MM-1, a novel c-Myc-associating protein that represses transcriptional activity of c-Myc.

We have isolated the cDNA encoding a novel c-Myc-binding protein, MM-1, by the yeast two-hybrid screening of a human HeLa cell cDNA library. The protein deduced from the cDNA comprises 167 amino acids and was localized in the nucleus of introduced COS-I cells. The MM-1 mRNA was highly expressed in ...
human pancreas and skeletal muscle and moderately in other tissues. As for the c-Myc binding, glutathione S-transferase MM-1 expressed in Escherichia coli bound in vitro to c-Myc translated in reticulocyte lysate, and almost whole, the MM-1 molecule was necessary for the binding in the yeast two-hybrid system. The mammalian two-hybrid assays in hamster CHO cells revealed that MM-1 interacts in vivo with the N-terminal domain covering the myc box 2, a transcription-activating domain, of c-Myc. Furthermore, MM-1 repressed the activation of E-box-dependent transcription by c-Myc.
Mesh Terms:
Amino Acid Sequence, Animals, Base Sequence, CHO Cells, COS Cells, Cloning, Molecular, Cricetinae, DNA Primers, DNA, Complementary, Fluorescent Antibody Technique, Indirect, Hela Cells, Humans, Molecular Sequence Data, Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-myc, Repressor Proteins, Saccharomyces cerevisiae, Transcription, Genetic
J. Biol. Chem.
Date: Nov. 06, 1998
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