Abstract
The human ALL-1 gene is involved in acute leukemia through gene fusions, partial tandem duplications or a specific deletion. Several sequence motifs within the ALL-1 protein, such as the SET domain, PHD fingers and the region with homology to DNA methyl transferase are shared with other proteins involved in transcription regulation through chromatin alterations. However, the function of these motifs is still not clear. Studying ALL-1 presents an additional challenge because the gene is the human homologue of Drosophila trithorax. The latter is a member of the trithorax-Polycomb gene family which acts to determine the body pattern of Drosophila by maintaining expression or repression of the Antennapedia-bithorax homeotic gene complex. Here we apply yeast two hybrid methodology, in vivo immunoprecipitation and in vitro `pull down' techniques to show self association of the SET motifs of ALL-1, TRITHORAX and ASH1 proteins (Drosophila ASH1 is encoded by a trithorax-group gene). Point mutations in evolutionary conserved residues of TRITHORAX SET, abolish the interaction. SET–SET interactions might act in integrating the activity of ALL-1 (TRX and ASH1) protein molecules, simultaneously positioned at different maintenance elements and directing expression of the same or different target genes.
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This work was supported by grants from the German Institute of Cancer Research (DKFZ), The Israeli Academy of Science, The Louis and Fannie Tolz Fund, Israel Cancer Research Fund, The Israel Committee Against Cancer and by grant CA 50507 from the National Cancer Institute.
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Rozovskaia, T., Rozenblatt-Rosen, O., Sedkov, Y. et al. Self-association of the SET domains of human ALL-1 and of Drosophila TRITHORAX and ASH1 proteins. Oncogene 19, 351–357 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1038/sj.onc.1203307
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