WO1994010338A1

WO1994010338A1 - Nuclear hormone receptor-interacting polypeptides and related molecules and methods

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Publication number: WO1994010338A1
Application number: PCT/US1993/010443
Authority: WO
Inventors: David D. Moore; Jae Won Lee
Original assignee: The General Hospital Corporation
Priority date: 1992-10-30
Filing date: 1993-10-29
Publication date: 1994-05-11
Also published as: US5846711A; EP0666926A4; AU685412B2; EP0666926A1; US5866686A; AU5589094A; JPH08504325A; US5962256A

Abstract

Disclosed is a method for determining whether a test protein is capable of interacting with a nuclear hormone receptor protein. The method involves: (a) providing a host cell which contains (i) a reporter gene operably linked to a protein binding site; (ii) a first fusion gene which expresses a first fusion protein, the first fusion protein including a nuclear hormone receptor protein covalently bonded to a binding moiety which is capable of specifically binding to the protein binding site; and (iii) a second fusion gene which expresses a second fusion protein, the second fusion protein including the test protein covalently bonded to a weak gene activating moiety; and (b) determining whether the test protein increases expression of the reporter gene as an indication of its ability to interact with the nuclear hormone receptor protein. Such an interaction may be hormone dependent, hormone independent, or hormone sensitive.

Description

NUCLEAR HORMONE RECEPTOR-INTERACTING POLYPEPTIDES AND RELATED MOLECULES AND METHODS

Background of the Invention This invention relates to receptor proteins. The diverse physiological and developmental effects of thyroid hormone receptor (for example, T3) are mediated by the three hormone-binding isoforms of the T3 receptor: TRαl, TR/31, and TR/32. The effects of the hormone are the consequences of changes in expression of a wide range of target genes that result from T3 binding to these receptors. While it is unknown how binding of the ligand to the receptor actually causes such changes in gene expression, the basic effects on the rate of transcription are believed to be a consequence of direct or indirect protein-protein contacts between the TRs and components of basic transcriptional apparatus, such as RNA polymerase or associated proteins. In addition, interactions of TRs with other transcription factors are thought to result in a variety of complex combinatorial regulatory effects.

In recent years there has been very rapid progress in unravelling the most basic aspects of the mechanism of T3 action in the control of gene expression (see Brent et al., Ann. Rev. Physiol. 53:17-35, 1991 for recent review) . It is now clear that the T3 receptors are transcription factors that belong to a related superfamily of nuclear hormone receptors. This family of proteins interacts not only with diverse ligands but also with a complex array of similar DNA binding sites. Like other DNA binding transcription factors, the TRs function by increasing (or, in some cases, decreasing) the rate of transcription initiation from a linked promoter.

The details of the mechanisms that cause such alterations remain unclear and are the focus of intense study in a number of systems (see Lewin, Cell 61:1161- 1164, 1990; Ptashne, Sci. Am. 260:40-47, 1989; Ptashne, and Gann, Nature 346:329-331, 1990, for reviews). However, two broad themes are evident. The first is that transcription factors in general are frequently modular, composed of distinct domains with separate DNA binding and transcriptional regulatory functions. With TRs, for example, it is apparent that the DNA binding and ligand binding domains are quite separate, and experiments with chimeric receptors make it clear that the T3 dependent activation of gene expression can be transferred to heterologous DNA binding domains (see, e.g., Holloway, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 87:8160-8164, 1990; Thompson and Evans, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 86:3494-3498, 1989).

A second theme is that the functions of transcription factors are believed to be a consequence of protein-protein interactions with the basic transcriptional apparatus. It is thought that these interactions are mediated by proteins called coactivators or adaptors (see Ptashne and Gann, Nature 346:329-331, 1990) . These poorly characterized proteins act as bridges between the transcriptional activation domain that is tethered to the DNA by the transcription factor and the RNA polymerase complex bound at the initiation site. Via unknown mechanisms, this interaction leads to an increase in promoter activity.

Protein-protein contacts are also essential for a surprisingly diverse array of positive and negative interactions between transcription factors. Recent results in several systems indicate that this mechanism leads to complex regulatory networks that allow cross talk between various signalling pathways. In the case of TRs, three such interactions have been described to date. The first is the heterodimeric interaction of TRs with the related RXRs (Bugge et al., EMBO J 11:1409-1418, 1992; Kliewer et al., Nature 355:446-449, 1992; Lied et al., Cell 68:377-395, 1992; Marks et al., EMBO J 11:1419- 1435, 1992; Yu et al. , Cell 67:1251-1266, 1991; Zhang et al.. Nature 355:441-446, 1992). TR/RXR heterodimers show higher DNA binding affinity to thyroid hormone response elements (i.e., T3RE sites) initially characterized as binding TR homodimers (see, e.g., Williams et al. , J. Biol. Chem. 266:19636-19644, 1991), but heterodimerization does not appear to alter site specificity.

A second, less direct interaction is reflected in the mutually antagonistic effects of the TRs and the c- jun and c-fos protooncogenes (Desbois et al., Cell 67:731-740, 1991; Zhang et al. , Mol. Cell. Biol. 11:6016- 6025, 1991) . The heterodimeric complex of these two leucine zipper transcription factors is frequently referred to as AP-1, although the jun-jun homodimers and other complexes containing related but less well characterized proteins can also bind the consensus AP-1 site. Such sites are also referred to as TPA response elements (i.e., TREs) (here distinguished from T3REs) because the induction of protein kinase C activity by TPA or other phorbol esters results in a very rapid induction of AP-1 activity (reviewed in (Curran and Franza, Cell 55:395-397, 1988). The activity of the TRs is antagonized by coexpression of active jun or fos, and the TRs exert a complimentary inhibition of jun and fos activity. Although the mechanism of this interaction is unknown, it does not require the presence of overlapping

DNA binding sites. Thus, TRs can antagonize TPA response on a promoter that does not contain a T3RE, and jun and fos can antagonize T3 response on a promoter that does not include a TRE. Interestingly, although TRs are always nuclear and are able to bind T3REs whether or not hormone is present, the antagonistic function is only observed when T3 is present.

The antagonistic interaction with jun and fos is also observed with other members of the superfamily, including RARs (Desbois et al.. Cell 67:731-740, 1991; Schule et al., Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 88:6092-6096, 1991) and GRs (Jonat et al., Cell 62:1189-1204; Schule et al., Cell 62:1217-1226, 1990; Yang-Yen et al., Cell 62:1205-1215, 1990). The GR interaction was the first described and has been the best characterized, but the biochemical basis for the effect remains uncertain (see Ponta et al., Acta 1129:255-261, 1992 for a review). Despite the potential importance of this apparent cross¬ talk between nuclear hormone receptors and the protein kinase C signalling pathway, its physiologic impact also remains unclear.

Finally, TRs have also been reported to interact both functionally and biochemically with the cell-type specific transcriptional activator Pit-1 (Schaufele et al., Mol. Endocrinol. 6:656-665, 1992). In contrast to the antagonistic effects of TRs and AP-1, this interaction apparently leads to synergistic activation. These distinct mechanisms for the modulation of transcriptional activation remain quite unclear. It is apparent that the identification and characterization of proteins capable of interacting specifically with the TRs could provide important clues to these processes and other potential functions of the receptors, such as regulation of cell proliferation (Halperin et al., Endocrinology 126:2321-2326, 1990). In addition, interacting proteins provide a means of controlling and modulating thyroid hormone receptor function. Summary of the Invention In a first aspect, the invention generally features a method for determining whether a test protein is capable of interacting with a nuclear hormone receptor protein. The method involves: (a) providing a host cell which contains (i) a reporter gene operably linked to a protein binding site; (ii) a first fusion gene which expresses a first fusion protein, the first fusion protein including a nuclear hormone receptor protein covalently bonded to a binding moiety which is capable of specifically binding to the protein binding site; and (iii) a second fusion gene which expresses a second fusion protein, the second fusion protein including the test protein covalently bonded to a weak gene activating moiety; and (b) determining whether the test protein increases expression of the reporter gene as an indication of its ability to interact with the nuclear hormone receptor protein.

In a preferred embodiment, the method further involves treating the host cell with a ligand which binds the nuclear hormone receptor and identifying a hormone- dependent interacting protein by its ability to increase expression of the reporter gene only upon treatment of the cell by the ligand. In another preferred embodiment, the method further involves treating the host cell with a ligand which binds the nuclear hormone receptor and identifying a hormone-independent interacting protein by its ability to increase expression of the reporter gene both in the presence and in the absence of ligand treatment. In yet another preferred embodiment, the method further involves treating the host cell with a ligand which binds the nuclear hormone receptor and identifying a ligand-sensitive interacting protein by its ability to increase expression of the reporter gene in the absence but not in the presence of the ligand treatment. Preferably, the ligand is a thyroid hormone.

