EGR1

EGR1
Available structures
PDB	Ortholog search: PDBe RCSB
List of PDB id codes
	4R2A, 4R2C, 4R2D, 4X9J
Identifiers
Aliases	EGR1, AT225, G0S30, KROX-24, NGFI-A, TIS8, ZIF-268, ZNF225, early growth response 1
External IDs	OMIM: 128990 MGI: 95295 HomoloGene: 56394 GeneCards: EGR1
Gene location (Human)
Chr.	Chromosome 5 (human)[1]
End	138,469,303 bp[1]
RNA expression pattern
	; ;
	More reference expression data
Gene ontology
Molecular function	• DNA binding; • sequence-specific DNA binding; • RNA polymerase II regulatory region sequence-specific DNA binding; • GO:0001131, GO:0001151, GO:0001130, GO:0001204 DNA-binding transcription factor activity; • GO:0001077, GO:0001212, GO:0001213, GO:0001211, GO:0001205 DNA-binding transcription activator activity, RNA polymerase II-specific; • transcription regulatory region sequence-specific DNA binding; • metal ion binding; • transcription factor activity, RNA polymerase II core promoter proximal region sequence-specific binding; • GO:0001948 protein binding; • histone acetyltransferase binding; • nucleic acid binding; • hemi-methylated DNA-binding; • double-stranded methylated DNA binding; • zinc ion binding; • promoter-specific chromatin binding; • GO:0001200, GO:0001133, GO:0001201 DNA-binding transcription factor activity, RNA polymerase II-specific;
Cellular component	• nucleoplasm; • cell nucleus; • cytoplasm;
Biological process	• regulation of apoptotic process; • cellular response to organic substance; • regulation of transcription, DNA-templated; • glomerular mesangial cell proliferation; • negative regulation of transcription from RNA polymerase II promoter; • response to glucose; • transcription from RNA polymerase II promoter; • BMP signaling pathway; • transcription, DNA-templated; • positive regulation of transcription, DNA-templated; • response to insulin; • interleukin-1-mediated signaling pathway; • cellular response to mycophenolic acid; • T cell differentiation; • type I interferon signaling pathway; • positive regulation of glomerular metanephric mesangial cell proliferation; • cellular response to gamma radiation; • regulation of transcription from RNA polymerase II promoter in response to hypoxia; • skeletal muscle cell differentiation; • cellular response to heparin; • regulation of protein sumoylation; • negative regulation of canonical Wnt signaling pathway; • positive regulation of transcription from RNA polymerase II promoter; • cellular response to interleukin-8; • response to hypoxia; • response to ischemia; • estrous cycle; • positive regulation of hormone biosynthetic process; • regulation of progesterone biosynthetic process; • regulation of transcription from RNA polymerase II promoter; • positive regulation of gene expression; • circadian regulation of gene expression; • locomotor rhythm; • rhythmic process; • circadian temperature homeostasis; • positive regulation of neuron death; • positive regulation of tau-protein kinase activity;
	Sources:Amigo / QuickGO
Orthologs
	1958
	13653
	ENSG00000120738
	ENSMUSG00000038418
	P18146
	P08046
	NM_001964
	NM_007913
	NP_001955
	NP_031939
	Wikidata
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EGR-1 (Early growth response protein 1) also known as ZNF268 (zinc finger protein 268) or NGFI-A (nerve growth factor-induced protein A) is a protein that in humans is encoded by the EGR1 gene.

EGR-1 is a mammalian transcription factor. It was also named Krox-24, TIS8, and ZENK. It was originally discovered in mice.

