Patent Application: US-2160893-A

Abstract:
the far upstream element of the human c - myc gene , stimulates expression in undifferentiated cells . a fuse binding protein , also referred to as drome , is active in undifferentiated but not differentiated cell extracts . cloned fbp exhibits the same dna - binding specificity as the purified human protein and can trans - activate in a fuse dependent manner . sequence - specific binding to the fuse oligonucleotide required at least two copies of a repeat - helix unit which defines a new dna - binding motif . expression of fbp mrna declined in parallel with decreased fuse binding activity upon differentiation suggesting transcriptional regulation of fbp . features were identified in clones which suggested fbp is also regulated by rna processing , translation and post - translational mechanisms .

Description:
a 70 kilodalton ( kd ) fuse binding protein ( fbp ) has been purified from undifferentiated hl60 cells , the protein eluted from an sds acrylamide gel and the amino acid sequence of internal peptides determined . the peptide sequences enabled the design of oligonucleotide pcr primers used to amplify cdna template prepared from undifferentiated u937 cell total rna . reverse transcriptase - polymerase chain reaction ( rt - pcr ) was performed as described in d . rappolee , a . wang , d . mark , and z . werb , j . cell . biochem . 39 , 1 ( 1989 ). in the rt step 5μg total u937 rna , 1 . 5μg of random hexamer primers ( promega ) and 20μmoles of each deoxynucleotide triphosphate ( dntp ) were incubated in a 40μl reaction with superscript reverse transcriptase ( brl ) and the manufacturer &# 39 ; s reaction buffer adjusted to 10 mm dithiothreitol at 45 ° c . for 1 hour . after ethanol precipitation and reconstitution in 40μl dh 2 o , 2μl of the rt reaction products were used as template in a 50μl pcr reaction with 20 pmoles of each degenerate primer , 20 nmoles each dntp , 1 . 5 units amplitaq polymerase ( perkin elmer cetus ) and the manufacturer &# 39 ; s buffer adjusted to 7 . 5 mm mgcl 2 . samples were incubated through 25 cycles of 94 ° c ., 55 ° c . and 72 ° c ., 2 minutes at each temperature two amplified products contained open reading frames encoding segments identical to peptide sequences from purified fbp confirming that the authentic cdna had been obtained . the pcr fragments hybridized to a single 2 . 6 kilobase ( kb ) rna which disappeared after dmso induced differentiation ( fig1 a ) consistent with the loss of fuse binding activity after dmso treatment . polyadenylated rna ( 10 μg ) from cultured cells ( j . m . chirgwin et al ., biochemistry , 18 , 5294 ( 1979 )) was separated on a 1 % agarose - formaldehyde gel , transferred to nitrocellulose and hybridized with a 32 p probe from fbp , b - actin , or human c - myc cdnas . fig1 a shows rna prepared from hl60 cells grown 48 hrs . in the presence (+) or absence (-) of 1 . 3 % dimethyl sulfoxide ( dmso ) in rpmi medium supplemented with 10 % fetal calf serum , glutamine , penicillin and streptomycin . fig1 b shows rna prepared from hl60 cells cultured as indicated with or without 50 ng / ml 12 - o - tetradecanohlphorbol 13 - acetate ( tpa ) in the same medium as above . as depicted in fig1 b , expression of the 2 . 6 kb transcript sharply declined after 24 hours of treatment with tpa and was undetectable at 48 hours paralleling : 1 ) the disappearance of the fuse binding activity , 2 ) a dramatic decrease in c - myc transcriptional initiation and , 3 ) irreversible commitment to terminal differentiation . hence , fbp mrna and binding activity are shut off synchronously during differention . a full length fbp cdna sequence was assembled from overlapping clones obtained from three libraries using the pcr fragments as probes . all three cdna libraries were prepared from poly a selected rna and ligated into the lambda zap ii vector ( stratagene ). source rnas were from undifferentiated hl60 cells , the b lymphoma cell line , bjab , and pma / pha stimulated pooled human peripheral blood lymphocytes ( pbls ). the composite 2 , 384 bp cdna contains 26 bp of 5 &# 39 ; untranslated sequence , 1932 bp of open reading frame , and 426 bp of 3 &# 39 ; untranslated including a poly a addition signal and 60 bp of poly a tail , as shown in fig2 . the open box ( fig2 ) in the composite cdna indicates the coding region , a n the poly a tail . the position of pcr products and clones are shown , solid lines represent vertically aligned identical sequence , dashed lines represent non - homologous sequence . clone names at left indicate source or library of origin . the nonhomologous sequences in the hl60 clones , bjab - 1 , and pbl - 3 most likely are from reverse transcribed , unspliced pre - mrna or extraneous cdna fragments ligated together during the preparation of the libraries . the open circle on clone bjab - 2 indicates the position of the 3 base pair deletion . dideoxy sequencing ( sequenase , u . s . biochemical ) followed the manufacturer &# 39 ; s protocol . the nucleic acid sequence ( seq id no : l ) of the full length cdna is as follows : __________________________________________________________________________gcggcagcgg ctcttatagt gcaacc atg gca gac tat tca aca 44cgccgtcgcc gagaatatca cgttgg tac cgt ctg ata agt tgt met ala asp tyr ser thr 1 5gtg cct ccc ccc tct tct ggc tca gct ggt ggc ggt ggt 83cac gga ggg ggg aga aga ccg agt cga cca ccg cca ccaval pro pro pro ser ser gly ser ala gly gly gly gly 10 15ggc ggc ggt ggt ggt gga gga gtt aac gac gct ttc aaa 122ccg ccg cca cca cca cct cct caa ttg ctg cga aag tttgly gly gly gly gly gly gly val asn asp ala phe lys20 25 30gat gca ctg cag aga gcc cgg cag att gca gca aaa att 161cta cgt gac gtc tct cgg gcc gtc taa cgt cgt ttt taaasp ala leu gln arg ala arg gln ile ala ala lys ile 35 40 45gga ggt gat gca ggg aca tca ctg aat tca aat gac tat 200cct cca cta cgt ccc tgt agt gac tta agt tta ctg atagly gly asp ala gly thr ser leu asn ser asn asp tyr 50 55ggt tat ggg gga caa aaa aga cct tta gaa gat gga gat 239cca ata ccc cct gtt ttt tct gga aat ctt cta cct ctagly tyr gly gly gln lys arg pro leu glu asp gly asp 60 65 70caa cca gat gct aag aaa gtt gct cct caa aat gac tct 278gtt ggt cta cga ttc ttt caa cga gga gtt tta ctg agagln pro asp ala lys lys val ala pro gln asn asp ser 75 80ttt gga aca cag tta cca ccg atg cat cag cag caa agc 317aaa cct tgt gtc aat ggt ggc tac gta gtc gtc gtt tcgphe gly thr gln leu pro pro met his gln gln gln ser85 90 95aga tct gta atg aca gaa gaa tac aaa gtt cca gat gga 356tct aga cat tac tgt ctt ctt atg ttt caa ggt cta cctarg ser val met thr glu glu tyr lys val pro asp gly 100 105 110atg gtt gga ttc ata att ggc aga gga ggt gaa cag atc 395tac caa cct aag tat taa ccg tct cct cca ctt gtc tagmet val gly phe ile ile gly arg gly gly glu gln ile 115 120tca cgc ata caa cag gaa tct gga tgc aaa ata cag ata 434agt gcg tat gtt gtc ctt aga cct acg ttt tat gtc tatser arg ile gln gln glu ser gly cys lys ile gln ile 125 130 135gct cct gac agt ggt ggc ctt cca gaa agg tcc tgt atg 473cga gga ctg tca cca ccg gaa ggt ctt tcc agg aca tacala pro asp ser gly gly leu pro glu arg ser cys met 140 145tta act gga aca cct gaa tct gtc cag tca gca aaa cgg 512aat tga cct tgt gga ctt