In other preferred embodiments, the weak gene activating moiety is the gene activating moiety of B42 or a gene activating moiety of lesser activation potential; and the nuclear hormone receptor is a thyroid hormone receptor.

In a second aspect, the invention features a substantially pure preparation of a thyroid hormone receptor (TR)-interacting protein. Preferably, the TR- interacting protein is JL-1 or JL-2; includes an amino acid sequence substantially identical to an amino acid sequence shown in any of Figs. 2-28 (SEQ ID NOS: 1, 3, 6- 30) ; and is derived from a mammal, for example, a human. In a related aspect, the invention features purified DNA (for example, cDNA) which includes a sequence encoding a TR-interacting protein, preferably encoding a human TR-interacting protein, for example, the TR-interacting proteins JL-1 or JL-2. In other related aspects, the invention features a vector and a cell which includes a purified DNA of the invention; a purified antibody which specifically binds a TR-interacting protein of the invention; and a method of producing a recombinant TR-interacting protein involving providing a cell transformed with DNA encoding a TR- interacting protein positioned for expression in the cell; culturing the transformed cell under conditions for expressing the DNA; and isolating the recombinant TR- interacting protein. The invention further features recombinant TR-interacting protein produced by such expression of a purified DNA of the invention.

In yet another aspect, the invention features a therapeutic composition which includes as an active ingredient a TR-interacting protein of the invention, the active ingredient being formulated in a physiologically- acceptable carrier. Such therapeutic compositions are useful in a method of treating thyroid disorders in a mammal, involving administering the therapeutic composition to the mammal in a dosage effective to increase thyroid function (in the case of hypothyroidism) or decrease thyroid function (in the case of hyperthyroidism) .

As used herein, "reporter gene" is meant a gene whose expression may be assayed; such genes include, without limitation, la.cZ, amino acid biosynthetic genes, e.g. the yeast LEU2 gene, or the mammalian chloramphenicol transacetylase (CAT) gene. Reporter genes may be integrated into the chromosome or may be carried on autonomously replicating plasmids (e.g., yeast 2μ plasmids) .

By "operably linked" is meant that a gene and a regulatory sequence(s) are connected in such a way as to permit gene expression when the appropriate molecules (e.g., transcriptional activator proteins or proteins which include transcriptional activation domains) are bound to the regulatory sequence(s) .

By a "binding moiety" is meant a stretch of amino acids which is capable of directing specific polypeptide binding to a particular DNA sequence (i.e., a "protein binding site") . LexA represents a preferred DNA binding moiety in the invention. However, any other transcriptionally-inert or essentially transcriptionally- inert DNA binding domain may be substituted. The GAL4 DNA binding domain represents a somewhat less preferred DNA binding moiety for the system described herein. By "weak gene activating moiety" is meant a stretch of amino acids which is capable of weakly inducing the expression of a gene to whose control region it is bound. As used herein, "weakly" is meant below the level of activarion effected by GAL4 activation region II (Ma and Ptashne, Cell 48:847, 1987) and is preferably at or below the level of activation effected by the B42 activation domain of Ma and Ptashne (Cell 51:113, 1987). Levels of activation may be measured using any downstream reporter gene system and comparing, in parallel assays, the level of expression stimulated by the GAL4- or B42- polypeptide with the level of expression stimulated by the polypeptide to be tested.

By "TR-interacting protein" is meant a polypeptide which directly or indirectly physically interacts with a thyroid hormone receptor in the in vivo protein interaction assay described herein. Such an interaction may be thyroid hormone dependent or independent or may be thyroid hormone sensitive; it may also be transient in nature. Preferably, such a polypeptide has an amino acid sequence which is at least 80%, preferably 90%, and most preferably 95% or even 99% homologous to the amino acid sequence of an interacting protein described herein (e.g., JL-1 or JL-2) at the point of interaction with the thyroid hormone receptor, or at least 80% and preferably 90% homologous overall. A "TR-interacting protein", as used herein, does not include any of the RXR proteins or Pit-i.

By "thyroid hormone" is meant T3, triac, or T4, and less preferably reverse T3.

By "substantially pure" is meant a preparation which is at least 60% by weight (dry weight) the compound of interest, i.e., a TR-interacting protein. Preferably the preparation is at least 75%, more preferably at least 90%, and most preferably at least 99%, by weight the compound of interest. Purity can be measured by any appropriate method, e.g., column chromatography, polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis, or HPLC analysis. By "purified DNA" is meant DNA that is not immediately contiguous with both of the coding sequences with which it is immediately contiguous (one on the 5' end and one on the 3' end) in the naturally occurring genome of the organism from which it is derived. The term therefore includes, for example, a recombinant DNA which is incorporated into a vector; into an autonomously replicating plasmid or virus; or into the genomic DNA of a prokaryote or eukaryote, or which exists as a separate molecule (e.g. , a cDNA or a genomic DNA fragment produced by PCR or restriction endonuclease treatment) independent of other sequences. It also includes a recombinant DNA which is part of a hybrid gene encoding additional polypeptide sequence.

By "substantially identical" is meant an amino acid sequence which differs only by conservative amino acid substitutions, for example, substitution of one amino acid for another of the same class (e.g., valine for glycine, arginine for lysine, etc.) or by one or more non-conservative substitutions, deletions, or insertions located at positions of the amino acid sequence which do not destroy the function of the protein (assayed, e.g., as described herein) . Preferably, such a sequence is at least 80%, more preferably 90%, and most preferably 95% homologous to one of the sequences of Figs. 2-28 (SEQ ID NOS: 1, 3, 6-30). A "substantially identical" nucleic acid sequence codes for a substantially identical amino acid sequence as defined above.

By "transformed cell" is meant a cell into which (or into an ancestor of which) has been introduced, by means of recombinant DNA techniques, a DNA molecule encoding (as used herein) a TR-interacting protein.

By "positioned for expression" is meant that the DNA molecule is positioned adjacent to a DNA sequence which directs transcription and translation of the sequence (i.e., facilitates the production of, e.g., a TR-interacting protein) . By "purified antibody" is meant antibody which is at least 60%, by weight, free from the proteins and naturally-occurring organic molecules with which it is naturally associated. Preferably, the preparation is at least 75%, more preferably at least 90%, and most preferably at least 99%, by weight, antibody, e.g., TR- interacting protein-specific antibody. A purified TR- interacting protein antibody may be obtained, for example, by affinity chromatography using recombinantly- produced TR-interacting protein and standard techniques.

By "specifically binds" is meant an antibody which recognizes and binds TR-interacting protein but which does not substantially recognize and bind other molecules in a sample, e.g., a biological sample, which naturally includes TR-interacting protein.

Other features and advantages of the invention will be apparent from the following detailed description thereof, and from the claims.

Brief Description of the Drawings The drawings are first briefly described.

FIG. 1 shows a genetic selection in yeast for the isolation of TR-interacting protein-encoding cDNAs. The LexA/TR3 chimeras bind to the lexA binding site (lexA op) upstream of the LEU2 gene. (A) In cells expressing a fusion protein consisting of the B42 transactivation (TA) domain fused to a protein that does not interact specifically with the lexA/TR chimera, the LEU2 gene is not expressed, and the cells require supplemental leucine for growth. (B) In cells expressing a TA fusion to a protein capable of binding the lexA/TR chimera, the TA domain is brought specifically to the promoter LEU2 expression is increased, and the cells do not require supplemental leucine. FIG. 2 shows the complete amino acid sequence of JL1 (SEQ ID N0:1), aligned with the recently identified S . cerevisiae transcriptional coactivator SUG1 (Swaffield et al.. Nature 357:698-700, 1992) (SEQ ID NO:2). Identities and conservative substitutions are indicated. The overall sequence identity is 73%. The boxed and bold residues from 190 to 197 (JL1) represent a potential ATP binding site that is conserved in all members of this family. The boxed residues from 45 to 66 (JL1) are a putative leucine zipper, extended by 1 heptad toward the N-terminus in this full length sequence, which appears to be unique to JL1 and SUG1. The N-terminal portion of the JL1 sequence (1-49) was derived from subcloned PCR products corresponding to the 5' end of the JL1 mRNA. Independent clones with identical sequence were isolated using internal JL1 and vector primers with a HeLa cell cDNA library as template. The methionine residue assigned as the start codon is preceded by a stop codon only 9 nucleotides upstream. FIG. 3 shows (A) the amino acid sequence of JL2 (SEQ ID NO:3); the two LIM domains are underlined and the consensus C/D and H residues are bold. This sequence represents the human portion of the fusion protein isolated as an activator of the lexA/TR/3 chimera. (B) shows the alignment of the LIM domains of JL2 (SEQ ID NO:4) with those of Linll (SEQ ID N0:5). These domains in both proteins include matches to all consensus positions; the overall sequence identity is 35%.

