Molecular cloning, sequencing, and mapping of EGR2, a human early growth response gene encoding a protein with zinc-binding finger structure

Journal Article · Sat Oct 01 00:00:00 EDT 1988 · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America; (USA)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.85.19.7164· OSTI ID:5606852

Joseph, L J; Le Beau, M M; Jamieson, Jr, G A; Acharya, S; Shows, T B; Rowley, J D; Sukhatme, V P ^[1]

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1. Univ. of Chicago, IL (USA)

Early growth response gene-1 (Egr-1) is a mouse gene displaying fos-like induction kinetics in diverse cell types following mitogenic stimulation. Egr-1 encodes a protein with zinc-binding finger structure. Zinc fingers are a protein structural motif that serve as DNA-binding domains in several transcriptional regulatory proteins. Using low-stringency hybridization with an Egr-1 cDNA probe, the authors identified a distinct human cDNA (designated EGR2 for early growth response gene-2), which is coregulated with EGR1 by fibroblast and lymphocyte mitogens; however, several stimuli that induce Egr-1 mRNA in PC12 (rat pheochromocytoma) cells do not induce Egr-2 mRNA. The cDNA sequence predicts a protein of 406 amino acids, including three tandem zinc fingers of the Cys{sub 2}-His{sub 2} class. Strikingly, the deduced amino acid sequences of human EGR2 and mouse Egr-1 are 92% identical in the zinc finger region but show no similarity elsewhere. EGR2 maps to human chromosome 10 at bands q21-22. Structure-function analysis of EGR2 and EGR1 proteins should provide insight into the mechanisms linking signal transduction and transcriptional regulation of gene expression.

• OSTI ID: 5606852
• Journal Information: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America; (USA), Vol. 85:19; ISSN 0027-8424
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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AMINO ACID SEQUENCE
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MOLECULAR STRUCTURE
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