aga cag gtc agt cgt ttt gccleu thr gly thr pro glu ser val gln ser ala lys arg150 155 160tta ctg gac cag att gtt gaa aaa gga aga cca gct cct 551aat gac ctg gtc taa caa ctt ttt cct tct ggt cga ggaleu leu asp gln ile val glu lys gly arg pro ala pro 165 170 175ggc ttc cat cat ggc gat gga ccg gga aat gca gtt caa 590ccg aag gta gta ccg cta cct ggc cct tta cgt caa gttgly phe his his gly asp gly pro gly asn ala val gln 180 185gaa atc atg att cca gct agc aag gca gga tta gtc att 629ctt tag tac taa ggt cga tcg ttc cgt cct aat cag taaglu ile met ile pro ala ser lys ala gly leu val ile 190 195 200gga aaa ggg gga gaa act att aaa cag ctt cag gaa cgg 668cct ttt ccc cct ctt tga taa ttt gtc gaa gtc ctt gccgly lys gly gly glu thr ile lys gln leu gln glu arg 205 210gct gga gtt aaa atg gtt atg att caa gac ggg ccg cag 707cga cct caa ttt tac caa tac taa gtt ctg ccc ggc gtcala gly val lys met val met ile gln asp gly pro gln215 220 225aac act ggt gct gac aaa cct ctt agg att aca gga gac 746ttg tga cca cga ctg ttt gga gaa tcc taa tgt cct ctgasn thr gly ala asp lys pro leu arg ile thr gly asp 230 235 240cca tat aaa gtt caa caa gcc aag gaa atg gtg tta gag 785ggt ata ttt caa gtt gtt cgg ttc ctt tac cac aat ctcpro tyr lys val gln gln ala lys glu met val leu glu 245 250tta att cgt gat caa ggc ggt ttc aga gaa gtt cgg aat 824aat taa gca cta gtt ccg cca aag tct ctt caa gcc ttaleu ile arg asp gln gly gly phe arg glu val arg asn 255 260 265gag tat ggg tca aga ata gga gga aat gaa ggg ata gat 863ctc ata ccc agt tct tat cct cct tta ctt ccc tat ctaglu tyr gly ser arg ile gly gly asn glu gly ile asp 270 275gtc ccc att cca aga ttt gct gtt ggc att gta ata gga 902cag ggg taa ggt tct aaa cga caa ccg taa cat tat cctval pro ile pro arg phe ala val gly ile val ile gly280 285 290aga aat gga gag atg atc aaa aaa ata caa aat gat gct 941tct tta cct ctc tac tag ttt ttt tat gtt tta cta cgaarg asn gly glu met ile lys lys ile gln asn asp ala 295 300 305ggt gtt cgc att cag ttt aag cca gat gat ggg aca aca 980cca caa gcg taa gtc aaa ttc ggt cta cta ccc tgt tgtgly val arg ile gln phe lys pro asp asp gly thr thr 310 315ccc gaa agg ata gca caa ata aca gga cct cca gac cga 1019ggg ctt tcc tat cgt gtt tat tgt cct gga ggt ctg gctpro glu arg ile ala gln ile thr gly pro pro asp arg 320 325 330tgt caa cat gct gca gaa att att aca gac ctt ctt cga 1058aca gtt gta cga cgt ctt taa taa tgt ctg gaa gaa gctcys gln his ala ala glu ile ile thr asp leu leu arg 335 340agt gtt cag gct ggt aat cct ggt gga cct gga cct ggt 1097tca caa gtc cga cca tta gga cca cct gga cct gga ccaser val gln ala gly asn pro gly gly pro gly pro gly345 350 355ggt cga gga aga ggt aga ggt caa ggc aac tgg aac atg 1136cca gct cct tct cca tct cca gtt ccg ttg acc ttg tacgly arg gly arg gly arg gly gln gly asn trp asn met 360 365 370gga cca cct ggt gga tta cag gaa ttt aat ttt att gtg 1175cct ggt gga cca cct aat gtc ctt aaa tta aaa taa cacgly pro pro gly gly leu gln glu phe asn phe ile val 375 380cca act ggg aaa act gga tta ata ata gga aaa gga ggt 1214ggt tga ccc ttt tga cct aat tat tat cct ttt cct ccapro thr gly lys thr gly leu ile ile gly lys gly gly 385 390 395gaa acc ata aaa agc ata agc cag cag tct ggt gca aga 1253ctt tgg tgt ttt tcg tat tcg gtc gtc aga cca cgt tctglu thr ile lys ser ile ser gln gln ser gly ala arg 400 405ata gaa ctt cag aga aat cct cca cca aat gca gat cct 1292tat ctt gaa gtc tct tta gga ggt ggt tta cgt cta ggaile glu leu gln arg asn pro pro pro asn ala asp pro410 415 420aat atg aag tta ttt aca att cgt ggc act cca caa cag 1331tta tac ttc aat aaa tgt taa gca ccg tga ggt gtt gtcasn met lys leu phe thr ile arg gly thr pro gln gln 425 430 435ata gac tat gct cgg caa ctc ata gaa gaa aag att ggt 1370tat ctg ata cga gcc gtt gag tat ctt ctt ttc taa ccaile asp tyr ala arg gln leu ile glu glu lys ile gly 440 445ggc cca gta aat cct tta ggg cca cct gta ccc cat ggg 1409ccg ggt cat tta gga aat ccc ggt gga cat ggg gta cccgly pro val asn pro leu gly pro pro val pro his gly 450 455 460ccc cat ggt gtc cca ggc ccc cat gga cct cct ggg cct 1448ggg gta cca cag ggt ccg ggg gta cct gga gga ccc ggapro his gly val pro gly pro his gly pro pro gly pro 465 470cca ggg cct gga act cca atg gga cca tac aac cct gca 1487ggt ccc gga cct tga ggt tac cct ggt atg ttg gga cgtpro gly pro gly thr pro met gly pro tyr asn pro ala475 480 485cct tat aat cct gga cca cca ggc ccg gct cct cat ggt 1526gga ata tta gga cct ggt ggt ccg ggc cga gga gta ccapro tyr asn pro gly pro pro gly pro ala pro his gly 490 495 500cct cca gcc cca tat gct ccc cag gga tgg gga aat gca 1565gga ggt cgg ggt ata cga ggg gtc cct acc cct tta cgtpro pro ala pro tyr ala pro gln gly trp gly asn ala 505 510tat cca cac tgg cag cag cag gct cct cct gat cca gct 1604ata ggt gtg acc gtc gtc gtc cga gga gga cta ggt cgatyr pro his trp gln gln gln ala pro pro asp pro ala 515 520 525aag gca gga acg gat cca aat tca gca gct tgg gct gct 1643ttc cgt cct tgc cta ggt tta agt cgt cga acc cga cgalys ala gly thr asp pro asn ser ala ala trp ala ala 530 535tat tac gct cac tat tat caa cag caa gca cag cca cca 1682ata atg cga gtg ata ata gtt gtc gtt cgt gtc ggt ggttyr tyr ala his tyr tyr gln gln gln ala gln pro pro540 545 550cca gca gcc cct gca ggt gca cca act aca act caa act 1721ggt cgt cgg gga cgt cca cgt ggt tga tgt tga gtt tgapro ala ala pro ala gly ala pro thr thr thr gln thr 555 560 565aat gga caa gga gat cag cag aat cca gcc cca gct gga 1760tta cct gtt cct cta gtc gtc tta ggt cgg ggt cga cctasn gly gln gly asp gln gln asn pro ala pro ala gly 570 575cag gtt gat tat acc aag gct tgg gaa gag tac tac aag 1799gtc caa cta ata tgg ttc cga acc ctt ctc atg atg ttcgln val asp tyr thr lys ala trp glu glu tyr tyr lys 580 585 590aaa atg ggt cag gca gtt cct gct ccg act ggg gct cct 1838ttt tac cca gtc cgt caa gga cga ggc tga ccc cga ggalys met gly gln ala val pro ala pro thr gly ala pro 595 600cca ggt ggt cag cca gat tat agt gca gcc tgg gct gag 1877ggt cca cca gtc ggt cta ata tca cgt cgg acc cga ctcpro gly gly gln pro asp tyr ser ala ala trp ala glu605 610 615cat tat aga caa caa gca gcc tat tat gcc cag aca agt 1916gta ata tct gtt gtt cgt cgg ata ata cgg gtc tgt tcahis tyr arg gln gln ala ala tyr tyr ala gln thr ser 620 625 630ccc cag gga atg cca cag cat cct cca gca cct cag ggc 1955ggg gtc cct tac ggt gtc gta gga ggt cgt gga gtc ccgpro gln gly met pro gln his pro pro ala pro gln gly 635 640caa taa taa gaagtggaca atacagtatt tgcttcattg 1994gtt att att cttcacctgt tatgtcataa acgaagtaacglntgtgggggaa aaaaaccttt gttaaatata tggatgcaga 2034acaccccctt tttttggaaa caatttatat acctacgtctcgacttgatg aagatcttaa ttttgttttt ggtttaaaat 2074gctgaactac ttctagaatt aaaacaaaaa ccaaattttaagtgtttcct tttttttttt tttttttttg aaaatgtaca 2114tcacaaagga aaaaaaaaaa aaaaaaaaac ttttacatgtaaatatctat cactactgat aggaggttaa tatttctgtg 2154tttatagata gtgatgacta tcctccaatt ataaagacactagaaatgaa aattggtttg tttttagtat ttagtgtaga 2194atctttactt ttaaccaaac aaaaatcata aatcacatcttgtacacatt ccagcaaatg tatttgcaat tatgtggttg 2234acatgtgtaa ggtcgtttac ataaacgtta atacaccaacatgctttgtg atataaatgt actttttcaa tgtatacttt 2274tacgaaacac tatatttaca tgaaaaagtt acatatgaaacactttccaa atgcctgttt tgtgctttac aataaatgat 2314gtgaaaggtt tacggacaaa acacgaaatg ttatttactaatgaaacctc aaaaaaaaaa aaaaaaaaaa aaaaaaaaaa 2354tactttggag tttttttttt tttttttttt ttttttttttaaaaaaaaaa aaaaaaaaaa aaaaaaaaaa 2384tttttttttt tttttttttt tttttttttt__________________________________________________________________________ three clones from a bjab cdna library and three clones from an activated , human peripheral blood lymphocyte cdna library contain the above sequence . three clones from the same bjab library and two clones from the activated lymphocyte library are lacking nucleotides 316 , 317 and 318 ( seq id no : 9 ). the mrna lacking these three nucleotides would encode a variant protein lacking serine ( seq id no : 10 ). though the 5 &# 39 ; untranslated region of the message appears to be unusually short and contains no in - frame stop codons , the initiator methionine is contained in a nine out of ten match with the kozak consensus . ( m . kozak , &# 34 ; structural features in eukaryotic mrnas that modulate the initiation of translation &# 34 ;. j . biol . chem . 