FIG. 4 (SEQ ID NO:6) shows a partial nucleic acid sequence and deduced amino acid sequence of the TR- interacting protein S112a-.

FIG. 5 (SEQ ID NO:7) shows a partial nucleic acid sequence and deduced amino acid sequence of the TR- interacting protein S103a. FIG. 6 (SEQ ID NO:8) shows a partial nucleic acid sequence and deduced amino acid sequence of the TR- interacting protein S203a.

FIG. 7 (SEQ ID NO:9) shows a partial nucleic acid sequence and deduced amino acid sequence of the TR- interacting protein S204b.

FIG. 8 (SEQ ID NO:10) shows a partial nucleic acid sequence and deduced amino acid sequence of the TR- interacting protein S205a. FIG. 9 (SEQ ID NO:11) shows a partial nucleic acid sequence and deduced amino acid sequence of the TR- interacting protein S249a.

FIG. 10 (SEQ ID NO:12) shows a partial nucleic acid sequence and deduced amino acid sequence of the TR- interacting protein S351a.

FIG. 11 (SEQ ID NO:13) shows a partial nucleic acid sequence and deduced amino acid sequence of the TR- interacting protein SlOla.

FIG. 12 (SEQ ID NO:14) shows a partial nucleic acid sequence and deduced amino acid sequence of the TR- interacting protein S223a.

FIG. 13 (SEQ ID NO:15) shows a partial nucleic acid sequence and deduced amino acid sequence of the TR- interacting protein S239a. FIG. 14 (SEQ ID NO:16) shows a partial nucleic acid sequence and deduced amino acid sequence of the TR- interacting protein S410a.

FIG. 15 (SEQ ID NO:17) shows a partial nucleic acid sequence and deduced amino acid sequence of the TR- interacting protein S418a.

FIG. 16 (SEQ ID NO:18) shows a partial nucleic acid sequence and deduced amino acid sequence of the TR- interacting protein S419a. FIG. 17 (SEQ ID NO:19) shows a partial nucleic acid sequence and deduced amino acid sequence of the TR- interacting protein S107a-.

FIG. 18 (SEQ ID NO:20) shows a partial nucleic acid sequence and deduced amino acid sequence of the TR- interacting protein S213a-.

FIG. 19 (SEQ ID NO:21) shows a partial nucleic acid sequence and deduced amino acid sequence of the TR- interacting protein S113a-. FIG. 20 (SEQ ID NO:22) shows a partial nucleic acid sequence and deduced amino acid sequence of the TR- interacting protein S116a-.

FIG. 21 (SEQ ID NO:23) shows a partial nucleic acid sequence and deduced amino acid sequence of the TR- interacting protein S309a-.

FIG. 22 (SEQ ID NO:24) shows a partial nucleic acid sequence and deduced amino acid sequence of the TR- interacting protein S227b-.

FIG. 23 (SEQ ID NO:25) shows a partial nucleic acid sequence and deduced amino acid sequence of the TR- interacting protein S215a-.

FIG. 24 (SEQ ID NO:26) shows a partial nucleic acid sequence and deduced amino acid sequence of the TR- interacting protein S223a-. FIG. 25 (SEQ ID NO:27) shows a partial nucleic acid sequence and deduced amino acid sequence of the TR- interacting protein S240a-.

FIG. 26 (SEQ ID NO:28) shows a partial nucleic acid sequence and deduced amino acid sequence of the TR- interacting protein £139a.

FIG. 27 (SEQ ID NO:29) shows a partial nucleic acid sequence and deduced amino acid seguence of the TR- interacting protein SllOa-. FIG. 28 (SEQ ID NO:30) shows a partial nucleic acid sequence and deduced amino acid sequence of the TR- interacting protein S243b.

FIG. 29 shows a Northern analysis of JL1 and JL2 expression in various human tissues. Specifically, 2 jug of poly A⁺ mRNA from the indicated tissues (H, heart; B, brain; Pi, placenta; Lu, lung; Li, liver; SM, skeletal muscle; K, kidney; Pa, pancreas; all obtained from Clontech, Palo Alto, CA) was hybridized to JL1 and JL2 probes by standard techniques and washed at high stringency (see Ausubel et al., infra). Equivalent loading of RNA was verified by hybridization with a human actin cDNA probe.

There now follows a description of the use of an in vivo interaction trap system for the isolation of proteins which physically associate with thyroid hormone receptor and a description of exemplary interacting proteins (termed, TR-interacting proteins) . This system may be used generally to isolate proteins which interact with any nuclear hormone receptor. Because the system has such general application for the isolation of nuclear hormone receptor-interacting proteins, this example is designed to illustrate, not limit, the invention.

Detailed Description Applicants have used an in vivo interaction trap system (developed in the laboratory of Dr. Roger Brent) to identify and isolate proteins that physically interact with nuclear hormone receptors and, in particular, with the ligand binding domain of the rat receptor TR/3. This system, based on the modular nature of transcription factors, allows direct genetic selection for proteins capable of interacting with a desired protein.

In general, DNA encoding the desired protein is fused to DNA encoding the C-terminus of a DNA binding domain, for example, the DNA binding domain of the bacterial repressor LexA protein, to generate a chimeric transcription factor, which can be tested for function in yeast. In the instant case, a lexA/TR chimera consisting of intact lexA fused to the hinge, ligand binding, and C terminal (D, E and F) domains of TRβ was found to be completely unable to activate transcription in either the presence or absence of T3 ligand. This lack of transcriptional activation by the lexA/TR chimera provided the basis for applicants⁷ genetic selection. As shown in Fig. 1, a yeast strain in which expression of the LEU2 gene is dependent on binding of an activator to upstream lexA binding sites (i.e., operators) is unable to grow in the absence of added leucine when this chimera is expressed. However, if such a strain expresses a second chimeric protein which includes a relatively weak transcriptional activation domain (e.g., the B42 activation domain of Ma and Ptashne, Cell 51:113, 1987) fused to a protein capable of interacting specifically with lexA/TR, LEU2 gene expression is activated, and leucine is not required for growth.

Using this system, a number of proteins which interact with thyroid hormone receptor were isolated as follows. A plasmid cDNA library was produced by standard techniques from HeLa cell mRNA and had approximately 10⁶ original members. Each of these cDNA inserts was fused to the B42 transcriptional activation domain (Ma and Ptashne, Cell 51:113, 1987), and expression of the fusion protein was placed under the control of the inducible yeast GAL10 promoter. In addition to the B42 activating domain, this expression construct also carried, amino to carboxy terminal, an ATG for protein expression, an optional nuclear localization sequence, and an optional epitope tag for rapid immunological detection of fusion protein synthesis. The plasmid also included replication origins for yeast and E. coli as well as selectable markers for both.

The fusion protein library was introduced into a yeast strain that expressed the lexA/TR/3 chimera and also contained two reporter genes: a lexAop/LEU2 selection construct and a lexAop/3-galactosidase indicator construct. Approximately 10⁷ initial transformants were generated under nonselective conditions, representing a several fold redundancy relative to the original number of clones in the library. These transformants were recovered and replated under selective (leu^") conditions in the presence or absence of thyroid hormone; based on the results of a functional analysis of intact TRs in yeast (Privalsky et al.. Cell 63:1277-1286, 1990), a high concentration of triac (10^~5M) was added directly to the plates. A number of leucine-independent colonies that contained candidate TR-interacting cDNAs were obtained under both conditions.

The specificity of an interaction between TR and a candidate TR-interacting protein can be checked in several ways. For example, clones which do not activate expression of the lexA/9-galactosidase construct can be eliminated. These clones generally include yeast mutants that activate the LEU2 promoter or mammalian cDNAs that activate by some means other than through the lexA binding sites. Since the expression of the cDNA library fusion protein is under the control of an inducible promoter, the dependence of reporter gene expression on this chimera can also be tested by this criterion. cDNA library plasmids were recovered from those yeast strains which passed the above tests. Each was reintroduced into the original lexA/TR strain, and their ability to specifically activate expression was confirmed. This step was included because yeast transformants frequently contain one or more plasmids, in addition to the one that allows survival under the selective conditions. To confirm their specificity for TR3 interaction, the rescued plasmids were also introduced into strains containing other lexA chimeras generated in Dr. Brent's laboratory; these included lexA/myc and lexA/cdc2. All of the clones were found to be specific for TR3 by this criterion. cDNA clones that passed all of the above tests were concluded to encode proteins that could specifically interact with the lexA/TR chimera.

