SUMO down-regulates the activity of Elf4/Myeloid Elf-1-like factor

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• 作者：Mary Ann Suico ; Hideaki Nakamura ; Zhuo Lu ; Hisato Saitoh ; Tsuyoshi Shuto ; Mitsuyoshi Nakao and Hirofumi Kai
• 关键词：Myeloid Elf-1-like factor ; Elf4 ; Ets transcription factor ; Post-translational modification ; SUMO
• 刊名：Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications
• 出版年：2006
• 出版时间：29 September 2006
• 年：2006
• 卷：348
• 期：3
• 页码：880-888
• 全文大小：330 K

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Myeloid elf-1-like factor (MEF) or Elf4 is an ETS protein known to regulate the basal expression of the anti-microbial peptides, lysozyme and human β-defensin-2, in epithelial cells and activate the transcription of perforin in natural killer cells. The numerous target genes of MEF and its biological functions signify the importance of this Ets transcription factor. Here we show that MEF is modified by conjugation with SUMO-1/-2 (small ubiquitin-related modifier) both in mammalian cells and in Escherichia coli overexpressing human SUMO-1/-2. We identified by point mutation that lysine 657 of MEF is the site for sumoylation. This modification down-regulated MEF activity on lysozyme and perforin promoters, and decreased the lysozyme mRNA expression. Chromatin immuno-precipitation analysis revealed that SUMO-conjugation diminished the recruitment of MEF to the lysozyme promoter, which partly explains the down-regulation of MEF activity by SUMO. These findings contribute to our understanding of the regulation of the ETS factor MEF.