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The Evi-1 gene encodes a zinc finger transcriptional repressor protein that normally plays a role in development and is frequently activated in myeloid leukaemias. Evi-1 has two distinct DNA binding domains, ZF1 and ZF2, and a defined repressor domain but the function of the remainder of the molecule is unknown. The ZF2 and repressor domains have been shown to be required for transformation and we show here that ZF1 is also required. An alternative splice variant of Evi-1, designated Δ324, encodes a protein which lacks a portion of the ZF1 DNA binding domain and the intervening amino acids 239–514 (designated IR) located between ZF1 and the repressor domain. We show that Δ324 can neither bind ZF1, repress transcription through this site nor transform Rat1 fibroblasts. Reconstitution studies demonstrate that the defect in Δ324 is partially complemented by recreating the ZF1 DNA binding activity. However, full function also requires the IR region which has transcriptional repressor activity. This study shows therefore, that ZF1, ZF2 and repressor domains and the IR region all contribute to the transformation efficiency of the Evi-1 protein.
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Kilbey, A., Bartholomew, C. Evi-1 ZF1 DNA binding activity and a second distinct transcriptional repressor region are both required for optimal transformation of Rat1 fibroblasts. Oncogene 16, 2287–2291 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1038/sj.onc.1201732
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