Function

The protein encoded by this gene belongs to the EGR family of Cys₂His₂-type zinc finger proteins. It is a nuclear protein and functions as a transcriptional regulator. The products of target genes it activates are required for differentiation and mitogenesis. Studies suggest this is a tumor suppressor gene.[4]

It has a distinct pattern of expression in the brain, and its induction has been shown to be associated with neuronal activity. Several studies suggest it has a role in neuronal plasticity.[5]

EGR-1 is an important transcription factor in memory formation. It has an essential role in brain neuron epigenetic reprogramming. EGR-1 recruits the TET1 protein that initiates a pathway of DNA demethylation.[6] Removing DNA methylation marks allows the activation of downstream genes. EGR-1, together with TET1, is employed in programming the distribution of methylation sites on brain DNA during brain development, in learning and in long-term neuronal plasticity. EGR-1 has also been found to regulate the expression of VAMP2 (a protein important for synaptic exocytosis).[7]

Beside its function in the nervous system, there is significant evidence that EGR-1 along with its paralog EGR-2 is induced in fibrotic diseases has key functions in fibrinogenesis and is necessary for experimentally induced fibrosis in mice.[8]

Structure

The DNA-binding domain of EGR-1 consists of three zinc finger domains of the Cys₂His₂ type. The amino acid structure of the EGR-1 zinc finger domain is given in this table, using the single letter amino acid code. The fingers 1 to 3 are indicated by f1 - f3. The numbers are in reference to the residues (amino acids) of alpha helix (there is no zero). The residues marked 'x' are not part of the zinc fingers, but rather serve to connect them all together.


																				-1	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9			x	x	x	x	x
f1	M	A	E	E	R	P	Y	A	C	P	V	E	S	C	D	R	R	F	S	R	S	D	E	L	T	R	H	I	R	I	H	T	G	Q	K	P
f2							F	Q	C	A	I	-	-	C	M	R	N	F	S	R	S	D	H	L	T	T	H	I	A	T	H	T	G	E	K	P
f3							F	A	C	D	I	-	-	C	G	R	K	F	A	R	S	D	E	R	K	R	H	T	K	I	H	L	R	Q	K	D

Amino acid key: Alanine (Ala, A), Arginine (Arg, R), Asparagine (Asn, N), Aspartic acid (Asp, D), Cysteine (Cys, C), Glutamic acid (Glu, E), Glutamine (Gln, Q), Glycine (Gly, G), Histidine (His, H), Isoleucine (Ile, I), Leucine (Leu, L), Lysine (Lys, K), Methionine (Met, M), Phenylalanine (Phe, F), Proline (Pro, P), Serine (Ser, S), Threonine (Thr, T), Tryptophan (Trp, W), Tyrosine (Tyr, Y), Valine (Val, V)

The crystal structure of DNA bound by the zinc finger domain of EGR-1 was solved in 1991, which greatly aided early research in zinc finger DNA-binding domains.[9]

The human EGR-1 protein contains (in its unprocessed form) 543 amino acids with a molecular weight of 57.5 kDa, and the gene is located on the chromosome 5.

DNA binding specificity

EGR-1 binds the DNA sequence 5'-GCG TGG GCG-3' (and similar ones like 5'-GCG GGG GCG-3').[10][11] The f1 position 6 binds the 5' G (the first base count from the left); the f1 position 3 to the second base (C); f1 position -1 binds to the third position (G); f2 position 6 to the fourth base (T); and so on.

Interactions

EGR-1 has been shown to interact with:

