Cn. Chung et al., SITE-DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS STUDY ON DNA-BINDING REGIONS OF THE MOUSE HOMOLOG OF SUPPRESSOR OF HAIRLESS, RBP-J-KAPPA, Nucleic acids research, 22(15), 1994, pp. 2938-2944
To map regions important for DNA binding of the mouse homologue of Sup
pressor of Hairless or RBP-J kappa protein, mutated mouse RBP-J kappa
cDNAs were made by insertion of oligonucleotide linkers or base replac
ement. DNA binding assays using the mutated proteins expressed in COS
cells showed that various mutations between 218 Arg and 227 Arg decrea
sed the DNA binding activity drastically. The DNA binding activity was
not affected by amino acid replacements within the integrase motif of
the RBP-J kappa protein (230His-269His). Replacements between 291Arg
and 323Tyr affected the DNA binding activity slightly but reproducibly
. These results indicate that the region encompassing 218Arg-227Arg is
critical for the DNA binding activity of RBP-J kappa. This region did
not show any significant homology to motifs or domains of the previou
sly described DNA binding proteins. Using a truncation mutant protein
RBP-J kappa was shown to associate with DNA as a monomer.