Based on restriction mapping, these clones were sorted into distinct classes. Members of each class were sequenced across the fusion junction with the transcriptional activation domain. Sequences of many of these proteins are shown in Figs. 2-28 (SEQ ID NOS: 1, 3, 6-30) .

Although some clones have shown no significant similarities in searches of the sequence databases, most have shown some relationship to known proteins. As described below, two classes showed strong matches over limited domains to nuclear transcription factors. One clone unexpectedly appeared to encode a fragment of the human clathrin heavy chain. Since cell biology considerations argue that TR/3 is quite unlikely to have a biologically relevant interaction with clathrin in mammalian cells, it can be assumed that the sensitivity of the selection system allows isolation of fragments of proteins that show some affinity for TR based solely on simple chemical interactions. Interacting proteins of this sort are useful for the production of peptides which interfere with thyroid hormone receptor function (see below) .

Because RXR/3 interacts with TR and is expressed in HeLa cells (Lied et al.. Cell 68:377-395, 1992), RXR fusions would be expected to activate reporter gene expression and be isolated in this selection. To test this prediction, a fragment encoding the RXRα hinge and ligand binding domains was inserted in frame into the transcriptional activation domain fusion vector used to generate the original cDNA library. As expected, this RXR fusion construct allowed the lexA/TR tester strain, but not strains expressing other lexA chimeras, to survive in the absence of leucine and also activated expression of the lexA/j3-galactosidase reporter gene (see Table 2) . RXR, however, was not identified in the original screen. This is most likely explained by the fact that, although the original library was large, it was extensively amplified, which can decrease representation of rare cDNAs. Moreover, the fusion to the transcriptional activation domain must be in the correct frame and may be functional if the fusion occurs in only a relatively limited number of positions. Since members of the nuclear hormone receptor superfamily are generally expressed at extremely low levels, it is most likely that appropriate RXR clones were simply not present in the amplified library originally screened.

Unexpectedly, nearly all of the lexA/TR interacting cDNAs showed very strong dependence on hormone for activation. Two proteins, JL1 and JL2, which were isolated in the initial selection in the presence of triac, both interacted with the lexA/TR chimera much more strongly when triac was present, as judged by level of expression of 3-galactosidase. This hormone⁺ group constituted the majority of isolated clones (>10 different classes) , although there were a smaller number in a hormone^" group that interacted only when triac was absent. These classes are shown in Table 1. TABLE 1

Class 1

JL1; homologous to HIV/TAT interacting proteins MSS1 (Nature 357:700-702,

1992) , and to yeast SUG1 (Nature

357:698-700, 1992) JL2; contains LIM domain (Nature 344:876-

879, 1992) 112a-; no significant homology to any known gene in current databank 103a; homology to homeobox protein CUT

(Nature 333:629-635, 1988) 203a; homologous to bovine phosphatidylethanolamine-binding protein (EUR. J. BIOCHEM. 166, 333-

338, 1987) 204b; homologous to kinesin-related protein

(Mol. Cell. Biol. 11:3395-3398, 1991) 205a; no significant homology to any known gene in current databank 249a; no significant homology to any known gene in current databank 351a; homology to BCL3 (Cell 60:991-997,

1990) 101a; homology to GRP94 (J. Biol. Chem.

262: 8875-8883, 1987) 223a; no significant homology to any known gene in current databank 239a; contains HMG box (Nature 357:282-283,

1992) 410a; contains SH3 domain (Science 252:668-

674, 1991) 417a; identical to human dUTP pyrophosphatase (Proc. Natl. Acad.

Sci. U.S.A. 89:8020-8024, 1992) 418a; no significant homology to any known gene in current databank 419a; homology to yeast N- myristoyltransferase (Science

243:796-800, 1989) Class 2

107a-; homologous to rat clathrin heavy chain (Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A.

84: 8805-8809, 1987) 213a-; no significant homology to any known gene in current databank 113a-; no significant homology to any known gene in current databank 116a-; no significant homology to any known gene in current databank

309a-; homologous to mouse perform (Proc.

Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 86:247-251,

1989) 227b-; homologous to mitochondrial hsp70 (DNA 8:233-243, 1989)

224a-; identical to human ferritin heavy chain (EMBO J. 3:23-27, 1984) 312b-; identical to human hnRNP Cl/2 (Proc.

Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 86:9788-9792, 1989)

215a-; no significant homology to any known gene in current databank 223a-; homology to (2'-5') oligoadenylate synthetase (EMBO J. 4:2249-2256, 1985)

240a-; no significant homology to any known gene in current databank

Class 3

139a; homology to possible transcription factor VAC1 (J. Biol. Chem. 267:618-

623, 1992) 110a-; no significant homology to any known gene in current databank

The fact that virtually all of the isolated clones were specific for one hormone state or the other was surprising.

The genetic properties of sample TR-interacting proteins and RXR fusion proteins are summarized in Table 2. TABLE 2

Lex A fusion

TA fusion lexA lexA/TR lexA/c-mvc B42 (vector) -T3 leu^",W leu^",W leu~,W +T3

JL1/JL2 leu^",W leu",W leu⁺,B

RXR leu⁺,B leu~,W

leu⁺,B II

Each of the strains shown in Table 2 contained both the lexAop/LEU2 and the lexAop/3-galactosidase reporter constructs, along with the indicated transcriptional activation (TA) domain fusion proteins; the cDNA cloning vector expressed the B42 transcriptional activation domain alone (Ma and Ptashne, Cell 51:113-119, 1987) . Cells containing the indicated TA fusion proteins were transformed with each of the indicated lexA fusion vectors, and phenotypes were tested under various conditions. +/-T3 indicates the presence or absence of 10~⁵ M triac in the plates (Privalsky et al., Cell

63:1277-1286, 1990); leu"/⁺ denotes the ability of the transformed cells to grow on plates lacking leucine; W/B indicates formation of white or blue colonies on indicator plates containing the indicator X-gal. As expected, the activation conferred by the JLl, JL2, and RXR fusion proteins was dependent on the specific induction of the GAL10 promoter that controls their expression.

The largest class of lexA/TR interacting cDNAs (17 individual isolates) encoded JLl. All of the members of the class exhibited the properties summarized above, although some variations in the levels of expression of 3-galactosidase in the presence or absence of hormone was observed for clones that varied in position of the junction to the B42 transactivation domain. JLl is quite similar to several previously identified proteins, particularly TBP1, as indicated in Fig. 2. The functions of this family of proteins are diverse: TBP1 is a nuclear protein that has a poorly understood but apparently important role in transcriptional regulation of HIV (Nelbock et al., Science 248:1650-1653, 1990), while the mammalian protein VCP (Roller and Brownstein, Nature 325:542-545, 1987) and its apparent yeast homolog CDC48 (Frohlich et al., J. Cell. Biol. 114:443-453, 1991) are cytoplasmic proteins of unknown function. TBP1 was isolated by using labeled HIV TAT protein to screen a lambda gtll expression library and has been found to interact directly with that important viral regulator but not with DNA. Although initially described as an inhibitor of TAT function in cotransfections, a more recent report indicates that TBP1 may act to stimulate TAT activity and may have a direct transcriptional activation function in its own right (Rosen, Abstract. Cold Spring Harbor Symp. Quant. Biol. 57:267, 1992). On these grounds, TBP could be considered a candidate transcriptional coactivator. JLl is even more homologous to SUGl (see Fig. 2) , a yeast gene recently isolated as a suppressor of a defective version of the GAL4 activator (Swaffield et al., Nature 357:698, 1992). By genetic analysis, SUGl appears to be a coactivator capable of specifically interacting with GAL4, supporting the hypothesis that JLl similarly encodes a coactivator protein. JL2, encoded by a single recovered cDNA, includes two copies of the LIM domain originally identified as a conserved motif in three putative transcription factors: Lin-ll (Freyd et al. , Nature 344:876-879, 1990), Isl-1 (Karlsson et al., Nature 344:879-882, 1990) and Mec-3 (Way, and Chalfie, Cell 54:5-16, 1988). In the context of endocrine control of gene expression, isl-1 is particularly interesting since it is an activator of the insulin enhancer. It is expressed in both developing and mature islet cells and is thought to be involved in the initial differentiation of the islet cells, in addition to its presumed role in regulating insulin expression. Isl-1 is also expressed in a subset of neurons in the adult and, quite recently, it has been shown to be expressed at very early stages of embryonic motor neuron differentiation. The pattern of this early expression suggests that isl-1 may play a primary role in the initial determination of motor neuron cell fate in response to inductive signals from the notochord and floor plate (Ericson et al.. Science 256:155-1560, 1992). Consistent with this possibility, lin-11 and mec-3 are both C. elegans developmental regulators, associated with cell lineage determination in mechanosensory neurons and a vulval precursor cell, respectively.

