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NFAT5, a constitutively nuclear NFAT protein that does not cooperate with Fos and Jun.


ABSTRACT: NFAT transcription factors are related to NF-kappaB/Rel proteins and form cooperative complexes with Fos and Jun on DNA. We have identified an NFAT-related protein, NFAT5, which differs from the conventional NFAT proteins NFAT1-4 in its structure, DNA binding, and regulation. NFAT5 contains a NFAT-like Rel homology domain, conserves the DNA contact residues of NFAT1-4, and binds DNA sequences similar to those found in the regulatory regions of well-characterized NFAT-dependent genes. However, it lacks the majority of Fos/Jun contact residues and does not bind cooperatively with Fos and Jun to DNA. Unlike NFAT1-4, whose nuclear import is tightly regulated by calcineurin-mediated dephosphorylation, NFAT5 is a constitutively nuclear phosphoprotein regardless of calcineurin activation. These features suggest that unlike the conventional NFAT proteins, NFAT1-4, which activate gene transcription by integrating inputs from calcium/calcineurin and protein kinase C/mitogen-activated protein kinase signaling pathways, NFAT5 participates in as-yet-unidentified signaling pathways in diverse immune and nonimmune cells.

SUBMITTER: Lopez-Rodriguez C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC22056 | biostudies-literature | 1999 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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NFAT5, a constitutively nuclear NFAT protein that does not cooperate with Fos and Jun.

Lopez-Rodríguez C C   Aramburu J J   Rakeman A S AS   Rao A A  

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 19990601 13


NFAT transcription factors are related to NF-kappaB/Rel proteins and form cooperative complexes with Fos and Jun on DNA. We have identified an NFAT-related protein, NFAT5, which differs from the conventional NFAT proteins NFAT1-4 in its structure, DNA binding, and regulation. NFAT5 contains a NFAT-like Rel homology domain, conserves the DNA contact residues of NFAT1-4, and binds DNA sequences similar to those found in the regulatory regions of well-characterized NFAT-dependent genes. However, it  ...[more]

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