Journal
GENOMICS
Volume 63, Issue 3, Pages 384-390Publisher
ACADEMIC PRESS INC
DOI: 10.1006/geno.1999.6084
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We recently cloned a novel murine transcriptional repressor, the Kruppel-like zinc finger protein AP-2rep (HGMW-approved symbol KLF12), that binds to a regulatory element in the AP-2 alpha gene promoter. In the present study, we characterize the human AP-2rep homolog and describe expression patterns in human urogenital and lymphoma cell lines. The predicted human protein of 402 amino acids exhibits 95.8% identity and 98.5% similarity to the murine AP-2rep peptide. The genomic locus of human AP-2rep consists of seven exons and was assigned to chromosome 13q22 by fluorescence in situ hybridization to metaphase chromosomes. Human AP-2rep repressed both reporter expression from a transiently transfected AP-2 alpha promoter and the endogenous AP-2 alpha gene and inversely was negatively regulated by AP-2 alpha. The consensus motif CAGTGGG was identified by an in vitro binding site selection assay. In summary, our data further point to an important role of AP-2rep as a transcriptional silencer and reveal reciprocal regulation of AP-2 alpha and AP-2rep. (C) 2000 Academic Press.
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