We previously identified a non-p53, p53-responsive DNA element (p53RE)-binding protein named NBP, functionally analogous to p53, from human cervical carcinoma Hela cells. Here we report a biochemical study demonstrating that this activity is the recently cloned p53 analog p63. NBP was purified through conventional and DNA affinity chromatography to apparent homogeneity with a prominent polypeptide migrating in between the 43 and 68 kDa positions on a SDS gel. This polypeptide immunoreacted with monoclonal anti-p63 but not anti-p53 or anti-p73 antibodies. Also, NBP co-purified with p63 through each step of fractionation, as detected with anti-p63 antibodies. DNA-protein complexes formed with purified NBP and p53RE-containing oligomers derived from the p21waf1 promoter were supershifted by anti-p63 but not anti-p53 antibodies. Thus, these results demonstrate that NBP is encoded by the p53 homolog p63 gene.
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Zeng, X., Zhu, Y., & Lu, H. (2001). NBP is the p53 homolog p63. Carcinogenesis, 22(2), 215–219. https://doi.org/10.1093/carcin/22.2.215
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