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ArticleMolecular and cellular endocrinology2014

A steroid receptor coactivator acts as the DNA-binding partner of the methoprene-tolerant protein in regulating juvenile hormone response genes.

Meng Li, Pengcheng Liu, Jessica D Wiley, Reyhaneh Ojani, David R Bevan, Jianyong Li, Jinsong Zhu

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Article in Molecular and cellular endocrinology, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 39 papers.

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7 authors.

Meng LiDepartment of Biochemistry, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA 24061, USA.
Pengcheng LiuDepartment of Biochemistry, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA 24061, USA.
Jessica D WileyDepartment of Biochemistry, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA 24061, USA.
Reyhaneh OjaniDepartment of Biochemistry, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA 24061, USA.
David R BevanDepartment of Biochemistry, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA 24061, USA.
Jianyong LiDepartment of Biochemistry, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA 24061, USA.
Jinsong ZhuDepartment of Biochemistry, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA 24061, USA. Electronic address: zhujin@vt.edu.

Funding

Molecular mechanism of juvenile hormone action in mosquito reproductionR01AI099250 · NIAID · VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INST AND ST UNIV · PI JINSONG ZHU · 2012 to 2026
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NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI099250
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Methoprene-tolerant (Met) protein is a juvenile hormone (JH) receptor in insects. JH-bound Met forms a complex with the βFtz-F1-interacting steroid receptor coactivator (FISC) and together they regulate JH response genes in mosquitoes. Both proteins contain basic helix-loop-helix (bHLH) and PAS motifs. Here we demonstrated that FISC is the obligatory partner of Met for binding to JH-response elements (JHREs). Met or FISC alone could not bind a previously characterized JHRE, while formation of the Met-FISC complex was necessary and sufficient to bind to the JHRE. This binding required participation of the DNA-binding domains of both Met and FISC. The optimal DNA sequence recognized by Met and FISC contained a core consensus sequence GCACGTG. While formation of the Met-FISC complex in mosquito cells was induced by JH, heterodimerization and DNA binding of bacterially expressed Met and FISC were JH-independent, implying that additional mosquito proteins were required to modulate formation of the receptor complex.

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Gene Expression Regulation, DevelopmentalAedesAmino Acid SequenceAnimalsBase SequenceBasic Helix-Loop-Helix ProteinsBinding SitesCells, CulturedDNAEscherichia coliGenes, ReporterJuvenile HormonesLuciferasesModels, MolecularMolecular Sequence DataProtein BindingBasic Helix-Loop-Helix ProteinsDNAJuvenile HormonesLuciferasesRecombinant ProteinsHelix–loop–helix transcription factorsHormone receptorHormone response elementInsectsProtein–protein interactionTranscription regulation

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PMCPMC4163509

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