A TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR WITH SH2 AND SH3 DOMAINS IS DIRECTLY ACTIVATED BY AN INTERFERON-ALPHA-INDUCED CYTOPLASMIC PROTEIN TYROSINE KINASE(S)
A TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR WITH SH2 AND SH3 DOMAINS IS DIRECTLY ACTIVATED BY AN INTERFERON-ALPHA-INDUCED CYTOPLASMIC PROTEIN TYROSINE KINASE(S)
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DOI:
10.1016/0092-8674(92)90106-m
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发表时间:
1992-07-24
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影响因子:
64.5
通讯作者:
FU, XY
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FU, XY
Interferon-stimulated gene factor 3 (ISGF3), the primary transcription factor induced by interferon-alpha, is a complex of four (113, 91, 84, and 48 kd) proteins. This paper reports that the 113, 91, and 84 kd (ISGF3-alpha) proteins of ISGF3 contain conserved SH2 and SH3 domains. A specific interferon alpha-induced cytoplasmic protein tyrosine kinase(s) can form a transient complex with ISGF3-alpha proteins. These ISGF3-alpha proteins can be immunoprecipitated by anti-phosphotyrosine antibodies only after interferon-alpha treatment. Phosphoamino acid analyses of P-32-labeled ISGF3-alpha proteins confirm that ISGF3-alpha proteins are directly tyrosine phosphorylated both in vitro and in vivo in response to interferon-alpha, and this tyrosine phosphorylation can be inhibited by staurosporine and genistein. Phosphatase treatment of these ISGF3-alpha proteins results in inhibition of ISGF3 complex formation in vitro. These observations indicate that interferon alpha-induced direct tyrosine phosphorylation of ISGF3-alpha proteins is necessary for activation of the transcription factor ISGF3.