266 ( 30 ), 19867 - 19870 ( 1991 )). the deduced polypeptide , 644 amino acids in length , has a calculated molecular weight of 67 . 5kd consistent with the molecular weight of the purified protein . the amino acid sequence can be found in seq id no : 2 . to create the full length cdna , pools of degenerate oligonucleotides were synthesized to correspond to the amino acid sequence of the peptide encoded by nucleotides 843 to 860 and used as primers in a pcr reaction . the oligo sequences ( seq id no : 3 ) are : where i indicates an inosine residue , and y is either t or c , r is either a or g , and n is either i or t . degenerate oligonucleotides were also synthesized to correspond to the peptide encoded by nucleotides 957 to 971 and used together with the above primer ( seq id no : 3 ) in a pcr reaction which amplified the pcr product encoded by nucleotides 861 to 956 from human cdna . the sequences ( seq id no : 4 ) of this degenerate oligo pool are : where r is either a or g , and y is either c or t . the full length cdna sequence has features which suggest multiple modes of fbp regulation . there is an unusual codon bias . for every amino acid with a degenerate codon , except glutamine , the fbp sequence avoids the codons preferred in a survey of 2 , 681 human genes ( k - n . wada , y . wada , f . ishibashi , t . gojobori and t . ikemura . codon usage tabulated from the genbank genetic sequence data . nucleic acids res . 20 ( supplement ), 2111 - 2118 ( 1992 )) suggesting translational regulation . the existence of alternate isoforms of fbp generated by regulation of rna processing is suggested by multiple independent clones , half of which exhibit a precise deletion of 3 nucleotides at basepair 316 , 317 and 318 , removing serine 97 ( see fig2 b ). the surrounding sequence is consistent with an alternate splice acceptor site ( s . m . mount , nuc . acids res . 10 , 459 ( 1982 )) which could generate this deletion . other variations of the cdna sequence and encoded protein were found in separate clones . in a clone labeled &# 34 ; 25 - 1 &# 34 ; an a residue was found at nucleic acid position 473 , which resulted in a complementary base t and a codon specifying an isoleucine at amino acid 149 . the clone from an hl60 cdna library labeled &# 34 ; 3 - 1 &# 34 ; contains 10 basepairs of 5 &# 39 ; untranslated sequence , followed by an open reading frame comprised of the nucleotides from position 858 to position 1561 shown above in seq id no : 1 and a unique 3 &# 39 ; end cdna sequence of 25 base pairs , followed by two adjacent stop codons and additional 3 &# 39 ; untranslated sequence . the sequence of clone 3 - 1 is as follows ( seq id no : 5 ): __________________________________________________________________________ggaattccgg ata gat gtc ccc att cca aga ttt gct gtt 40ccttaaggcc tat cta cag ggg taa ggt tct aaa cga caa ile asp val pro ile pro arg phe ala val 1 5 10ggc att gta ata gga aga aat gga gag atg atc aaa aaa 79ccg taa cat tat cct tct tta cct ctc tac tag ttt tttgly ile val ile gly arg asn gly glu met ile lys lys 15 20ata caa aat gat gct ggt gtt cgc att cag ttt aag cca 118tat gtt tta cta cga cca caa gcg taa gtc aaa ttc ggtile gln asn asp ala gly val arg ile gln phe lys pro 25 30 35gat gat ggg aca aca ccc gaa agg ata gca caa ata aca 157cta cta ccc tgt tgt ggg ctt tcc tat cgt gtt tat tgtasp asp gly thr thr pro glu arg ile ala gln ile thr 40 45gga cct cca gac cga tgt caa cat gct gca gaa att att 196cct gga ggt ctg gct aca gtt gta cga cgt ctt taa taagly pro pro asp arg cys gln his ala ala glu ile ile50 55 60aca gac ctt ctt cga agt gtt cag gct ggt aat cct ggt 235tgt ctg gaa gaa gct tca caa gtc cga cca tta gga ccathr asp leu leu arg ser val gln ala gly asn pro gly 65 70 75gga cct gga cct ggt ggt cga gga aga ggt aga ggt caa 274cct gga cct gga cca cca gct cct tct cca tct cca gttgly pro gly pro gly gly arg gly arg gly arg gly gln 80 85ggc aac tgg aac atg gga cca cct ggt gga tta cag gaa 313ccg ttg acc ttg tac cct ggt gga cca cct aat gtc cttgly asn trp asn met gly pro pro gly gly leu gln glu 90 95 100ttt aat ttt att gtg cca act ggg aaa act gga tta ata 352aaa tta aaa taa cac ggt tga ccc ttt tga cct aat tatphe asn phe ile val pro thr gly lys thr gly leu ile 105 110ata gga aaa gga ggt gaa acc ata aaa agc ata agc cag 391tat cct ttt cct cca ctt tgg tgt ttt tcg tat tcg gtcile gly lys gly gly glu thr ile lys ser ile ser gln115 120 125cag tct ggt gca aga ata gaa ctt cag aga aat cct cca 430gtc aga cca cgt tct tat ctt gaa gtc tct tta gga ggtgln ser gly ala arg ile glu leu gln arg asn pro pro 130 135 140cca aat gca gat cct aat atg aag tta ttt aca att cgt 469ggt tta cgt cta gga tta tac ttc aat aaa tgt taa gcapro asn ala asp pro asn met lys leu phe thr ile arg 145 150ggc act cca caa cag ata gac tat gct cgg caa ctc ata 508ccg tga ggt gtt gtc tat ctg ata cga gcc gtt gag tatgly thr pro gln gln ile asp tyr ala arg gln leu ile 155 160 165gaa gaa aag att ggt ggc cca gta aat cct tta ggg cca 547ctt ctt ttc taa cca ccg ggt cat tta gga aat ccc ggtglu glu lys ile gly gly pro val asn pro leu gly pro 170 175cct gta ccc cat ggg ccc cat ggt gtc cca ggc ccc cat 586gga cat ggg gta ccc ggg gta cca cag ggt ccg ggg gtapro val pro his gly pro his gly val pro gly pro his180 185 190gga cct cct ggg cct cca ggg cct gga act cca atg gga 625cct gga gga ccc gga ggt ccc gga cct tga ggt tac cctgly pro pro gly pro pro gly pro gly thr pro met gly 195 200 205cca tac aac cct gca cct tat aat cct gga cca cca ggc 664ggt atg ttg gga cgt gga ata tta gga cct ggt ggt ccgpro tyr asn pro ala pro tyr asn pro gly pro pro gly 210 215ccg gct cct cat ggt cct cca gcc cca tat gct ccc cag 703ggc cga gga gta cca gga ggt cgg ggt ata cga ggg gtcpro ala pro his gly pro pro ala pro tyr ala pro gln 220 225 230gga tgg gga aag gaa att gag cag aag gta cag gag taa 742cct acc cct ttc ctt taa ctc gtc ttc cat gtc ctc attgly trp gly lys glu ile glu gln lys val gln glu 235 240tag caattccctg tagctctcaa agcaaatttt gagctcattt 785atc gttaagggac atcgagagtt tcgtttaaaa ctcgagtaaattctttttct gcaagctcag cagcagaatg cccagagtct 825aagaaaaaga cgttcgagtc gtcgtcttac gggtctcagatccctggtag atgcaggttc catagcgacg ttctcctgca 865agggaccatc tacgtccaag gtatcgctgc aagaggacgtatgcacgctg gtattctgca atagcaggcc atgttttcct 905tacgtgcgac cataagacgt tatcgtccgg tacaaaaggatgagcctgga tgctttggag ccaagctttc gtcccatgca 945actcggacct acgaaacctc ggttcgaaag