Nucleic Acids Research Advance Access originally published online on December 5, 2006
Nucleic Acids Research 2007 35(1):35-44; doi:10.1093/nar/gkl987
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Nucleic Acids Research, 2007, Vol. 35, No. 1 35-44
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A critical role for the loop region of the basic helix–loop–helix/leucine zipper protein Mlx in DNA binding and glucose-regulated transcription
Department of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology and Biophysics University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA 1 Minnesota Supercomputing Institute University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA
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Received October 3, 2006. Revised October 20, 2006. Accepted October 25, 2006.
The carbohydrate response element (ChoRE) is a cis-acting sequence found in the promoters of genes induced transcriptionally by glucose. The ChoRE is composed of two E box-like motifs that are separated by 5 bp and is recognized by two basic helix–loop–helix/leucine zipper (bHLH/LZ) proteins, ChREBP and Mlx, which heterodimerize to bind DNA. In this study, we demonstrate that two ChREBP/Mlx heterodimers interact to stabilize binding to the tandem E box-like motifs in the ChoRE. Based on a model structure that we generated of ChREBP/Mlx bound to the ChoRE, we hypothesized that intermolecular interactions between residues within the Mlx loop regions of adjacent heterodimers are responsible for stabilizing the complex. We tested this hypothesis by preparing Mlx variants in which the loop region was replaced with that of another family member or mutated at several key residues. These Mlx variants retained their ability to bind to a single perfect E-box motif as a heterodimer with ChREBP, but no longer bound to the ChoRE nor supported glucose responsive activity. In summary, our results support a model in which the loop regions of Mlx play an important functional role in mediating the coordinate binding of ChREBP/Mlx heterodimers to the ChoRE.
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