NBP is the p53 homolog p63 |
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Authors: | Zeng X Zhu Y Lu H |
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Institution: | Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Oregon Health Science University, 3181 SW Sam Jackson Park Road, Portland, OR 97201, USA. |
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Abstract: | We previously identified a non-p53, p53-responsive DNA element (p53RE)-binding protein named NBP, functionally analogous to p53, from human cervical carcinoma Hela cells. Here we report a biochemical study demonstrating that this activity is the recently cloned p53 analog p63. NBP was purified through conventional and DNA affinity chromatography to apparent homogeneity with a prominent polypeptide migrating in between the 43 and 68 kDa positions on a SDS gel. This polypeptide immunoreacted with monoclonal anti-p63 but not anti-p53 or anti-p73 antibodies. Also, NBP co-purified with p63 through each step of fractionation, as detected with anti-p63 antibodies. DNA-protein complexes formed with purified NBP and p53RE-containing oligomers derived from the p21(waf1) promoter were supershifted by anti-p63 but not anti-p53 antibodies. Thus, these results demonstrate that NBP is encoded by the p53 homolog p63 gene. |
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