cagggtacgtagggaaacaa ccacttctgg gatgtccgct gcaatctgct 985tccctttgtt ggtgaagacc ctacaggcga cgttagacgaccggggctgc agcaacctca tcagctctct tgcctggagt 1025ggccccgacg tcgttggagt agtcgagaga acggacctcaggctcagcct ggcctgcagg gccaccagga gaatggcagc 1065ccgagtcgga ccggacgtcc cggtggtcct cttaccgtcgaaggatggcg agggtcctca tggctggaat tc 1097ttcctaccgc tcccaggagt accgacctta ag__________________________________________________________________________ the amino acid sequence for the protein encoded by the cdna sequence for clone 3 - 1 can be found in seq id no : 6 . in addition , the clone from an activated , human peripheral blood lymphocyte cdna library labeled &# 34 ; 31 - 10 &# 34 ; contains 24 basepairs of 5 &# 39 ; untranslated sequence , followed by an open reading frame comprised of the basepairs from position 135 to position 1991 of the drome sequence given in seq id no : 1 with two exceptions . clone 31 - 10 contains 63 nucleotides inserted at position 238 in the drome cdna sequence which probably result from an intron which had not been spliced out in the drome mrna molecule that gave rise to the 31 - 10 clone . the inserted nucleotides remain in the open reading frame and are translated into an alternate form of the drome protein . the 31 - 10 clone also deviates in that nucleotides from position 1807 to 1952 in the drome cdna sequence are deleted . this deletion shifts out of frame the stop codons which would terminate translation in the other clones . when the mrna represented by the 31 - 10 cdna is translated , additional amino acids must be added to the c - terminal end of the drome protein . the sequence of clone 31 - 10 is as follows ( seq id no : 7 ): __________________________________________________________________________gaattccgga cgacagcggc tctg aga gcc cgg cag att gca 42cttaaggcct gctgtcgccg agac tct cgg gcc gtc taa cgt arg ala arg gln ile ala 1 5gca aaa att gga ggt gat gca ggg aca tca ctg aat tca 81cgt ttt taa cct cca cta cgt ccc tgt agt gac tta agtala lys ile gly gly asp ala gly thr ser leu asn ser 10 15aat gac tat ggt tat ggg gga caa aaa aga cct tta gaa 120tta ctg ata cca ata ccc cct gtt ttt tct gga aat cttasn asp tyr gly tyr gly gly gln lys arg pro leu glu20 25 30gat gga gat ggc tct tgg aca agt ccg agc agt aca aca 159cta cct cta ccg aga acc tgt tca ggc tcg tca tgt tgtasp gly asp gly ser trp thr ser pro ser ser thr thr 35 40 45cac tgg gag gga atg ccc tct cct ttt aaa gat caa cca 198gtg acc ctc cct tac ggg aga gga aaa ttt cta gtt ggthis trp glu gly met pro ser pro phe lys asp gln pro 50 55gat gct aag aaa gtt gct cct caa aat gac tct ttt gga 237cta cga ttc ttt caa cga gga gtt tta ctg aga aaa cctasp ala lys lys val ala pro gln asn asp ser phe gly 60 65 70aca cag tta cca ccg atg cat cag cag caa aga tct gta 276tgt gtc aat ggt ggc tac gta gtc gtc gtt tct aga catthr gln leu pro pro met his gln gln gln arg ser val 75 80atg aca gaa gaa tac aaa gtt cca gat gga atg gtt gga 315tac tgt ctt ctt atg ttt caa ggt cta cct tac caa cctmet thr glu glu tyr lys val pro asp gly met val gly85 90 95ttc ata att ggc aga gga ggt gaa cag atc tca cgc ata 354aag tat taa ccg tct cct cca ctt gtc tag agt gcg tatphe ile ile gly arg gly gly glu gln ile ser arg ile 100 105 110caa cag gaa tct gga tgc aaa ata cag ata gct cct gac 393gtt gtc ctt aga cct acg ttt tat gtc tat cga gga ctggln gln glu ser gly cys lys ile gln ile ala pro asp 115 120agt ggt ggc ctt cca gaa agg tcc tgt atg tta act gga 432tca cca ccg gaa ggt ctt tcc agg aca tac aat tga cctser gly gly leu pro glu arg ser cys met leu thr gly 125 130 135aca cct gaa tct gtc cag tca gca aaa cgg tta ctg gac 471tgt gga ctt aga cag gtc agt cgt ttt gcc aat gac ctgthr pro glu ser val gln ser ala lys arg leu leu asp 140 145cag att gtt gaa aaa gga aga cca gct cct ggc ttc cat 510gtc taa caa ctt ttt cct tct ggt cga gga ccg aag gtagln ile val glu lys gly arg pro ala pro gly phe his150 155 160cat ggc gat gga ccg gga aat gca gtt caa gaa atc atg 549gta ccg cta cct ggc cct tta cgt caa gtt ctt tag tachis gly asp gly pro gly asn ala val gln glu ile met 165 170 175att cca gct agc aag gca gga tta gtc att gga aaa ggg 588taa ggt cga tcg ttc cgt cct aat cag taa cct ttt cccile pro ala ser lys ala gly leu val ile gly lys gly 180 185gga gaa act att aaa cag ctt cag gaa cgg gct gga gtt 627cct ctt tga taa ttt gtc gaa gtc ctt gcc cga cct caagly glu thr ile lys gln leu gln glu arg ala gly val 190 195 200aaa atg gtt atg att caa gac ggg ccg cag aac act ggt 666ttt tac caa tac taa gtt ctg ccc ggc gtc ttg tga ccalys met val met ile gln asp gly pro gln asn thr gly 205 210gct gac aaa cct ctt agg att aca gga gac cca tat aaa 705cga ctg ttt gga gaa tcc taa tgt cct ctg ggt ata tttala asp lys pro leu arg ile thr gly asp pro tyr lys215 220 225gtt caa caa gcc aag gaa atg gtg tta gag tta att cgt 744caa gtt gtt cgg ttc ctt tac cac aat ctc aat taa gcaval gln gln ala lys glu met val leu glu leu ile arg 230 235 240gat caa ggc ggt ttc aga gaa gtt cgg aat gag tat ggg 783cta gtt ccg cca aag tct ctt caa gcc tta ctc ata cccasp gln gly gly phe arg glu val arg asn glu tyr gly 245 250tca aga ata gga gga aat gaa ggg ata gat gtc ccc att 822agt tct tat cct cct tta ctt ccc tat cta cag ggg taaser arg ile gly gly asn glu gly ile asp val pro ile 255 260 265cca aga ttt gct gtt ggc att gta ata gga aga aat gga 861ggt tct aaa cga caa ccg taa cat tat cct tct tta cctpro arg phe ala val gly ile val ile gly arg asn gly 270 275gag atg atc aaa aaa ata caa aat gat gct ggt gtt cgc 900ctc tac tag ttt ttt tat gtt tta cta cga cca caa gcgglu met ile lys lys ile gln asn asp ala gly val arg280 285 290att cag ttt aag cca gat gat ggg aca aca ccc gaa agg 939taa gtc aaa ttc ggt cta cta ccc tgt tgt ggg ctt tccile gln phe lys pro asp asp gly thr thr pro glu arg 295 300 305ata gca caa ata aca gga cct cca gac cga tgt caa cat 978tat cgt gtt tat tgt cct gga ggt ctg gct aca gtt gtaile ala gln ile thr gly pro pro asp arg cys gln his 310 315gct gca gaa att att aca gac ctt ctt cga agt gtt cag 1017cga cgt ctt taa taa tgt ctg gaa gaa gct tca caa gtcala ala glu ile ile thr asp leu leu arg ser val gln 320 325 330gct ggt aat cct ggt gga cct gga cct ggt ggt cga gga 1056cga cca tta gga cca cct gga cct gga cca cca gct cctala gly asn pro gly gly pro gly pro gly gly arg gly 335 340aga ggt aga ggt caa ggc aac tgg aac atg gga cca cct 1095tct cca tct cca gtt ccg ttg acc ttg tac cct ggt ggaarg gly arg gly gln gly asn trp asn met gly pro pro345 350 355ggt gga tta cag gaa ttt aat ttt att gtg cca act ggg 1134cca cct aat gtc ctt aaa tta aaa taa cac ggt tga cccgly gly leu gln glu phe asn phe ile val pro thr gly 360 365 370aaa act gga tta ata ata gga aaa gga ggt gaa acc ata 1173ttt tga cct aat tat tat cct ttt cct cca ctt tgg tgtlys thr gly leu ile ile gly lys gly gly glu thr ile 375 380aaa agc ata agc cag cag tct ggt gca aga ata gaa ctt 1212ttt tcg tat tcg gtc gtc aga cca cgt tct tat ctt gaalys ser ile ser gln gln ser gly ala arg ile glu leu 385 390 395cag aga aat cct cca cca aat gca gat cct aat atg aag 1251gtc tct tta gga ggt ggt tta cgt cta gga tta tac ttcgln arg asn pro pro pro asn ala asp pro asn met lys 400 405tta ttt aca att cgt ggc act cca caa cag ata gac tat 1290aat aaa tgt taa gca ccg tga ggt gtt gtc tat ctg ataleu phe thr ile arg gly thr pro gln gln ile asp tyr410 415 420gct cgg caa ctc ata gaa