Interference with protein binding at AP2 sites by sequence‐specific methylation in the late E2A promoter of adenovirus type 2 DNA

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The in vitro methylation of the +6, +24, and −215 located 5′-CCGG-3′ sequences in the late E2A promoter of adenovirus type 2 (Ad2) DNA abrogates promoter function. 3-Methyldeoxycytidine (5-mC) at positions +6 and +24 in both or either of the two DNA complements in the late E2A promoter abolishes the formation of high-molecular-mass DNA-protein complex that is essential for promoter function. The formation of this complex can be competed for by an oligodeoxyribonucleotide with a consensus AP2 sequence, but not by AP1, AP3, and CREB sequences, The AP2 sites comprise the +6 and +24 located 5′-CCGG-3′ sequences in the late E2A promoter; the AP1, AP3, and CREB sequences are in their immediate vicinity, Methylation of either the +6 or the +24 5′-CCGG-3′ sequence also compromises formation of the DNA-protein complex. A 40 nucleotide pair oligodeoxyribonucleotide encompassing the −215 5′-CCGG-3′ site in the late E2A promoter can also form DNA-protein complexes which is not affected by the introduction of a 5-mC residue in the −215 position. The data suggest that the AP2 protein together with other proteins is involved in the generation of a transcription-activating complex with the late E2A promoter of Ad2 DNA, and the formation of this complex is completely abolished when both the +6 and +24 5′-CCGG-3′ sequences are methylated.

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