Abstract
The transcriptional modulator in the fibroin gene intron is composed of multiple octamer-like AT-rich elements, to which several specific DNA-binding proteins named fibroin-modulator-binding proteins (FMBPs) bind. Three major FMBPs in the silk gland were characterized. Two of them (FMBP-2 and -3) were identified as a Fork head homologue (Bm Fkh) and a POU-domain protein (POU-M1) respectively. These factors were expressed in the silk gland with distinct temporal- and spatial-specificities during late larval development as well as during embryogenesis, and did not correlate directly with fibroin gene expression. The other (FMBP-1) appeared to correlate with the expression of the fibroin gene for temporal- and spatial-specificity. These FMBPs also bind to the elements in the upstream modulator. Transcriptional enhancement by both modulators was inhibited by binding competition for these factors with oligonucleotides. These results suggest that expression of the fibroin gene is controlled by co-ordination of these factors with distinct specificities during silk-gland development.
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