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Association of specific DNA binding and transcriptional repression with the transforming and myogenic activities of c-Ski

  1. Author:
    Nicol, R.
    Zheng, G.
    Sutrave, P.
    Foster, D. N.
    Stavnezer, E.

  2. Author Address

    Stavnezer E 10900 Euclid Ave Cleveland, OH 44106 USA Case Western Reserve Univ, Dept Biochem Cleveland, OH 44106 USA Univ Cincinnati, Coll Med, Dept Mol Genet Biochem & Microbiol Cincinnati, OH 45267 USA NCI, Frederick Canc Res & Dev Ctr Frederick, MD 21702 USA Univ Minnesota, Dept Anim Sci St Paul, MN 55108 USA
    1. Year: 1999
  2. Journal: Cell Growth and Differentiation
    1. 10
    2. 4
    3. Pages: 243-254
  4. Type of Article: Article
  1. Abstract:

    The ski oncogene encodes a transcription factor that induces both transformation and muscle differentiation in avian fibroblasts. The first 304 amino acids of chicken Ski, the transformation domain, are both necessary and sufficient to mediate these biological activities. Ski's biological duality is mirrored by its transcriptional activities: it coactivates or corepresses transcription depending on its interactions with other transcription factors. Ski represses transcription through specific binding to GTCTAGAC (GTCT element) but it possesses a transferable repression activity that can function independently of this DNA element. In this study, we locate this repression domain to the NH2-terminal two-thirds and the GTCT binding region to the COOH-terminal one-third of Ski's transformation domain. Mutations in the transformation domain of c-Ski reveal a strong correlation between GTCT-mediated transcriptional repression and the biological activities of transformation and myogenesis. We also show that a dimerization domain located at the COOH terminal end of the Ski protein increases its transforming activity and its binding to GTCTAGAC. [References: 56]

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