gaa aag att ggt ggc cca gta 1329cga gcc gtt gag tat ctt ctt ttc taa cca ccg ggt catala arg gln leu ile glu glu lys ile gly gly pro val 425 430 435aat cct tta ggg cca cct gta ccc cat ggg ccc cat ggt 1368tta gga aat ccc ggt gga cat ggg gta ccc ggg gta ccaasn pro leu gly pro pro val pro his gly pro his gly 440 445gtc cca ggc ccc cat gga cct cct ggg cct cca ggg cct 1407cag ggt ccg ggg gta cct gga gga ccc gga ggt ccc ggaval pro gly pro his gly pro pro gly pro pro gly pro 450 455 460gga act cca atg gga cca tac aac cct gca cct tat aat 1446cct tga ggt tac cct ggt atg ttg gga cgt gga ata ttagly thr pro met gly pro tyr asn pro ala pro tyr asn 465 470cct gga cca cca ggc ccg gct cct cat ggt cct cca gcc 1485gga cct ggt ggt ccg ggc cga gga gta cca gga ggt cggpro gly pro pro gly pro ala pro his gly pro pro ala475 480 485cca tat gct ccc cag gga tgg gga aat gca tat cca cac 1524ggt ata cga ggg gtc cct acc cct tta cgt ata ggt gtgpro tyr ala pro gln gly trp gly asn ala tyr pro his 490 495 500tgg cag cag cag gct cct cct gat cca gct aag gca gga 1563acc gtc gtc gtc cga gga gga cta ggt cga ttc cgt ccttrp gln gln gln ala pro pro asp pro ala lys ala gly 505 510acg gat cca aat tca gca gct tgg gct gct tat tac gct 1602tgc cta ggt tta agt cgt cga acc cga cga ata atg cgathr asp pro asn ser ala ala trp ala ala tyr tyr ala 515 520 525cac tat tat caa cag caa gca cag cca cca cca gca gcc 1641gtg ata ata gtt gtc gtt cgt gtc ggt ggt ggt cgt cgghis tyr tyr gln gln gln ala gln pro pro pro ala ala 530 535cct gca ggt gca cca act aca act caa act aat gga caa 1680gga cgt cca cgt ggt tga tgt tga gtt tga tta cct gttpro ala gly ala pro thr thr thr gln thr asn gly gln540 545 550gga gat cag cag aat cca gcc cca gct gga cag gtt gat 1719cct cta gtc gtc tta ggt cgg ggt cga cct gtc caa ctagly asp gln gln asn pro ala pro ala gly gln val asp 555 560 565tat acc aag gct tgg gaa gag tac tac aag aaa atg ggg 1758ata tgg ttc cga acc ctt ctc atg atg ttc ttt tac ccctyr thr lys ala trp glu glu tyr tyr lys lys met gly 570 575cca ata ata aga agt gga caa tac agt att tgc ttc 1794ggt tat tat tct tca cct ggt atg tca taa acg aagpro ile ile arg ser gly gln tyr ser ile cys phe 580 585 590aggaattcc 1803tccttaagg__________________________________________________________________________ the amino acid sequence for the protein encoded by the cdna sequence for clone 31 - 10 can be found in seq id no : 8 . the following examples are for illustration only , and should not be used to limit the scope of the invention . the cloned cdna encodes a protein with fuse binding activity , referred to as drome or fuse binding protein (&# 34 ; fbp &# 34 ;). the coding region contained in the hl60 clones was expressed as a fusion protein in bacteria , purified from extracts and tested with electrophoretic mobility shift assays ( emsas ) for binding to an oligonucleotide containing the fuse site . recombinant fusion protein ( gst - fbp ) bound effectively to the fuse oligonucleotide . the open reading frame present in the hl60 - 1 and hl60 - 2 clones ( amino acid residues 145 to 511 ) was expressed as a glutathione - s - transferase fusion protein ( gst - fbp ) in the pgex system . the inserts from the hl60 - 1 and hl60 - 2 clones were spliced together and the open reading frame region subcloned into the sma i site of the pgex - 2t plasmid ( amarad corp . ; d . b . smith and k . s . johnson , gene . 67 , 31 ( 1988 )) to express a gst - fbp fusion protein . recombinant protein was purified from e . coli extracts on a glutathione - agarose matrix ( sigma chemical co . ), gst alone was prepared from a pgex - 2t plasmid with no insert in a similar manner . fusion proteins were eluted with 20 mm glutathione , checked for purity , correct size and concentration with sds page . purified recombinant proteins were incubated with double stranded , 32 p labeled , oligonucleotide ( probe ) in the presence or absence of the indicated quantity of unlabeled , double stranded oligonucleotide as competitor , and subjected to emsa . ( m . fried and d . m . crothers , nucleic acids res . 9 , 6505 ( 1981 )). dna binding assays were performed with an equivalent amount of gst - fbp or gst alone incubated in 25 mm tris , 200 mm glycine , 1 mm edta , 0 . 5 mg / ml bsa , 0 . 1 % tween20 , 10 % glycerol , 100 μg / ml poly ( di : dc ), and 0 . 2 ng of labeled probe . the probe was prepared by annealing two complementary synthetic oligonucleotides and 5 &# 39 ; end labeling with t 4 polynucleotide kinase in the presence of γ - 32 p - atp . the top strand of the fuse oligonucleotide was 5 &# 39 ;- gatcacaaaataaaaaatcccgagggaatatag - 3 &# 39 ;( seq id no : 11 ). the top strand of mut a was 5 &# 39 ;- gatcacaactacgtgctaggacgccgaatatag - 3 &# 39 ; ( seq id no : 12 ) ( lower case indicates changes from fuse oligomer sequence ). the top strand of cre was 5 &# 39 ;- gatctgacgtcatgactgacgtcatgactgacgtcatca - 3 &# 39 ; ( seq id no : 13 ). the top strand of cte was 5 &# 39 ;- aattctcctccccaccttccccaccctcccca - 3 &# 39 ; ( seq id no : 14 ). reaction mixtures were incubated 30 minutes at room temperature and protein - dna complexes resolved by electrophoresis on a 4 . 2 % acrylamide gel in 25 mm tris , 200 mm glycine , 1 mm edta buffer . radioactive dna and dna - protein complexes were visualized by autoradiography ( fig3 a ). glutathione - s - transferase ( gst ) alone did not bind to the probe . competitor oligonucleotides were as follows : mut a , a mutant fuse oligonucleotide with 17 residues covering the binding site changed ; cre , camp response element ; cte , ct element in c - myc 5 &# 39 ; flanking region . recombinant fbp and purified human fbp were also demonstrated to display similar dna binding specificity . full length gst - fbp and human fbp purified from hl60 cells by oligo - affinity chromatography were assayed for fuse binding using emsa . the dna - protein complexes formed by human fbp in the presence of 25ng of the indicated nonradioactive competitors , visualized by autoradiography , are shown in the upper panel of fig3 b . the lower panel of fig3 b shows recombinant gst - fbp binding the fuse probe in the presence of 25 ng of the same competitors . competitor oligonucleotides are the same as in ( a ) with the addition of mut b and mut c , each with a different mutation in the fuse sequence . the top strand of mut b was 5 &# 39 ;- gatcacaaaataaaaaatggacgccgaatatag - 3 &# 39 ; ( seq id no : 15 ) and the top strand of mut c was 5 &# 39 ;- gatcacaactacgtgctaggcgagggaatatag - 3 &# 39 ; ( seq id no : 16 ). recombinant fusion protein also failed to bind to the nonhomologous oligonucleotides when they were used as radioactive probes . the full length recombinant protein , and purified human fbp shared the same dna binding specificity as indicated by challenging their binding to fuse with a panel of competitors ( fig3 b ). an excess of cold fuse significantly reduced binding of human and recombinant fbp to the radioactive probe ; the same amount of the mut b oligo which has minor changes in the fuse sequence , bound both as well ; but more divergent oligonucleotides did not significantly compete for binding to either protein . recombinant fbp activated expression of a chloramphenicol acetyltransferase ( cat ) gene under the