The p50 subunit of NF-kappa B associates with the NF-IL6 transcription factor.
AUTOR(ES)
LeClair, K P
RESUMO
The NF-kappa B-p50 polypeptide, a member of the Rel family of transcription factors, was produced as a fusion protein containing amino-terminal peptide additions that facilitate purification and detection with a monoclonal antibody and specific radiolabeling by phosphorylation in vitro. The 32P-labeled NK-kappa B-p50 fusion polypeptide was used as the probe in Western blotting experiments and in screenings of a bacteriophage expression library to isolate cDNAs encoding interacting protein domains. As expected, cDNAs encoding proteins of the Rel family were identified. Surprisingly, the 32P-labeled NF-kappa B protein also specifically bound to proteins encoded by cDNAs for the human NF-IL6 transcription factor. The NF-kappa B-p50 and NF-IL6 proteins directly interact, and the Rel homology domain and leucine-zipper motif, respectively, are important for this interaction. Since induction of the NF-kappa B and NF-IL6 factors are important events in immune and acute-phase responses, this interaction could permit coregulation of genes.
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