SMRT has tissue-specific isoform profiles that include a form containing one CoRNR box
- University of Portsmouth, School of Biological Sciences and Institute of Biomolecular and Biomedical Sciences, King Henry Building, King Henry I St, Portsmouth PO1 2DY (United Kingdom)
SMRT acts as a corepressor for a range of transcription factors. The amino-terminal part of the protein includes domains that mainly mediate transcriptional repression whilst the carboxy-terminal part includes domains that interact with nuclear receptors using up to three motifs called CoRNR boxes. The region of the SMRT primary transcript encoding the interaction domains is subject to alternative splicing that varies the inclusion of the third CoRNR box. The profile in mice includes an abundant, novel SMRT isoform that possesses just one CoRNR box. Mouse tissues therefore express SMRT isoforms containing one, two or three CoRNR boxes. In frogs, the SMRT isoform profile is tissue-specific. The mouse also shows distinct profiles generated by differential expression levels of the SMRT transcript isoforms. The formation of multiple SMRT isoforms and their tissue-specific regulation indicates a mechanism, whereby cells can define the repertoire of transcription factors regulated by SMRT.
- OSTI ID:
- 20710945
- Journal Information:
- Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications, Vol. 334, Issue 3; Other Information: DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2005.06.175; PII: S0006-291X(05)01418-X; Copyright (c) 2005 Elsevier Science B.V., Amsterdam, The Netherlands, All rights reserved; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0006-291X
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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