Publication Date:
1991-02-01
Description:
Apolipoprotein AI (apoAI) is a lipid-binding protein that participates in the transport of cholesterol and other lipids in the plasma. A complementary DNA clone for a protein that bound to regulatory elements of the apoAI gene was isolated. This protein, designated apoAI regulatory protein-1 (ARP-1), is a novel member of the steroid hormone receptor superfamily. ARP-1 bound to DNA as a dimer, and its dimerization domain was localized to the COOH-terminal region. ARP-1 also bound to a thyroid hormone-responsive element and to regulatory regions of the apoB, apoCIII, insulin, and ovalbumin genes. In cotransfection experiments, ARP-1 downregulated the apoAI gene. The involvement of ARP-1 in the regulation of apoAI gene expression suggests that it may participate in lipid metabolism and cholesterol homeostasis.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Ladias, J A -- Karathanasis, S K -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1991 Feb 1;251(4993):561-5.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Department of Cardiology, Children's Hospital, Boston, MA.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1899293" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
Keywords:
Amino Acid Sequence
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Animals
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Apolipoprotein A-I
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Apolipoproteins A/*genetics
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Base Sequence
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COUP Transcription Factor II
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COUP Transcription Factors
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Cloning, Molecular
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DNA/metabolism
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DNA-Binding Proteins/*metabolism
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Gene Expression Regulation
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Humans
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Lipoproteins, HDL/*genetics
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Molecular Sequence Data
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Oligonucleotide Probes
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Receptors, Steroid/*metabolism
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Regulatory Sequences, Nucleic Acid
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*Transcription Factors
Print ISSN:
0036-8075
Electronic ISSN:
1095-9203
Topics:
Biology
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Chemistry and Pharmacology
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Computer Science
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Medicine
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Natural Sciences in General
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Physics
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