Promoter region of the human CRE-BP1 gene encoding the transcriptional regulator binding to the cyclic AMP response element.

Genomic clones containing the 5'-terminal portion of the human CRE-BP1 gene that encodes transcriptional regulator binding to the cyclic AMP response element (CRE) were isolated. Multiple transcriptional start sites in the promoter region were identified by nuclease S1 mapping and primer extension analysis. By DNase I footprinting with use of purified transcription factor Sp1 and nuclear extracts prepared from HeLa cells, 11 Sp1-binding sites, two CCAAT sequences, two CREs, and three unknown factor recognition elements were found. Transfection of chimeric chloramphenicol acetyltransferase plasmids containing various deletions of the promoter into CV-1 cells indicated that the region between nucleotides -50 and 90, which contained three Sp1-binding sites and one CRE, was sufficient for basal promoter activity. These results suggest that multiple sequence-specific DNA-binding proteins may control the expression of the CRE-BP1 gene, although Sp1 seems to be important for the basal promoter activity.