuring an inverted repeat of the first four nucleotides. Based on its binding activity to centromeric DNA and homology to centromere proteins, we suggest that this protein may be a functional homologue of the mammalian CENP-B in S. pombe.
我们已经纯化并鉴定了一种新的60 kDa蛋白,它能与粟酒裂殖酵母的着丝粒K型重复DNA结合。该蛋白最初是通过其与自主复制序列3002 DNA的结合能力而被纯化的。编码该蛋白的基因克隆显示,它与哺乳动物着丝粒DNA结合蛋白CENP - B和粟酒裂殖酵母Abp1具有显著同源性,该基因被命名为cbh +(CENP - B同源物)。Cbh蛋白在体外与K型重复DNA特异性相互作用,而K型重复DNA对着丝粒功能至关重要。通过DNase I足迹分析确定Cbh结合共有序列为PyPuATATPyPuTA,其前四个核苷酸呈反向重复。基于其对着丝粒DNA的结合活性以及与着丝粒蛋白的同源性,我们认为该蛋白可能是粟酒裂殖酵母中哺乳动物CENP - B的功能同源物。