GEBF-I in Drosophila species and hybrids: The co-evolution of an enhancer and its cognate factor
1992
George, P. (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Strasbourg (France). Inst. de Chimie Biologique. Moleculaire des Eurcaryo) | Bellard, F. | Dretzen, G. | Jagla, K. | Richards, G. | Bellard, M.
The activation of the Drosophila melanogaster salivary gland secretion protein gene Sgs-3 is marked by important changes in chromatin structure in the distal regulatory region at -600 bp from the Sgs-3 start site. A stage- and tissue-specific glue enhancer binding factor, GEBF-I, binds in vitro to sequences from this region. Previous studies have revealed considerable variation in the DNA sequences of comparable regions in the related Drosophila species, Drosophila simulans, Drosophila erecta and Drosophila yakuba. GEBF-I-like proteins were detected in these species, which appear to evolve as rapidly as the corresponding DNA sequences, and studied in detail the binding characteristics of the GEBF-I proteins of the two most closely related species, Drosophila melanogaster and Drosophila simulans. In crosses between these species, certain strains produce hybrid larvae which, unexpectedly, synthesised a single intermediate form of the protein. This suggests that the factor is subject to species-specific post-transcriptional modifications. In these hybrid larvae, which carry one melanogaster and one simulans Sgs-3 gene, the hybrid GEBF-I protein appears equally effective in the induction of both target genes.
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