Binding in vitro of multiple cellular proteins to immunoglobulin heavy-chain enhancer DNA.

AUTOR(ES)

Peterson, C L

RESUMO

Seven protein-binding sites on the immunoglobulin heavy-chain (IgH) enhancer element have been identified by exonuclease III protection and gel retardation assays. It appears that the seven sites bind a minimum of four separate proteins. Three of these proteins also bind to other enhancers or promoters, but one protein seems to recognize exclusively IgH enhancer sequences. A complex of four binding sites, recognized by different proteins, is located within one 80-base-pair region of IgH enhancer DNA. Close juxtaposition of enhancer proteins may allow protein-protein interactions or be part of a mechanism for modulating enhancer protein activity. All IgH enhancer-binding proteins identified in this study were found in extracts from nonlymphoid as well as lymphoid cells. These data provide the first direct evidence that multiple proteins bind to enhancer elements and that while some of these proteins recognize common elements of many enhancers, others have more limited specificities.

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