Biology:CEBPG

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Short description: Protein-coding gene in the species Homo sapiens


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CCAAT/enhancer-binding protein gamma (C/EBPγ) is a protein that in humans is encoded by the CEBPG gene.[1][2] This gene has no introns.

The C/EBP family of transcription factors regulates viral and cellular CCAAT/enhancer element-mediated transcription. C/EBP proteins contain the bZIP region, which is characterized by two motifs in the C-terminal half of the protein: a basic region involved in DNA binding and a leucine zipper motif involved in dimerization. The C/EBP family consist of several related proteins, C/EBPα, C/EBPβ, C/EBPγ, C/EBPδ, C/EBPζ, and C/EBPε, that form homodimers and that form heterodimers with each other. CCAAT/enhancer binding protein gamma may cooperate with Fos to bind the positive regulatory element-I (PRE-I) enhancer elements.[2][3]

C/EBPγ forms heterodimer with ATF4 for transcriptional activation of target genes in autophagy specifically to amino acid starvation.[4]

C/EBPγ along with its regulator, the trauma-induced transcription factor EGR1, plays an important role in the development of chronic pain and mechanical hypersensitivity after some types of injury or surgery.[5][6]

References

  1. "A family of C/EBP-related proteins capable of forming covalently linked leucine zipper dimers in vitro". Genes Dev 5 (9): 1553–67. Oct 1991. doi:10.1101/gad.5.9.1553. PMID 1884998. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 "Entrez Gene: CEBPG CCAAT/enhancer binding protein (C/EBP), gamma". https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?Db=gene&Cmd=ShowDetailView&TermToSearch=1054. 
  3. Davydov, Ilia V.; Bohmann, Dirk; Krammer, Peter H.; Li-Weber, Min (1995). "Cloning of the cDNA encoding human C/EBPγ, a protein binding to the PRE-I enhancer element of the human interleukin-4 promoter". Gene 161 (2): 271–275. doi:10.1016/0378-1119(95)00271-7. PMID 7665092. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/0378111995002717. 
  4. Kim, Dongha; Kim, Junil; Yu, Young Suk; Kim, Yong Ryoul; Baek, Sung Hee; Won, Kyoung-Jae (Jul 2022). "Systemic approaches using single cell transcriptome reveal that C/EBPγ regulates autophagy under amino acid starved condition". Nucleic Acids Research 50 (13): 7298–7309. doi:10.1093/nar/gkac593. PMID 35801910. PMC 9303372. https://academic.oup.com/nar/article/50/13/7298/6633879. 
  5. Mamet, Julien; Klukinov, Michael; Yaksh, Tony L.; Malkmus, Shelle A.; Williams, Samantha; Harris, Scott; Manning, Donald C.; Taylor, Bradley K. et al. (2014). "Single intrathecal administration of the transcription factor decoy AYX1 prevents acute and chronic pain after incisional, inflammatory, or neuropathic injury". Pain 155 (2): 322–333. doi:10.1016/j.pain.2013.10.015. PMID 24145208. https://journals.lww.com/pain/Abstract/2014/02000/Single_intrathecal_administration_of_the.15.aspx. 
  6. Stephens, Kimberly E.; Moore, Cedric; Vinson, David A.; White, Bryan E.; Renfro, Zachary; Zhou, Weiqiang; Ji, Zhicheng; Ji, Hongkai et al. (2022). Identification of regulatory elements in primary sensory neurons involved in neuropathic pain. doi:10.1101/2022.09.09.507328. https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2022.09.09.507328v1.full. 

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