PMID:9632807

Citation	Okabe, S, Fukuda, T, Ishibashi, K, Kojima, S, Okada, S, Hatano, M, Ebara, M, Saisho, H and Tokuhisa, T (1998) BAZF, a novel Bcl6 homolog, functions as a transcriptional repressor. Mol. Cell. Biol. 18:4235-44
Abstract	The BCL6 gene, which has been identified from the chromosomal translocation breakpoint in B-cell lymphomas, functions as a sequence-specific transcriptional repressor. We cloned a novel Bcl6-homologous gene, BAZF (encoding Bcl6-associated zinc finger protein). The predicted amino acid sequence of BAZF indicated that the BTB/POZ domain and the five repeats of the Krüppel-like zinc finger motif are located in the NH2-terminal region and the COOH-terminal region, respectively. BAZF associated with Bcl6 at the BTB/POZ domain and localized in the nucleus. Since zinc finger motifs of BAZF were 94% identical to those of Bcl6 at the amino acid level, BAZF bound specifically to the DNA-binding sequence of Bcl6 and functioned as a transcriptional repressor. The repressor activity was associated with both the BTB/POZ domain and the middle portion of BAZF. The 17-amino-acid sequence in the middle portion was completely conserved between BAZF and Bcl6, and the conserved region was critical for the repressor activity. Expression of BAZF mRNA, like that of Bcl6 mRNA, was induced in activated lymphocytes as an immediate-early gene. Therefore, the biochemical character of BAZF is similar to that of Bcl6 although the tissue expression pattern of BAZF differs from that of Bcl6. This is apparently the first report of a gene family whose members encode zinc finger proteins with the BTB/POZ domain.
Links	PubMed PMC109007
Keywords	Amino Acid Sequence; Animals; Base Sequence; Cell Nucleus/metabolism; Cloning, Molecular; DNA, Complementary; DNA-Binding Proteins/genetics; DNA-Binding Proteins/metabolism; Female; Gene Expression; Genes, Immediate-Early; Lung/metabolism; Lymphocytes/metabolism; Mice; Mice, Inbred C57BL; Mice, Inbred DBA; Molecular Sequence Data; Myocardium/metabolism; Proto-Oncogene Proteins/genetics; Proto-Oncogene Proteins/metabolism; Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-bcl-6; RNA, Messenger; Recombinant Fusion Proteins/genetics; Recombinant Fusion Proteins/metabolism; Repressor Proteins/genetics; Repressor Proteins/metabolism; Repressor Proteins/physiology; Transcription Factors/genetics; Transcription Factors/metabolism; Transcription, Genetic; Zinc Fingers
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