Synergistic activation of transcription by CBP and p53

Wei Gu, Xiao-Lu Shi and Robert G. Roeder ()
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Wei Gu: Laboratory of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, The Rockefeller University
Xiao-Lu Shi: University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas
Robert G. Roeder: Correspondence and requests for materials should be addressed to R.G.R.

Nature, 1997, vol. 387, issue 6635, 819-823

Abstract: Abstract The tumour suppressor p53 is a transcriptional regulator whose ability to inhibit cell growth is dependent upon its transactivation function1,2,3. Here we demonstrate that the transcription factor CBP, which is also implicated in cell proliferation and differentiation4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14, acts as a p53 coactivator and potentiates its transcriptional activity. The amino-terminal activation domain of p53 interacts with the carboxy-terminal portion of the CBP protein both in vitro and in vivo. In transfected SaoS-2 cells, CBP potentiates activation of the mdm-2 gene by p53 and, reciprocally, p53 potentiates activation of a Gal4-responsive target gene by a Gal4(1–147)–CBP(1678–2441) fusion protein. A double point mutation that destroys the transactivation function of p53 also abolishes its binding to CBP and its synergistic function with CBP. The ability of p53 to interact physically and functionally with a co-activator (CBP) that has histone acetyltransferase activity15,16 and with components (TAFs)17,18 of the general transcription machinery indicates that it may have different functions in a multistep activation pathway.

Date: 1997
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