control of human c - myc regulatory sequence was tested in co - transection experiments ( fig4 ). full length fbp was inserted into an expression vector downstream from the cytomegalovirus enhancer / promoter in both the sense and anti - sense orientations . these plasmids or the expression vector alone were transfected into u937 cells with another vector containing a cat gene under the control of myc regulator sequence ( myc - cat ) or the reporter plasmid with the fuse site deleted ( δfuse myc - cat ). the myc - cat and δfuse myc - cat reporter plasmids are derivatives of pmp cat ( m . avigan , b . strober , and d . levens , j . biol . chem ., 265 , 18538 ( 1990 )) with the deletion of a 580bp nsi i fragment from position - 669 to - 1249 relative to the myc p1 promoter . the nsi i deletion results in more consistent cat expression without disrupting fuse mediated activation . the δfuse myc - cat plasmid was produced from pmp cat by cutting the parent plasmid at the ava i site located in the fuse element , partial digestion with mung bean exonuclease ( bethesda research labs ) and religation . the dna sequence of the deleted plasmid revealed that 68 nucleotides between position - 1493 and - 1561 relative to myc p1 were removed , completely deleting the fuse element . u937 cells ( 5 × 10 6 ) were electroporated ( cell - porator , brl , 200v , 1180μf ) with 10μg of each plasmid in 250μl of rpmi supplemented with 10 % fetal calf serum . transfected cells were added to 8ml additional medium and incubated 48 hours before harvesting for cat assays . ( c . m . gorman , l . f . moffat , b . h . howard , mol . cell . biol . 2 , 1044 ( 1982 )). the same quantity of protein ( bradford method ) was assayed for each extract . two independent transfections are shown for each plasmid combination . in the presence of the fbp expression plasmid ( fbp - sense ), the fuse containing myc - cat plasmid ( myc - cat ) gave a 5 - fold higher level of cat activity than in the presence of the expression vector alone . in contrast , this level of stimulation did not occur when the reporter plasmid had a 68 bp deletion that eliminated the fuse site ( δfuse myc - cat ) nor when the expression plasmid contained the fbp cdna in the reverse orientation ( fbp - antisense ). the minor increase in the δfuse myc - cat expression with fbp co - transection could be due to secondary binding sites present in the myc regulatory sequence . fbp shows no significant homology to known dna binding motifs in a search against the genbank databases , however the primary amino acid sequence of fbp has distinct structural features which could constitute a dna binding domain , as well as other features with potential functional significance . a pustell matrix self - comparison of fbp revealed three domains in the primary amino acid sequence , each containing internally repeated sequences . the pustell matrix ( j . pustell , f . c . kafatos , n . a . r . 10 , 4765 ( 1982 ); w . r . pearson , meth . enzymol . 183 , 63 ( 1990 ); macvector software , international biotechnologies , inc .) revealed the repeated sequences in the three domains of fbp . the repeated glycines in the n - terminal domain , the four copies of the fbp repeat in the central domain , the proline / glycine rich segment and the waayy ( where w is trp , a is ala and y is tyr ) repeat in the c - terminal domain all score as diagonals . a window size of 20 residues and a minimum score of 35 % were used for this analysis . the diagram above the box in fig5 a symbolizes the structures in fbp : striped fill indicates glycine rich segments , the solid boxes indicate the fbp repeats , and the shaded boxes represent amphipathic helices . the amino - terminal domain is comprised of 106 amino acids featuring a string of 11 repeated glycine residues and the first of 5 predicted amphipathic alpha helices found in fbp . following the helix , residues 63 to 106 are enriched for glutamine ( 16 %) relative to the whole protein ( 9 %). the central and largest fbp domain contains structures sufficient for sequence specific binding because a recombinant protein comprised of only this domain bound dna specifically . the central domain is made up of four evenly spaced units each unit containing ( 1 ) a highly conserved 30 residue segment termed here the fbp repeat ( fig5 b ), followed by ( 2 ) a potential amphipathic alpha helix ( fig5 c ). each fbp repeat is comprised of three structures in sequential order : a region of predicted β - sheet , separated by a turn at conserved glycines 13 and 14 , from a segment of alpha - helix as predicted by chou - fasman and robson - garnier analysis . ( p . y . chou and g . d . fasman , &# 34 ; prediction of the secondary structure of proteins from their amino acid sequence .&# 34 ; adv . enzymol . relat . areas mol . biol . 47 : 45 - 148 ( 1978 ); b . robson and e . suzuki , &# 34 ; conformational properties of amino acid residues in globular proteins .&# 34 ; j . mol . biol . 107 : 327 - 356 ( 1976 ); j . garnier , d . j . osguthorpe , and b . robson , &# 34 ; analysis of the accuracy and implications of simple methods for predicting the secondary structure of globular proteins .&# 34 ; j . mol . biol . 120 : 97 - 120 ( 1978 ). analysis was performed with macvector software ( international biotechnologies , inc .)). the fbp repeats are found at amino acid positions 107 - 136 , 192 - 221 , 282 - 311 and 383 - 412 . the invariant glycine at position 25 may not disrupt helix formation due to the hydrophilic character of neighboring residues in the predicted helix . ( l . serrano , j . l . neira , j . sancho , and a . r . fersht , &# 34 ; effect of alanine versus glycine in alpha - helices on protein stability .&# 34 ; nature , 356 : 453 - 455 ( 1992 )). this sheet - turn - helix pattern evokes the dna - binding domain of the papilloma virus e2 protein . ( r . s . hegde , s . r . grossman , l . a . laimins , and p . sigler , &# 34 ; crystal structure at 1 . 7 a of the bovine papillomavirus - 1 e2 dna - binding domain bound to its dna target .&# 34 ; nature 359 : 505 - 512 ( 1992 )). an amphipathic helix follows each repeat after a spacer of 18 - 21 residues . the amphipathic helices are found at amino acid positions 155 - 170 , 242 - 258 , 330 - 347 and 434 - 447 . the amphipathic character of the four central domain helices extends uniformly over their 16 - 18 residue lengths with the exception of hydrophilic residues at position 2 ( fig5 c ). the lack of a hydrophobic residue at this position deviates from the heptad repeat pattern shown to be important in coiled - coiled interactions . ( f . h . c . crick , nature . 170 , 882 ( 1952 )). the helices are not flanked by basic regions as in basic - coiled - coil ( s . c . harrison , &# 34 ; structural taxonomy of dna - binding proteins .&# 34 ; nature , 353 : 715 - 719 ( 1991 ); w . h . landschulz , p . f . johnson , and s . l . mcknight . science , 240 : 1759 - 1764 ( 1988 )) or helix - loop - helix motifs . ( c . murre , p . schonleber mccaw , and d . baltimore , &# 34 ; a new dna binding and dimerization motif in immunoglobulin enhancer binding , daughterless , myod , and myc proteins .