PMID- 12175488 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20030212 LR - 20220722 IS - 0925-4773 (Print) IS - 0925-4773 (Linking) VI - 114 IP - 1-2 DP - 2002 Jun TI - A highly conserved novel family of mammalian developmental transcription factors related to Drosophila grainyhead. PG - 37-50 AB - The Drosophila transcription factor Grainyhead regulates several key developmental processes. Three mammalian genes, CP2, LBP-1a and LBP-9 have been previously identified as homologues of grainyhead. We now report the cloning of two new mammalian genes (Mammalian grainyhead (MGR) and Brother-of-MGR (BOM)) and one new Drosophila gene (dCP2) that rewrite the phylogeny of this family. We demonstrate that MGR and BOM are more closely related to grh, whereas CP2, LBP-1a and LBP-9 are descendants of the dCP2 gene. MGR shares the greatest sequence homology with grh, is expressed in tissue-restricted patterns more comparable to grh and binds to and transactivates the promoter of the human Engrailed-1 gene, the mammalian homologue of the key grainyhead target gene, engrailed. This sequence and functional conservation indicates that the new mammalian members of this family play important developmental roles. CI - Copyright 2002 Elsevier Science Ireland Ltd. FAU - Wilanowski, Tomasz AU - Wilanowski T AD - Rotary Bone Marrow Research Laboratory, Royal Melbourne Hospital Research Foundation, c/o Royal Melbourne Hospital Post Office, Grattan Street, Parkville, Victoria 3050, Australia. FAU - Tuckfield, Annabel AU - Tuckfield A FAU - Cerruti, Loretta AU - Cerruti L FAU - O'Connell, Sinead AU - O'Connell S FAU - Saint, Robert AU - Saint R FAU - Parekh, Vishwas AU - Parekh V FAU - Tao, Jianning AU - Tao J FAU - Cunningham, John M AU - Cunningham JM FAU - Jane, Stephen M AU - Jane SM LA - eng GR - P01 HL53749-06/HL/NHLBI NIH HHS/United States GR - P30 CA 21765/CA/NCI NIH HHS/United States PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't PT - Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S. PL - Ireland TA - Mech Dev JT - Mechanisms of development JID - 9101218 RN - 0 (DNA-Binding Proteins) RN - 0 (Drosophila Proteins) RN - 0 (ELF1 protein, human) RN - 0 (EN1 protein, human) RN - 0 (Elf1 protein, mouse) RN - 0 (En1 protein, mouse) RN - 0 (GRHL2 protein, human) RN - 0 (Homeodomain Proteins) RN - 0 (Lcp2 protein, Drosophila) RN - 0 (Nuclear Proteins) RN - 0 (Protein Isoforms) RN - 0 (Repressor Proteins) RN - 0 (TFCP2L1 protein, human) RN - 0 (Tfcp2l1 protein, mouse) RN - 0 (Transcription Factors) RN - 0 (UBP1 protein, human) RN - 0 (grh protein, Drosophila) RN - 9007-49-2 (DNA) SB - IM MH - Amino Acid Sequence MH - Animals MH - Base Sequence MH - Binding Sites MH - Cloning, Molecular MH - DNA/metabolism MH - DNA-Binding Proteins/*metabolism MH - Dimerization MH - Drosophila MH - Drosophila Proteins MH - Embryo, Mammalian/pathology MH - Embryo, Nonmammalian MH - Evolution, Molecular MH - Exons MH - Homeodomain Proteins/metabolism MH - Humans MH - In Situ Hybridization MH - Mice MH - Molecular Sequence Data MH - Nuclear Proteins MH - Phylogeny MH - Polymerase Chain Reaction MH - Protein Binding MH - Protein Isoforms MH - Protein Structure, Tertiary MH - *Repressor Proteins MH - Sequence Homology, Amino Acid MH - Tissue Distribution MH - Transcription Factors/biosynthesis/*metabolism MH - Transcription, Genetic MH - Transcriptional Activation EDAT- 2002/08/15 10:00 MHDA- 2003/02/14 04:00 CRDT- 2002/08/15 10:00 PHST- 2002/08/15 10:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2003/02/14 04:00 [medline] PHST- 2002/08/15 10:00 [entrez] AID - S0925477302000461 [pii] AID - 10.1016/s0925-4773(02)00046-1 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Mech Dev. 2002 Jun;114(1-2):37-50. doi: 10.1016/s0925-4773(02)00046-1.