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Mad: un socio heterodímero para Max que se opone a la actividad transcripcional de Myc
D E Ayer1, L Kretzner, R N Eisenman
1Division of Basic Sciences, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Washington 98104.
Cell
|January 29, 1993
Resumen
Los investigadores descubrieron una nueva proteína, Mad, que se asocia con Max. Este complejo Mad-Max, como Myc-Max, se une al ADN pero tiene funciones opuestas, revelando a Max.
Área de la Ciencia:
- Biología Molecular Biología Molecular
- Genética La genética.
- Interacciones de las proteínas.
Sus antecedentes:
- Las proteínas Myc son factores de transcripción que heterodimerizan con Max.
- El papel de Max en la mediación de las funciones de otras proteínas reguladoras no se entiende completamente.
Objetivo del estudio:
- Para identificar nuevas proteínas que interactúan con Max.
- Para caracterizar la función y las propiedades de unión al ADN de las proteínas que interactúan con Max.
Principales métodos:
- Cribado de una biblioteca de expresiones lambda gt11 utilizando la proteína Max radiomarcada.
- Ensayos de unión in vitro para evaluar las interacciones proteína-proteína.
- Ensayos de transactivación in vivo para evaluar la actividad transcripcional.
Principales resultados:
- Identificación de una nueva proteína bHLH-Zip, Mad, que se une a Max.
- Formación de heterodímeros Mad-Max con propiedades de unión al ADN similares a las de Myc-Max.
- Tanto los complejos Myc-Max como Mad-Max son favorecidos sobre los homodímeros Max y no se ven afectados por la fosforilación CKII.
- Los complejos Mad-Max y Myc-Max exhiben funciones opuestas en la transcripción.
Conclusiones:
- Max es un mediador central en una red de factores de transcripción que involucra a Myc y Mad.
- Mad representa un novedoso socio funcional para Max, con roles de transcripción opuestos a los de Myc.
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