References

GRCh38: Ensembl release 89: ENSG00000120738 - Ensembl, May 2017
"Human PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
"Mouse PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
"Entrez Gene: EGR1 early growth response 1".
Knapska E, Kaczmarek L (2004). "A gene for Neuronal Plasticity in the Mammalian Brain: Zif286/Egr1/NGFI-A/Krox-24/TIS-8/ZENK?". Progress in Neurobiology. 74 (4): 183–211. doi:10.1016/j.pneurobio.2004.05.007. PMID 15556287. S2CID 39251786.
Sun Z, Xu X, He J, Murray A, Sun MA, Wei X, Wang X, McCoig E, Xie E, Jiang X, Li L, Zhu J, Chen J, Morozov A, Pickrell AM, Theus MH, Xie H. EGR1 recruits TET1 to shape the brain methylome during development and upon neuronal activity. Nat Commun. 2019 Aug 29;10(1):3892. doi: 10.1038/s41467-019-11905-3. PMID: 31467272
Petersohn D, Thiel G (1996). "Role of zinc-finger proteins Sp1 and zif268/egr-1 in transcriptional regulation of the human synaptobrevin II gene". European Journal of Biochemistry. 239 (3): 827–34. doi:10.1111/j.1432-1033.1996.0827u.x. PMID 8774732.
Bhattacharyya S, Wu M, Fang F, Tourtellotte W, Feghali-Bostwick C, Varga J (May 2011). "Early growth response transcription factors: key mediators of fibrosis and novel targets for anti-fibrotic therapy". Matrix Biology. 30 (4): 235–42. doi:10.1016/j.matbio.2011.03.005. PMC 3135176. PMID 21511034.
Pavletich NP, Pabo CO (May 1991). "Zinc finger-DNA recognition: crystal structure of a Zif268-DNA complex at 2.1 A". Science. 252 (5007): 809–17. doi:10.1126/science.2028256. PMID 2028256. S2CID 38000717.
Christy B, Nathans D (Nov 1989). "DNA binding site of the growth factor-inducible protein Zif268". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 86 (22): 8737–41. doi:10.1073/pnas.86.22.8737. PMC 298363. PMID 2510170.
Swirnoff AH, Milbrandt J (Apr 1995). "DNA-binding specificity of NGFI-A and related zinc finger transcription factors". Molecular and Cellular Biology. 15 (4): 2275–87. doi:10.1128/mcb.15.4.2275. PMC 230455. PMID 7891721.
Zhang F, Lin M, Abidi P, Thiel G, Liu J (Nov 2003). "Specific interaction of Egr1 and c/EBPbeta leads to the transcriptional activation of the human low density lipoprotein receptor gene". The Journal of Biological Chemistry. 278 (45): 44246–54. doi:10.1074/jbc.M305564200. PMID 12947119.
Silverman ES, Du J, Williams AJ, Wadgaonkar R, Drazen JM, Collins T (Nov 1998). "cAMP-response-element-binding-protein-binding protein (CBP) and p300 are transcriptional co-activators of early growth response factor-1 (Egr-1)". The Biochemical Journal. 336 (1): 183–9. doi:10.1042/bj3360183. PMC 1219856. PMID 9806899.
Russo MW, Sevetson BR, Milbrandt J (Jul 1995). "Identification of NAB1, a repressor of NGFI-A- and Krox20-mediated transcription". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 92 (15): 6873–7. doi:10.1073/pnas.92.15.6873. PMC 41432. PMID 7624335.
Liu J, Grogan L, Nau MM, Allegra CJ, Chu E, Wright JJ (Apr 2001). "Physical interaction between p53 and primary response gene Egr-1". International Journal of Oncology. 18 (4): 863–70. doi:10.3892/ijo.18.4.863. PMID 11251186.
Bae MH, Jeong CH, Kim SH, Bae MK, Jeong JW, Ahn MY, Bae SK, Kim ND, Kim CW, Kim KR, Kim KW (Oct 2002). "Regulation of Egr-1 by association with the proteasome component C8". Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Molecular Cell Research. 1592 (2): 163–7. doi:10.1016/s0167-4889(02)00310-5. PMID 12379479.

External links

Zif+268+protein,+human at the US National Library of Medicine Medical Subject Headings (MeSH)
FactorBook Egr-1
Overview of all the structural information available in the PDB for UniProt: P18146 (Human Early growth response protein 1) at the PDBe-KB.
Overview of all the structural information available in the PDB for UniProt: P08046 (Mouse Early growth response protein 1) at the PDBe-KB.

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[refGRCh38Ensembl-1] GRCh38: Ensembl release 89: ENSG00000120738 - Ensembl, May 2017

[2] "Human PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.

[3] "Mouse PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.

[4] "Entrez Gene: EGR1 early growth response 1".

