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• W2148140761 abstract "All living organisms consist of cells and the identity of a cell is defined by the genes it expresses. To assure proper function, a cell receives continuous information on which genes to turn on and off. This information is, to a large extent, provided by transcription factors. Kruppel-related zinc finger proteins probably constitute the largest family of transcription factors in mammals and many of these proteins carry a potent repressor domain called Kruppel-associated box (KRAB). The human genome alone encodes more than 200 KRAB zinc finger proteins but still very little is known about their biological functions. The Kruppel-related zinc finger genes appear to have been involved in a massive expansion throughout evolution. To unravel some of the secrets underlying this evolutionary success, we studied the molecular evolution of KRAB zinc finger genes. We show that the frequently occurring duplications of these genes are accompanied by a low sequence constraint in their zinc finger region. In addition, we show that the number of zinc finger motifs carried within these proteins is far from fixed. New zinc finger motifs are frequently added while others are inactivated or even discarded from the coding region. The structurally independent Kruppel zinc finger motif has, through these mechanisms, served as a highly adaptive building block for the generation of new transcriptional regulators. The mouse, rat and human genomes carry four different variants of the KRAB domain – KRAB(AB), KRAB(Ab), KRAB(AC) and KRAB(A). This thesis presents the identification of a novel KRAB domain, KRAB C, as well as a functional analysis of the different KRAB domains. We conclude that all different KRAB domains share a common co-repressor, TIFβ, and effectively repress transcription. These functions are mainly mediated by the KRAB A box but are clearly influenced by the presence of a KRAB B, b or C box. Furthermore, we show that all KRAB zinc finger gene subfamilies originate from the KRAB(AB) zinc finger genes.In addition, this thesis includes a structural and functional analysis of four novel mouse and human KRAB zinc finger genes; MZF6D, HKr18, HKr19 and HZF12. Whereas HKr18 and HZF12 seem to be ubiquitously expressed, MZF6D and HKr19 show a more restricted expression pattern. Northern blot and in situ hybridisation analyses of MZF6D showed that the expression of this gene is restricted to meiotic germ cells. MZF6D might thus be involved in the formation of male gametes. The expression of HKr19, on the other hand, seems to be restricted to lymphoid cells, indicating a possible role for this KRAB zinc finger gene in the regulation of lineage commitment." @default.
• W2148140761 created "2016-06-24" @default.
• W2148140761 creator A5071968898 @default.
• W2148140761 date "2003-01-01" @default.
• W2148140761 modified "2023-09-22" @default.
• W2148140761 title "The ABC of KRAB Zinc Finger Proteins" @default.
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