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| The EMBO Journal
(1998) 17, 6963–6971, doi:10.1093/emboj/17.23.6963 |
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Ser727-dependent recruitment of MCM5 by Stat1 in IFN- -induced transcriptional activation |
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| Jue J. Zhang1, Yingming Zhao2, 3, Brian T. Chait2, Wyndham W. Lathem1, Marion Ritzi4, Rolf Knippers4 and James E. Darnell Jr1 |
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1 Laboratory of Molecular Cell Biology, Rockefeller University, New York, NY 10021, USA 2 Laboratory of Mass Spectrometry and Gaseous Ion Chemistry, Rockefeller University, New York, NY 10021, USA 3 Present address: Department of Human Genetics, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY 10029, USA 4 Division of Biology, University of Konstanz, D-78434 Konstanz, Germany To whom correspondence should be addressed James E. Darnell Jr, darnell@rockvax.rockefeller.edu Received 24 August 1998; Revised 1 October 1998; Accepted 2 October 1998. |
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| Stat1 is a latent cytoplasmic transcription factor activated in response to interferon- (IFN-). The C-terminal 38 amino acids of Stat1 are required to trigger transcription and therefore may possibly serve as a transcription activation domain (TAD). Here we show that the C-terminus of Stat1 is an independent TAD which can interact with a specific group of nuclear proteins. Mutation of the Stat1 Ser727 and Leu724 decreases its transcriptional activity and affinity for the nuclear proteins. One of the interacting proteins was identified as MCM5, a member of the mini-chromosome maintenance (MCM) family involved in DNA replication. Both in vitro and in vivo interaction of Stat1 and MCM5 were demonstrated. Furthermore, the in vitro interaction required Ser727 and was enhanced by its phosphorylation. Transient over-expression of MCM5 enhanced transcriptional activation by Stat1 in a Ser727-dependent manner. Finally, changes in the level of nuclear localized MCM5 during the cell cycle correlated with the changes in transcriptional response to IFN- acting through Stat1. These results strongly suggest that MCM5 is recruited through interaction with Stat1 in a Ser727- and Leu724-dependent manner to play a role in optimal transcriptional activation. |
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| Keywords: interferon, MCM5, Stat1, transcription |
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