[5] Knapska E, Kaczmarek L (2004). "A gene for Neuronal Plasticity in the Mammalian Brain: Zif286/Egr1/NGFI-A/Krox-24/TIS-8/ZENK?". Progress in Neurobiology. 74 (4): 183–211. doi:10.1016/j.pneurobio.2004.05.007. PMID 15556287. S2CID 39251786.

[6] Sun Z, Xu X, He J, Murray A, Sun MA, Wei X, Wang X, McCoig E, Xie E, Jiang X, Li L, Zhu J, Chen J, Morozov A, Pickrell AM, Theus MH, Xie H. EGR1 recruits TET1 to shape the brain methylome during development and upon neuronal activity. Nat Commun. 2019 Aug 29;10(1):3892. doi: 10.1038/s41467-019-11905-3. PMID: 31467272

[7] Petersohn D, Thiel G (1996). "Role of zinc-finger proteins Sp1 and zif268/egr-1 in transcriptional regulation of the human synaptobrevin II gene". European Journal of Biochemistry. 239 (3): 827–34. doi:10.1111/j.1432-1033.1996.0827u.x. PMID 8774732.

[8] Bhattacharyya S, Wu M, Fang F, Tourtellotte W, Feghali-Bostwick C, Varga J (May 2011). "Early growth response transcription factors: key mediators of fibrosis and novel targets for anti-fibrotic therapy". Matrix Biology. 30 (4): 235–42. doi:10.1016/j.matbio.2011.03.005. PMC 3135176. PMID 21511034.

[9] Pavletich NP, Pabo CO (May 1991). "Zinc finger-DNA recognition: crystal structure of a Zif268-DNA complex at 2.1 A". Science. 252 (5007): 809–17. doi:10.1126/science.2028256. PMID 2028256. S2CID 38000717.

[10] Christy B, Nathans D (Nov 1989). "DNA binding site of the growth factor-inducible protein Zif268". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 86 (22): 8737–41. doi:10.1073/pnas.86.22.8737. PMC 298363. PMID 2510170.

[11] Swirnoff AH, Milbrandt J (Apr 1995). "DNA-binding specificity of NGFI-A and related zinc finger transcription factors". Molecular and Cellular Biology. 15 (4): 2275–87. doi:10.1128/mcb.15.4.2275. PMC 230455. PMID 7891721.

[pmid12947119-12] Zhang F, Lin M, Abidi P, Thiel G, Liu J (Nov 2003). "Specific interaction of Egr1 and c/EBPbeta leads to the transcriptional activation of the human low density lipoprotein receptor gene". The Journal of Biological Chemistry. 278 (45): 44246–54. doi:10.1074/jbc.M305564200. PMID 12947119.

[pmid9806899-13] Silverman ES, Du J, Williams AJ, Wadgaonkar R, Drazen JM, Collins T (Nov 1998). "cAMP-response-element-binding-protein-binding protein (CBP) and p300 are transcriptional co-activators of early growth response factor-1 (Egr-1)". The Biochemical Journal. 336 (1): 183–9. doi:10.1042/bj3360183. PMC 1219856. PMID 9806899.

[pmid7624335-14] Russo MW, Sevetson BR, Milbrandt J (Jul 1995). "Identification of NAB1, a repressor of NGFI-A- and Krox20-mediated transcription". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 92 (15): 6873–7. doi:10.1073/pnas.92.15.6873. PMC 41432. PMID 7624335.

[pmid11251186-15] Liu J, Grogan L, Nau MM, Allegra CJ, Chu E, Wright JJ (Apr 2001). "Physical interaction between p53 and primary response gene Egr-1". International Journal of Oncology. 18 (4): 863–70. doi:10.3892/ijo.18.4.863. PMID 11251186.

[pmid12379479-16] Bae MH, Jeong CH, Kim SH, Bae MK, Jeong JW, Ahn MY, Bae SK, Kim ND, Kim CW, Kim KR, Kim KW (Oct 2002). "Regulation of Egr-1 by association with the proteasome component C8". Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Molecular Cell Research. 1592 (2): 163–7. doi:10.1016/s0167-4889(02)00310-5. PMID 12379479.