The PcG protein hPc2 interacts with the N-terminus of histone demethylase JARID1B and acts as a transcriptional co-repressor

W Zhou, H Chen, L Zhang - BMB reports, 2009 - koreascience.kr
W Zhou, H Chen, L Zhang
BMB reports, 2009koreascience.kr
Abstract JARID1B (jumonji AT rich interactive domain 1B) is a large nuclear protein that is
highly expressed in breast cancers and is proposed to function as a repressor of gene
expression. In this paper, a phage display screen using the N-terminus of JARID1B as bait
identified one of the JARID1B interacting proteins, namely PcG protein (Polycomb group)
hPc2. We demonstrated that the C-terminal region, including the COOH box, was required
for the interaction with the N-terminus of JARID1B. In a reporter assay system, co-expression …
Abstract
JARID1B (jumonji AT rich interactive domain 1B) is a large nuclear protein that is highly expressed in breast cancers and is proposed to function as a repressor of gene expression. In this paper, a phage display screen using the N-terminus of JARID1B as bait identified one of the JARID1B interacting proteins, namely PcG protein (Polycomb group) hPc2. We demonstrated that the C-terminal region, including the COOH box, was required for the interaction with the N-terminus of JARID1B. In a reporter assay system, co-expression of JARID1B with hPc2 significantly enhanced the transcriptional repression. These results support a role for hPc2 acting as a transcriptional co-repressor.
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