Lin-11, isl-1, and mec-3 contain a homeobox-type DNA binding domain in addition to two copies of the LIM domain, as do other recently identified members of this family (see, e.g., Cohen et al.. Genes & Dev. 6:715-729, 1992; Taira et al., Genes & Dev. 6:356-366, 1992). However, a homeodomain is absent in a three related LIM domain-containing proteins called rhombotins 1-3, at least two of which are the products of putative oncogenes (Rosen, Abstract. Cold Spring Harbor Symp. Quant. Biol. 57:267, 1992). The LIM domain consensus sequence contains conserved cysteine and histidine residues, and it has recently been demonstrated that at least the lin- 11 version binds metal ions (2 atoms of Zn and 4 of Fe; Li et al., Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 88:9210, 1991). As indicated in Fig. 3, JL2 has a good match with the LIM consensus in lin-11; it does not, however, include a homeobox. In this regard, JL2 appears to be more like the rhombotins than it is like the transcription factors lin-11, isl-1, and mec-3.

An initial determination of the pattern of expression of JLl and JL2 has begun. As indicated in Fig. 29, the approximately 2.1 kb JLl mRNA is expressed at various levels in all the human tissues examined. The slightly smaller 1.8 kb JL2 mRNA is expressed in a somewhat narrower range of tissues. Based on the amount of time required to visualize the bands, both mRNAs are present at very low levels, consistent with a regulatory role. As judged by exposure time, the JLl mRNA appears to be expressed at an approximately 6 fold higher level than that of JL2, as would be expected from the higher number of JLl clones isolated. To determine whether a TR-interacting protein has a positive or a negative effect on TR function, cotransfections of the TR-interacting protein expression vector and a TR3 or TRα expression vector are carried out by standard techniques, preferably, in a host cell line that does not express significant levels of the TR- interacting protein (see, e.g., Ausubel et al. , Current Protocols in Molecular Biology. John Wiley & Sons, 1989) . A TR-interacting protein which acts as a positive regulator (e.g., a coactivator), is indicated by increased TR activity in such an assay. Conversely, a TR-interacting protein which acts as a negative regulator is indicated by reduced TR activity. Cotransfection assays of this sort are generally described in Ausubel et al. (supra) . In one particular example, the TR-interacting protein-encoding cDNA is inserted into the CDM8 vector (Seed, B. , Nature 329:840, 1987), and increasing doses of this plasmid are cotransfected with a TR3 expression vector (Brent et al., J. Biol. Chem. 264:178, 1989) plus one of several different reporter genes containing various T3REs linked, e.g., to the herpes virus thymidine kinase (TK) gene (Brent supra) . In these transfections, the level of total expression vector is maintained at a constant level by addition of CDM8, as necessary. To control for variations in transfection efficiency and for effects of the TR-interacting protein on the TK promoter, transfections also include pTKGH (Selden et al., Moll. Cell. Biol. 6:3173, 1986), a plasmid which directs expression of human growth hormone under the control of the same TK promoter. As controls for regulatory effects, Pit-1, c-fos and c-jun may also be cotransfected with TR/3 and the T3RE reporters.

Since the relative and absolute levels of expression of TR/3 and its potential partners may be crucial for observation of any effect, a negative result is first confirmed at a variety of doses of each vector. Several cell lines are also examined. If however, no evidence for a specific effect of a TR-interacting protein on TR function is observed after these steps, it will be concluded that the interaction with TR/3 is likely to be an artifact of the sensitivity of the genetic selection originally used to isolate them.

If, on the other hand, the TR-interacting protein alters TR function, the specificity of the effect is examined. Simple cotransfections of the TR-interacting protein expression vector with RSVCAT or TKCAT vectors is used to confirm that any negative effect is not a consequence of squelching (Ptashne and Gann, Nature 346:329-331, 1990). Cotransfections of appropriate reporters with the TR-interacting protein expression vectors plus vectors expressing TRα, the RARs, VDR, GR, ER or others may also be carried out.

The portions of any particular TR-interacting protein required for functional interaction may be determined initially by standard deletion analysis, with mutant proteins tested by the above cotransfection assay. The results of such mapping may be confirmed and extended by testing the effect of the same mutations on the lexA/TR dependent activation of expression in yeast, and by the following biochemical interaction assays.

To determine directly whether a TR-interacting protein can interact with thyroid hormone receptor, antiserum directed against one of the potential partners is tested for its ability to coimmunoprecipitate the other. This may be assayed directly using bacterially- produced TR proteins and antiserum or monoclonal antibodies that recognize some region of the TR/3 protein. In one particular example of such an assay, in vitro translated, ³⁵S labeled TR-interacting protein is mixed with TR/3 protein in the presence or absence of T3, and the mixture is immunoprecipitated with an antiserum that recognizes the N-terminus of the TR. Similarly labeled RXR/3 protein, which is known to interact strongly with TR_/3 in such procedures, is used as a positive control. The immunoprecipitated material is resolved by SDS PAGE, and the presence of the TR-interacting protein or RXR in such immunoprecipitates is assessed by autoradiography. The observation of T3-dependent coimmunoprecipitation of the potential TR binding proteins with the TR provides strong evidence for a direct interaction with the receptor. A general description of in vitro translation of proteins is described in Hope and Struhl, Cell 43:177- 188, 1985. Labelling proteins with ³⁵S, production of antibodies (including monoclonal antibodies) , and immunoprecipitation procedures are described in Ausubel (infra) .

Lack of such a coimmunoprecipitation may suggest that the interaction of a particular protein with TR is too transient to be detected by this approach. This can be tested by addition of various crosslinking reagents to the binding reactions, as described in the analysis of the interactions of GR with AP-1, for example (Yang-Yen et al., Cell 62:1205-1215, 1990). It is important to control for the variety of artifactual associations that may complicate interpretation of such studies. If crosslinking does not reveal an interaction between a TR- interacting protein and TR/3, even in the presence of extracts that might supply additional cofactors required, it may be that their interaction in yeast is artifactual. Truncated versions of TR-interacting proteins can also be tested using this method to identify specific portions of each protein required for TR interaction. This is of particular importance from the point of view of potential pharmacologic intervention with the interaction, since such fragments may facilitate the production of specific inhibitors of TR function.

TR-Interactinq Proteins and Antibodies

Polypeptide Expression

In general, polypeptides according to the invention may be produced by transformation of a suitable host cell with all or part of a TR-interacting protein- encoding cDNA fragment (e.g., the cDNA described above) in a suitable expression vehicle.

Those skilled in the field of molecular biology will understand that any of a wide variety of expression systems may be used to provide the recombinant protein. The precise host cell used is not critical to the invention. The TR-interacting protein may be produced in a prokaryotic host (e.g., E. coli) or in a eukaryotic host (e.g., Saccharomyces cerevisiae or mammalian cells, e.g., COS 1, NIH 3T3, or HeLa cells). Such cells are available from a wide range of sources (e.g., the American Type Culture Collection, Rockland, MD; also, see, e.g., Ausubel et al. , Current Protocols in Molecular Biology, John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1989) . The method of transformation or transfection and the choice of expression vehicle will depend on the host system selected. Transformation and transfection methods are described, e.g., in Ausubel et al. (Current Protocols in Molecular Biology, John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1989) ; expression vehicles may be chosen from those provided, e.g., in Cloning Vectors : A Laboratory Manual (P.H. Pouwels et al., 1985, Supp. 1987). One preferred expression system is the mouse 3T3 fibroblast host cell transfected with a pMAMneo expression vector (Clontech, Palo Alto, CA) . pMAMneo provides: an RSV-LTR enhancer linked to a dexamethasone- inducible MMTV-LTR promotor, an SV40 origin of replication which allows replication in mammalian systems, a selectable neomycin gene, and SV40 splicing and polyadenylation sites. DNA encoding a TR-interacting protein would be inserted into the pMAMneo vector in an orientation designed to allow expression. The recombinant TR-interacting protein would be isolated as described below. Other preferable host cells which may be used in conjunction with the pMAMneo expression vehicle include COS cells and CHO cells (ATCC Accession Nos. CRL 1650 and CCL 61, respectively) . Alternatively, a TR-interacting protein is produced by a stably-transfected mammalian cell line. A number of vectors suitable for stable transfection of mammalian cells are available to the public, e.g., see Pouwels et al. (supra) ; methods for constructing such cell lines are also publicly available, e.g., in Ausubel et al. (supra) . In one example, cDNA encoding the TR- interacting protein is cloned into an expression vector which includes the dihydrofolate reductase (DHFR) gene. Integration of the plasmid and, therefore, the TR- interacting protein-encoding gene into the host cell chromosome is selected for by inclusion of 0.01-300 /tiM methotrexate in the cell culture medium (as described in Ausubel et al. , supra) . This dominant selection can be accomplished in most cell types. Recombinant protein expression can be increased by DHFR-mediated amplification of the transfected gene. Methods for selecting cell lines bearing gene amplifications are described in Ausubel et al. (supra) ; such methods generally involve extended culture in medium containing gradually increasing levels of methotrexate.

