The human membrane progesterone receptor gene: genomic structure and promoter analysis.
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Bernauer S, Wehling M, Gerdes D, Falkenstein E
The human membrane progesterone receptor gene: genomic structure and promoter analysis.
DNA Seq. 2001 Jul;12(1):13-25.
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- Abstract
Rapid, nongenomic effects of steroids are likely to be mediated by membrane receptors not by intracellular steroid receptors. We recently identified a progesterone membrane binding protein (mPR) from human liver. The corresponding hmpr gene is comprised of 3 exons and 2 introns. The promoter sequence of hmpr lacks a typical TATA box but contains instead a high homology to a transcription Initiatior consensus sequence, which overlaps the experimentally determined transcriptional start site. The major proximal promoter is GC-rich and sequence analysis revealed a CpG island spanning the transcriptional start site. Several putative cis-regulatory DNA-motifs, which represent possible binding sites for transcription factors like AP2, NF-AT, Ahr/Arnt and C/EBP were identified in the genomic upstream region by sequence homology. Functional analysis of differently deleted fragments of the hmpr upstream region in a GFP-reportergene assay in transiently transfected cultured cells indicates the general testability of the hmpr promoter in vivo.