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The yeast putative transcriptional repressor RGM1 is a proline-rich zinc finger protein.

Francisco Estruch

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Recombinant Fusion ProteinsMolecular Sequence DataRestriction MappingGene ExpressionSaccharomyces cerevisiaeBiologyZIC2TransfectionSequence Homology Nucleic AcidGene expressionGeneticsAmino Acid SequenceCloning MolecularLIM domainSIN3BZinc fingerBase SequenceZinc FingersDNA-binding domainZinc finger nucleaseRING finger domainbody regionsRepressor ProteinsBiochemistryMutagenesisCarbohydrate MetabolismPlasmids

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Abstract I have cloned a yeast gene, RGM1, which encodes a proline-rich zinc, finger protein. rgm1 mutants do not show any obvious phenotype but overexpression of RGM1 gene greatly impairs cell growth. The proline-rich region of RGM1 attached to a heterologous DNA binding domain is able to repress the expression of the target gene. RGM1 shares similar zinc finger motifs with the mammalian Egr (early growth response) proteins as well as proline-rich sequences with a high serine and threonine content, suggesting that RGM1 and Egr proteins could have functional similarities.

yearjournalcountryeditionlanguage
1991-09-25Nucleic acids research
10.1093/nar/19.18.4873https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/1923755