DHFR-containing expression vectors commonly used for this purpose include pCVSEII-DHRF and pAdD26SV(A) (described in Ausubel et al., supra) . Any of the host cells described above or, preferably, a DHFR-deficient CHO cell line (e.g., CHO DHFR^~cells, ATCC Accession No. CRL 9096) are among the host cells preferred for DHFR selection of a stably-transfected cell line or DHFR-mediated gene amplification.

Once the recombinant TR-interacting protein is expressed, it is isolated, e.g., using affinity chromatography. In one example, an anti-TR-interacting protein antibody (e.g., produced as described herein) may be attached to a column and used to isolate the TR- interacting protein. Lysis and fractionation of TR- interacting protein-harboring cells prior to affinity chromatography may be performed by standard methods (see, e.g., Ausubel et al., supra) . Alternatively, a TR- interacting protein fusion protein, for example, a TR- interacting protein-maltose binding protein, a TR- interacting protein-/3-galactosidase, or a TR-interacting protein-trpE fusion protein, may be constructed and used for TR-interacting protein isolation (see, e.g., Ausubel et al., supra; New England Biolabs, Beverly, MA).

Once isolated, the recombinant protein can, if desired, be further purified, e.g., by high performance liquid chromatography (see, e.g., Fisher, Laboratory Techniques In Biochemistry And Molecular Biology, eds., Work and Burdon, Elsevier, 1980) .

Polypeptides of the invention, particularly short TR-interacting protein fragments, can also be produced by chemical synthesis (e.g., by the methods described in Solid Phase Peptide Synthesis , 2nd ed. , 1984 The Pierce Chemical Co., Rockford, IL) .

These general techniques of polypeptide expression and purification can also be used to produce and isolate useful TR-interacting protein fragments or analogs (described herein) . Anti-TR-Interacting Protein Antibodies

Human TR-interacting protein (or immunogenic fragments or analogues) may be used to raise antibodies useful in the invention; such polypeptides may be produced by recombinant or peptide synthetic techniques (see, e.g.. Solid Phase Peptide Synthesis , supra; Ausubel et al. , supra) . The peptides may be coupled to a carrier protein, such as KLH as described in Ausubel et al, supra. The KLH-peptide is mixed with Freund's adjuvant and injected into guinea pigs, rats, or preferably rabbits. Antibodies may be purified by peptide antigen affinity chromatography. Monoclonal antibodies may also be prepared using the TR-interacting proteins described above and standard hybridoma technology (see, e.g., Kohler et al.. Nature 256:495, 1975; Kohler et al. , Eur. J. Immunol . .6:511, 1976; Kohler et al., .Eur. J. Immunol . 6:292, 1976; Hammerling et al.. In Monoclonal Antibodies and T Cell Hybridomas , Elsevier, NY, 1981; Ausubel et al., supra) .

Once produced, polyclonal or monoclonal antibodies are tested for specific TR-interacting protein recognition by Western blot or immunoprecipitation analysis (by the methods described in Ausubel et al. , supra) . Antibodies which specifically recognize a TR- interacting protein are considered to be useful in the invention; such antibodies may be used, e.g., in an immunoassay to monitor the level of TR-interacting protein produced by a mammal or to determine the subcellular location of any of these thyroid hormone receptor modulatory proteins.

Preferably, antibodies of the invention are produced using fragments of the TR-interacting protein which lie outside highly conserved regions and appear likely to be antigenic, by criteria such as high frequency of charged residues. In one specific example, such fragments are generated by standard techniques of PCR and cloned into the pGEX expression vector (Ausubel, F.M. et al.. Current Protocols in Molecular Biology

(Greene Pub. Assoc, New York, 1992). Fusion proteins are expressed in E. coli and purified using a glutathione agarose affinity matrix as described in (Ausubel, F.M. et al.. Current Protocols in Molecular Biology (Greene Pub. Assoc, New York, 1992)). To attempt to minimize the potential problems of low affinity or specificity of antisera, two or three such fusions are generated for each protein, and each fusion is injected into two rabbits. Antisera are raised by injections in a series including at least three booster injections. This approach has been successfully used by applicants to generate antibodies capable of discriminating between the different TR isoforms.

Antisera is cleared of anti-GST antibodies using GST immobilized on a glutathione column, and the antisera are checked by ELISA for titer and specificity, using GST fusion proteins as controls. Antisera is also checked for its ability to immunoprecipitate in vitro translated TR-interacting proteins or control proteins, such as Pit- 1 or RARα. Western blots of total or nuclear vs. cytoplasmic fractionated HeLa cell proteins are also probed with the antisera to assess specificity and to characterize subcellular compartmentalization. In these and other immunologic assays, specificity is confirmed by the specific competition with the GST fusion protein.

Once the specificity of an antiserum is confirmed, it may be used in any standard indirect immunofluorescence procedure to determine the subcellular distribution of the TR-interacting protein in a particular cell type. Based on their similarity to nuclear transcriptional regulators and their interaction with TRs, TR-interacting proteins are likely to be nuclear localized.

Use The proteins described herein interact with thyroid hormone receptor and are thus likely to mediate or modulate TR function. Because of their effects on thyroid receptor activity, such proteins (or peptides derived from these proteins, particularly, short peptides which are capable of TR interaction) , may facilitate the production of pharmacologic modifiers of receptor function.

In particular, TR-interacting proteins of the invention which positively regulate TR function in vivo or m vitro (e.g., as assayed in cotransfections as described above) may be used to produce therapeutic peptides which include a TR interaction domain but which lack a TR activity-enhancing domain, for example, a domain which interacts with the transcriptional apparatus; the efficacy of such peptides may also, e.g., as assayed as described above. Such peptides would bind TR, interfering with receptor binding by the native TR- interacting protein, and thereby reducing TR activity. Peptides of this sort would be useful in the treatment of hyperthyroidism.

Conversely, interacting peptides derived from TR- interacting proteins which negatively regulate TR function, as assayed in vivo or in vitro (again, e.g., by the assays described above) may be used to produce therapeutic peptides which block the normal interaction between the receptor and the negatively acting TR- interacting protein. These peptides may similarly be administered to a mammal to treat thyroid disorders.

Such therapeutic polypeptides of the invention may be administered by any appropriate route, e.g., intravenously, at a dosage which is effective to increase or decrease thyroid function. Treatment may be repeated as necessary for alleviation of disease symptoms.

The polypeptides of the invention are also useful for identifying those compartments of mammalian cells which contain proteins important to the function of the thyroid hormone receptor. Antibodies specific for a particular TR-interacting protein (or any nuclear hormone receptor-interacting protein) may be produced as described above. The normal subcellular location of the protein is then determined either .in situ or using fractionated cells by any standard immunological or immunohistochemical procedure (see, e.g., Ausubel et al., supra; Bancroft and Stevens, Theory and Practice of Histological Techniques. Churchill Livingstone, 1982) . Antibodies specific for TR-interacting proteins also find diagnostic use in the detection or monitoring of thyroid disorders. Levels of a TR-interacting protein in a sample may be assayed by any standard technique. For example, its expression may be monitored by standard Northern blot analysis or may be aided by PCR (see, e.g., Ausubel et al., supra; PCR Technology: Principles and Applications for DNA Amplification, ed. , H.A. Ehrlich, Stcokton Press, NY) . These techniques are enabled by the provision of the TR-interacting protein sequences described herein. Alternatively, standard immunological or immunohistochemical procedures (e.g., those described above) may also be used with the antibodies described herein for TR-interacting protein detection.