&# 34 ; cell 56 : 777 - 783 ( 1989 )). thus the repeat - helix unit found in the central domain of fbp does not resemble known dna binding motifs . the c - terminal domain is separated from the central domain by a highly flexible , proline - glycine rich segment . this domain is also glutamine rich ( 22 / 140 = 15 . 7 % from amino acid 505 to the c - terminal ) and tyrosine rich ( 13 / 140 = 9 . 3 %) including repeated tyrosine dyad motifs some of which conform to a tyrosine phosphorylation recognition site . ( j . a . cooper , f . s . esch , s . s . taylor , and t . hunter , &# 34 ; phosphorylation sites in enolase and lactate dehydrogenase utilized by tyrosine protein kinases in vivo and in vitro .&# 34 ; j . biol . chem . 259 : 7835 - 7841 ( 1984 )). to define a minimum dna binding motif within the central domain , further truncations were constructed as well as short insertions to disrupt the predicted structures . mutant constructs were expressed as bacterial fusion proteins , purified and tested for dna binding to the fuse oligonucleotide . the plasmid which encodes the 278 - 511 mutant was constructed by inserting an ecor i - sac i fragment from the hl60 - 2 clone into the pgex - 1 vector . the fusion protein contains amino acids 278 - 511 of fbp plus the residues keieqkvqe ( seq id no : 17 ) ( where k is lys , e is glu , i is ile , q is gln , and v is val ) at the carboxyterminal end stopping at a termination codon unique to the hl60 - 2 clone . the 278 - 474 encoding plasmid was constructed from the 278 - 511 plasmid by inserting a 12 bp double stranded oligonucleotide with the sequence ttagttaactaa ( seq id no . 18 ) into an sfi i site . this oligonucleotide encodes stop codons in all 3 reading frames so that a truncated protein is produced . the 278 - 372 encoding plasmid was similarly constructed by inserting the termination oligonucleotide into a dra iii site . the 298 - 511 encoding plasmid was constructed from the 278 - 511 plasmid by deleting a fragment between the bamh i site in the pgex vector and a bcl i in the fbp cdna . the ability of each construct to bind (+) or failure to bind (-) the fuse dna sequence is indicated at the right in fig6 a . the open boxes labeled &# 34 ; gst &# 34 ; indicate the glutathione - s - transferase fragment present in the fusion proteins . other symbols are the same as in fig5 a . the truncated protein containing the third and fourth units of the central domain and the proline / glycine rich region ( 278 - 511 , fig6 a ) bound dna with the same specificity as full length drome or fpb ( fig6 c ). a truncation mutant lacking a portion of the proline - glycine rich region ( 278 - 474 ) still bound dna . in contrast , the removal of fbp repeat 4 and the rest of the c - terminus in a mutant with a larger truncation ( 278 - 372 ) or removal of the nh 2 - terminal portion of repeat 3 ( 298 - 511 ) abrogated binding . these truncations suggest that at least two intact fbp repeat - helix units are required to constitute a dna binding domain and that at least half of the pro -- gly region is not required . insertion mutants further demonstrated the importance of two repeat - helix units for dna binding . three to six amino acids were introduced at eight positions throughout the 278 - 511 construct ( fig6 b ) without altering the reading frame . the insertion mutants were constructed by cutting the 278 - 511 plasmid at restriction sites , treating the ends with the large fragment of dna polymerase i ( if not already blunt ) and inserting linkers of 8 , 10 or 12 base pairs . the appropriate length was chosen to insert a small number of amino acids but restore the original reading frame leaving the rest of the sequence unchanged . insertion mutant 1 had the amino acids argilearg added between gst and the fbp polypeptide . mutant 2 had residues ileglyserargilearg ( seq id no : 19 ) added after the met at position 297 in fbp , mutant 3 had ileargilearg ( seq id no : 20 ) added after met297 . mutant 4 had proargileargglu ( seq id no : 21 ) added while deleting gln at amino acid 333 . mutant 5 had glyilepro added after amino acid 336 . mutant 6 had glyileproarg ( seq id no : 22 ) added after amino acid 343 . mutant 7 argilearg added after amino acid 373 . mutant 8 had argaspproala ( seq id no : 23 ) added while deleting glnser after amino acid 404 . mutant 9 had argglysergly ( seq id no : 24 ) inserted while deleting pro after amino acid 475 . all constructs were confirmed by dna sequencing . the dna binding property of each insertion mutant is indicated by a +, - or r ( reduced binding ) below the insertion site . an insertion at the junction between gst and the fbp sequence ( insertion mutant number 1 ) does not effect binding . neither do insertions into the region between helix 4 and repeat 4 ( number 7 ) or the pro - gly region ( number 9 ). in contrast , insertions 2 and 3 in repeat three , insertions 4 and 5 in helix four , and insertion 8 in repeat four all resulted in mutant proteins failing to bind dna . insertion number 6 , near the end of helix four , reduced but did not eliminate binding . the combined evidence from rna expression , dna binding specificity and transection experiments indicate the presence of a human fuse binding protein ( referred to as fbp or drome ) that activates myc expression . fbp binds dna through a novel , repeated motif . the presence of four sets of the repeat - helix unit in fbp , when only two are required for fuse binding , suggests that this protein has the potential to form at least two binding sites . a dual binding capability may be important for its cellular function . for example , binding of fbp could facilitate dna looping which stimulates the interaction of distant elements , a mechanism consistent with the far upstream location and the requirement for additional regulatory sequence to observe the stimulatory effect of the fuse site . the purified fuse binding protein is also useful in the production of monoclonal antibodies . thus , a mouse is injected with purified fuse binding protein , or a fragment thereof , which activates a number of b - lymphocytes in the mouse which produce antibodies against the protein . the mouse is sacrificed and spleen lymphoid cells , containing large quantities of these b - lymphocytes , are isolated and tested to assure production of antibody to fuse binding protein . the lymphocytes producing antibody to fuse binding protein are then fused with mouse plasmacytoma cells , ensuring a reproducible source of monoclonal antibody ( kohler , g . and milstein , c . nature , 256 : 495 - 97 ( 1975 )). these antibodies , or fragments thereof , can then be used to detect and quantitate the fuse binding protein . the anti - sense sequence for the fuse binding protein cdna is useful therapeutically to arrest cell development in a target area of uncontrolled cell growth . an expression vector or oligonucleotide is constructed incorporating the anti - sense sequence of the fuse binding protein cdna . the oligonucleotide or vector is then incorporated into the cells of the target area , and acts to antagonize or block expression of the fuse binding protein , inhibiting cell division and proliferation . this is effective , for example , in arresting tumor cell growth , or an unwarranted immune response ( i . e ., arresting b - or t - lymphocytes ). the invention has been described in detail with particular reference to a preferred embodiment thereof , but it will be understood that the invention is capable of other and different embodiments . as is readily apparent to those skilled in the art , variations and modifications can be effected within the spirit and scope of the invention . accordingly , the foregoing disclosure , description , and figures are for illustrative purposes only , and do not in any way limit the invention , which is defined only by the claims . __________________________________________________________________________sequence listing ( 1 ) general information :( iii ) number of sequences : 24 ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 1 :( i ) sequence characteristics :( a ) length : 2384 ( b ) type : nucleic acid ( c ) strandedness : double ( d ) topology : unknown ( ii ) molecule type : cdna ( iii ) hypothetical : no ( iv ) anti - sense : yes ( vi ) original source :( a ) organism : human ( h ) cell line : hl60 ( ix ) feature :( d ) other information : 473 bpvariable region where r is a or g . 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sense : yes ( vi ) original source :( a ) organism : human ( h ) cell line : hl60 ( ix ) feature :( d ) other information : 470 bp variableregion where r is a or g . ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 9 : 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( 2 ) information for seq id no : 10 :( i ) sequence characteristics :( a ) length : 643 ( b ) type : amino acid ( c ) strandedness : single ( d ) topology : unknown ( ii ) molecule type : peptide / protein ( iii ) hypothetical : no ( vi ) original source :( a ) organism : human ( h ) cell line : hl60 ( ix ) feature :( d ) other information : amino acid 148 ( xaa ) is met or ile ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 10 : 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( 2 ) information for seq id no : 11 :( i ) sequence characteristics :( a ) length : 33 ( b ) type : nucleic acid ( c ) strandedness : double ( d ) topology : unknown ( ii ) molecule type : dna ( vi ) original source :( a ) organism : human ( ix ) feature :( d ) other information : fuseoligonucleotide ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 11 : gatcacaaaataaaaaatcccgagggaatatag33 ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 12 :( i ) sequence characteristics :( a ) length : 33 ( b ) type : nucleic acid ( c ) strandedness : double ( d ) topology : unknown ( ii ) molecule type : dna ( iii ) hypothetical : yes ( ix ) feature :( d ) other information : mut a ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 12 : gatcacaactacgtgctaggacgccgaatatag33 ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 13 :( i ) sequence characteristics :( a ) length : 39 ( b ) type : nucleic acid ( c ) strandedness : double ( d ) topology : unknown ( ii ) molecule type : dna ( iii ) hypothetical : no ( ix ) feature :( d ) other information : camp responseelement ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 13 : gatctgacgtcatgactgacgtcatgactgacgtcatca39 ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 14 :( i ) sequence characteristics :( a ) length : 32 ( b ) type : nucleic acid ( c ) strandedness : double ( d ) topology : unknown ( ii ) molecule type : dna ( iii ) hypothetical : no ( ix ) feature :( d ) other information : ct element in c - myc5 &# 39 ;- flanking region (&# 34 ; cte &# 34 ;)( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 14 : aattctcctccccaccttccccaccctcccca32 ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 15 :( i ) sequence characteristics :( a ) length : 33 ( b ) type : nucleic acid ( c ) strandedness : double ( d ) topology : unknown ( ii ) molecule type : dna ( iii ) hypothetical : yes ( ix ) feature :( d ) other information : mut b ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 15 : gatcacaaaataaaaaatggacgccgaatatag33 ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 16 :( i ) sequence characteristics :( a ) length : 33 ( b ) type : nucleic acid ( c ) strandedness : double ( d ) topology : unknown ( ii ) molecule type : dna ( iii ) hypothetical : yes ( ix ) feature :( d ) other information : mut c ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 16 : gatcacaactacgtgctaggcgagggaatatag33 ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 17 :( i ) sequence characteristics :( a ) length : 9 ( b ) type : amino acid ( c ) strandedness : single ( d ) topology : unknown ( ii ) molecule type : peptide / protein ( iii ) hypothetical : no ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 17 : lysgluilegluglnlysvalglnglu15 ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 18 :( i ) sequence characteristics :( a ) length : 12 ( b ) type : nucleic acid ( c ) strandedness : double ( d ) topology : unknown ( ii ) molecule type : dna ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 18 : ttagttaactaa12 ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 19 :( i ) sequence characteristics :( a ) length : 6 ( b ) type : amino acid ( c ) strandedness : single ( d ) topology : unknown ( ii ) molecule type : peptide / protein ( ix ) feature :( d ) other information : mutant 2 ( ix ) sequence description : seq id no : 19 : ileglyserargilearg15 ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 20 :( i ) sequence characteristics :( a ) length : 4 ( b ) type : amino acid ( c ) strandedness : single ( d ) topology : unknown ( ii ) molecule type : peptide / protein ( ix ) feature :( d ) other information : mutant 3 ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 20 : ileargilearg15 ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 21 :( i ) sequence characteristics :( a ) length : 5 ( b ) type : amino acid ( c ) strandedness : single ( d ) topology : unknown ( ii ) molecule type : peptide / protein ( ix ) feature :( d ) other information : mutant 4 ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 21 : proargileargglu15 ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 22 :( i ) sequence characteristics :( a ) length : 4 ( b ) type : amino acid ( c ) strandedness : single ( d ) topology : unknown ( ii ) molecule type : peptide / protein ( ix ) feature :( d ) other information : mutant 6 ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 22 : glyileproarg15 ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 23 :( i ) sequence characteristics :( a ) length : 4 ( b ) type : amino acid ( c ) strandedness : single ( d ) topology : unknown ( ii ) molecule type : peptide / protein ( ix ) feature :( d ) other information : mutant 8 ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 23 : argaspproala15 ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 24 :( i ) sequence characteristics :( a ) length : 4 ( b ) type : amino acid ( c ) strandedness : single ( d ) topology : unknown ( ii ) molecule type : peptide / protein ( ix ) feature :( d ) other information : mutant 9 ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 24 : argglysergly15__________________________________________________________________________