Other Embodiments

In other embodiments, the invention includes any protein which is substantially homologous to a human TR¬ interacting protein (Figs. 2-28, SEQ ID NOS: 1, 3, 6-30); such homologs include other substantially pure naturally occurring mammalian TR-interacting protein proteins as well as allelic variants; natural mutants; induced mutants; proteins encoded by DNA that hybridizes to the TR-interacting protein sequence of any of Figs. 2-28 (SEQ ID NOS: 1, 3, 6-30) under high stringency conditions or low stringency conditions (e.g., washing at 2X SSC at 40°C with a probe length of at least 40 nucleotides) ; and polypeptides or proteins specifically bound by antisera directed to a TR-interacting protein, especially by antisera to the TR binding domain of the TR-interacting protein. The term also includes chimeric polypeptides that include a TR-interacting protein fragment.

The invention further includes analogs of any naturally occurring TR-interacting protein. Analogs can differ from the naturally occurring TR-interacting protein by amino acid sequence differences, by post- translational modifications, or by both. Analogs of the invention will generally exhibit at least 80%, more preferably 90%, and most preferably 95% or even 99%, homology with all or part of a naturally occurring TR- interacting protein sequence. The length of comparison sequences will be at least 8 amino acid residues, preferably at least 24 amino acid residues, and more preferably more than 35 amino acid residues. Modifications include in vivo and in vitro chemical derivatization of polypeptides, e.g., acetylation, carboxylation, phosphorylation, or glycosylation; such modifications may occur during polypeptide synthesis or processing or following treatment with isolated modifying enzymes. Analogs can also differ from the naturally occurring TR-interacting protein by alterations in primary sequence. These include genetic variants, both natural and induced (for example, resulting from random mutagenesis by irradiation or exposure to ethanemethylsulfate or by site-specific mutagenesis as described in Sambrook, Fritsch and Maniatis, Molecular Cloning: A Laboratory Manual (2d ed.), CSH Press, 1989, hereby incorporated by reference; or Ausubel et al.. Current Protocols in Molecular Biology. John Wiley & Sons, 1989, hereby incorporated by reference). Also included are cyclized peptides molecules and analogs which contain residues other than L-amino acids, e.g., D- amino acids or non-naturally occurring or synthetic amino acids, e.g., β or γ amino acids.

In addition to full-length polypeptides, the invention also includes TR-interacting protein fragments. As used herein, the term "fragment", means at least 10 contiguous amino acids, preferably at least 30 contiguous amino acids, more preferably at least 50 contiguous amino acids, and most preferably at least 60 to 80 or more contiguous amino acids. Fragments of TR-interacting proteins can be generated by methods known to those skilled in the art or may result from normal protein processing (e.g., removal of amino acids from the nascent polypeptide that are not required for biological activity or removal of amino acids by alternative mRNA splicing or alternative protein processing events) . Preferable fragments or analogs according to the invention are those which facilitate interaction of the peptide with a thyroid hormone receptor.

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Cys Ala Ala Cys Ala Gin Pro He Leu Asp Arg Tyr Val Phe Thr Val 1 5 10 15

Leu Gly Lys Cys Trp His Gin Ser Cys Leu Arg Cys Cys Asp Cys Arg 20 25 30

Ala Pro Met Ser Met Thr Cys Phe Ser Arg Asp Gly Leu He Leu Cys 35 40 45

Lys Thr Asp Phe Ser Arg Arg Tyr Ser Gin Arg Cys Ala Gly Cys Asp 50 55 60

Gly Lys Leu Glu Lys Glu Asp Leu Val Arg Arg Ala Arg Asp Lys Val 65 70 75 80

Phe His He Arg Cys Phe Gin Cys Ser Val Cys Gin Arg Leu Leu Asp 85 90 95

Thr Gly Asp Gin Leu Tyr He Met Glu Gly Asn Arg Phe Val Cys Gin 100 105 110

Ser Asp

(2) INFORMATION FOR SEQUENCE IDENTIFICATION NUMBER: 6: (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:

(A) LENGTH: 495

(B) TYPE: nucleic acid

(C) STRANDEDNESS: double

(D) TOPOLOGY: linear

(xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO: 6:

AAC CCA ATT CTT ACC AGT TTG TTG CAA ATC ACA GGG AAC NGG GGG TCT 48 Asn Pro He Leu Thr Ser Leu Leu Gin He Thr Gly Asn Xaa Gly Ser 1 5 10 15

ACC ATT GGC TCG AGT CCG ACC CCT CCT CAT CAC ACG CCG CCA CCT GTC 96 Thr He Gly Ser Ser Pro Thr Pro Pro His His Thr Pro Pro Pro Val 20 25 30

TCT TCG ATG GCC GGC AAC ACC AAG AAC CAC CCG ATG CTC ATG AAC CTT 144 Ser Ser Met Ala Gly Asn Thr Lys Asn His Pro Met Leu Met Asn Leu 35 40 45 CTT AAA GAT AAT CCT GCC CAG GAT TTC TCA ACC CTT TAT GGA AGC AGC 192 Leu Lys Asp Asn Pro Ala Gin Asp Phe Ser Thr Leu Tyr Gly Ser Ser 50 55 60

CCT TTA GAA AGG CAG AAC TCC TCT TTC GGC TCA CCC CGC ATG GAA ATA 240 Pro Leu Glu Arg Gin Asn Ser Ser Phe Gly Ser Pro Arg Met Glu He 65 70 75 80

TGC TCG GGG AGC AAC AAG ACC AAG AAA AAG AAG TCA TCA AGA TTA CCA 288 Cys Ser Gly Ser Asn Lys Thr Lys Lys Lys Lys Ser Ser Arg Leu Pro 85 90 95

CCT GAG AAA CCA AAA CAA CGC GAG GAT ATA ATT GCC AAA ACC AGG CTT 336 Pro Glu Lys Pro Lys Gin Arg Glu Asp He He Ala Lys Thr Arg Leu 100 105 110

GAG GTT GGT GAC TCT TGA AAG ATT TTC TTT CTT CAG GCC TAG ATC AGA 384 Glu Val Gly Asp Ser Lys He Phe Phe Leu Gin Ala He Arg 115 120 125

AAA TTA AGT GCA GCA ATA TCA TGA ATT CTC AGA AGC CCT TTC AGG GAG 432 Lys Leu Ser Ala Ala He Ser He Leu Arg Ser Pro Phe Arg Glu 130 135 140

CCA GTG AGT CAT ACA GTA TCC ACA GTT GAG TCA CTT AAA GAT GTC AGT 480 Pro Val Ser His Thr Val Ser Thr Val Glu Ser Leu Lys Asp Val Ser 145 150 155 160

ATA CGA AAC ATT ATT 495

He Arg Asn He He

165

(A) LENGTH: 885

(B) TYPE: nucleic acid

(C) STRANDEDNESS: double

(D) TOPOLOGY: linear

(xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO: 7:

CTC AAA TGT AGC ACC GTC GTC TGC GTG ATC TGC TTG GAG AAG CCC AAA 48 Leu Lys Cys Ser Thr Val Val Cys Val He Cys Leu Glu Lys Pro Lys 1 5 10 15

TAC CGC TGT CCA GCC TGC CGC GTG CCC TAC TGC TCG GTA GTC TGC TTC 96 Tyr Arg Cys Pro Ala Cys Arg Val Pro Tyr Cys Ser Val Val Cys Phe 20 25 30

CGG AAG CAC AAA GAA CAG TGC AAC CCT GAA ACT CGT CCT GTT GAG AAA 144 Arg Lys His Lys Glu Gin Cys Asn Pro Glu Thr Arg Pro Val Glu Lys 35 40 45

AAA ATA AGA TCA GCT CTT CCT ACC AAA ACC GTA AAG CCT GTG GAA AAC 192 Lys He Arg Ser Ala Leu Pro Thr Lys Thr Val Lys Pro Val Glu Asn 50 55 60

AAA GAT GAT GAT GAC TCT ATA GCT GAT TTT CTC AAT AGT GAT GAG GAA 240 Lys Asp Asp Asp Asp Ser He Ala Asp Phe Leu Asn Ser Asp Glu Glu 65 70 75 80 GAA GAC AGA GTT TCT TTG CAG AAT TTA AAG AAT TTA GGG GAA TCT GCA 288 Glu Asp Arg Val Ser Leu Gin Asn Leu Lys Asn Leu Gly Glu Ser Ala 85 90 95

ACA TTA AGA AGC TTA TTG CTC AAT CCA CAC CTC AGG CAG TTG ATG GTC 336 Thr Leu Arg Ser Leu Leu Leu Asn Pro His Leu Arg Gin Leu Met Val 100 105 110

AAC CTC GAT CAG GGA GAA GAC AAA GCA AAG CTC ATG AGA GCT TAC ATG 384 Asn Leu Asp Gin Gly Glu Asp Lys Ala Lys Leu Met Arg Ala Tyr Met 115 120 125

CAA GAG CCT TTG TTT GTG GAG TTT GCA GAC TGC TGT TTA GGA ATT GTG 432 Gin Glu Pro Leu Phe Val Glu Phe Ala Asp Cys Cys Leu Gly He Val 130 135 140

GAG CCA TCC CAG AAT GAG GAG TCT TAA GAT GGA TTA TTG TGC TGC TTG 480 Glu Pro Ser Gin Asn Glu Glu Ser Asp Gly Leu Leu Cys Cys Leu 145 150 155 160

CTC AAG CGT GTG CTT GAC TCC TGG AAC CTG CCT GCT CCC TCT CCC AGA 528 Leu Lys Arg Val Leu Asp Ser Trp Asn Leu Pro Ala Pro Ser Pro Arg 165 170 175

CCA GCT AGT TTG GGG CTG GGG AGC TCA GGC AAA AGA GGT TTC CAG GAT 576 Pro Ala Ser Leu Gly Leu Gly Ser Ser Gly Lys Arg Gly Phe Gin Asp 180 185 190

GCA GAT TAG GTC ATG CAG GCC TTT ACC GGC ATT GAT GTG GCT CAT GTT 624 Ala Asp Val Met Gin Ala Phe Thr Gly He Asp Val Ala His Val 195 200 205

TCA GGC AGA CTT GGG GTC CTT AAG GTG GCA AGT CCT TTA TGG AGA GAA 672 Ser Gly Arg Leu Gly Val Leu Lys Val Ala Ser Pro Leu Trp Arg Glu 210 215 _. 220

AAC TTG ACA TTC AGA TGA TTG TTT TTA AAT GTT TTA CTT TTG GTA CAG 720 Asn Leu Thr Phe Arg Leu Phe Leu Asn Val Leu Leu Leu Val Gin 225 230 235 240

TTG ATA GAC ATC ATA AAC GAT ATC AAG CTT ACA CTT CAT ATG GAG TTA 768 Leu He Asp He He Asn Asp He Lys Leu Thr Leu His Met Glu Leu 245 250 255

AAC TTG GTC AGT GTT AAT AAA ATC AAA ACG TGA TTC TAC TGT ACA TTG 816 Asn Leu Val Ser Val Asn Lys He Lys Thr Phe Tyr Cys Thr Leu 260 265 270

CAT TAT TCA TAA TTT AAT TGT TTG AAA TTA CAT TAA ATA AAT CAA CTA 864 His Tyr Ser Phe Asn Cys Leu Lys Leu His He Asn Gin Leu 275 280 285

ATT AAA AAA AAA AAA AAA AAA 885

He Lys Lys Lys Lys Lys Lys 290 295

(2) INFORMATION FOR SEQUENCE IDENTIFICATION NUMBER: 8: (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:

(A) LENGTH: 201

(B) TYPE: nucleic acid (C) STRANDEDNESS: double

(D) TOPOLOGY: linear

(xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO: 8:

TCG CTC GTG CTC GCC CGC GCC TGG CCT ACC GCG GCA CTC CCG GCT GCA 48 Ser Leu Val Leu Ala Arg Ala Trp Pro Thr Ala Ala Leu Pro Ala Ala 1 5 10 15

CGC TCT GCT TGG CCT CGC ATG CCG GTG GAC CTC AGC AAG TGG TCC GGG 96 Arg Ser Ala Trp Pro Arg Met Pro Val Asp Leu Ser Lys Trp Ser Gly 20 25 30

CCC TTG AGC CTG CAA GAA GTG GAC GAG CAG CCG CAG CAC CCG CTG CAT 144 Pro Leu Ser Leu Gin Glu Val Asp Glu Gin Pro Gin His Pro Leu His 35 40 45

GTC ACC TAC GCC GGG GCG CGT GGA CGA GCT GGG CAA CGT GCT GAC GCC 192 Val Thr Tyr Ala Gly Ala Arg Gly Arg Ala Gly Gin Arg Ala Asp Ala 50 55 60

CAC CCA GGT 201

His Pro Gly

65

(2) INFORMATION FOR SEQUENCE IDENTIFICATION NUMBER: 9: (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:

(A) LENGTH: 237

(B) TYPE: nucleic acid

(C) STRANDEDNESS: double

(D) TOPOLOGY: linear

(xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO: 9:

TCT CAA GAG ACT GAA CAG AGA TGT GAA TCT CTG AAC ACA AGA ACA GTT 48 Ser Gin Glu Thr Glu Gin Arg Cys Glu Ser Leu Asn Thr Arg Thr Val 1 5 10 15

TAT TTT TCT GAA CAG TGG GTA TCT TCC TTA AAT GAA AGG GAA CAG GAA 96 Tyr Phe Ser Glu Gin Trp Val Ser Ser Leu Asn Glu Arg Glu Gin Glu 20 25 30

CTT CAC AAC TTA TTG GAG GTT GTA AGC CAA TGT TGT GAG GCT TCA AGT 144 Leu His Asn Leu Leu Glu Val Val Ser Gin Cys Cys Glu Ala Ser Ser 35 40 45

TCA GAC ATC ACT GAG AAA TCA GAT GGA CGT AAG GCA GCT CAT GAG AAA 192 Ser Asp He Thr Glu Lys Ser Asp Gly Arg Lys Ala Ala His Glu Lys 50 55 60

CAG CAT AAC ATT TTT CTT GAT CAG ATG ACT ATT GAT GAA GAT AAA 237 Gin His Asn He Phe Leu Asp Gin Met Thr He Asp Glu Asp Lys 65 70 75

(2) INFORMATION FOR SEQUENCE IDENTIFICATION NUMBER: 10: (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:

(A) LENGTH: 126 (B) TYPE: nucleic acid

(C) STRANDEDNESS: double

(D) TOPOLOGY: linear

(xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO: 10:

GAA GAT CAA GAT ACC TCA AAG AAT TCT AAG CTA AAC TCA CAC CAG AAA 48 Glu Asp Gin Asp Thr Ser Lys Asn Ser Lys Leu Asn Ser His Gin Lys 1 5 10 15

GTA ACA CTT CTT CAA TTG CTA CTT GGC CAT AAG AAT GAA GAA AAT GTA 96 Val Thr Leu Leu Gin Leu Leu Leu Gly His Lys Asn Glu Glu Asn Val 20 25 30

GAA AAA AAC ACC AGC TGC AGG TGA TGA TGA 126

Glu Lys Asn Thr Ser Cys Arg

35 40

(2) INFORMATION FOR SEQUENCE IDENTIFICATION NUMBER: 11: (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:

(A) LENGTH: 570

(B) TYPE: nucleic acid

(C) STRANDEDNESS: double

(D) TOPOLOGY: linear

(xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO: 11:

CTT ACC TTA GAA AAC CAA ATT AAA GAA GAA AGA GAA CAA GAC AAC TCT 48 Leu Thr Leu Glu Asn Gin He Lys Glu Glu Arg Glu Gin Asp Asn Ser 1 5 10 15

GAA TCT CCA AAT GGC AGA ACA TCA CCT CTT GTG TCC CAG AAT AAT GAA 96 Glu Ser Pro Asn Gly Arg Thr Ser Pro Leu Val Ser Gin Asn Asn Glu 20 25 30

CAA GGC TCA ACC TTA CGG GAT TTG CTG ACT ACA ACA GCT GGA AAG CTA 144 Gin Gly Ser Thr Leu Arg Asp Leu Leu Thr Thr Thr Ala Gly Lys Leu 35 40 45

CGT GTG GGG TCT ACA GAT GCT GGC ATT GCC TTT GCC CCA GTA TAT GCA 192 Arg Val Gly Ser Thr Asp Ala Gly He Ala Phe Ala Pro Val Tyr Ala 50 55 60

ATG GGA GCC CCA AGT AGC AAA AGT GGA CGG ACT ATG CCT AAC ATT CTT 240 Met Gly Ala Pro Ser Ser Lys Ser Gly Arg Thr Met Pro Asn He Leu 65 70 75 80

GAT GAC ATA ATT GCT TCA GTT GTT GAA AAC AAA ATT CCA CCA AGT AAA 288 Asp Asp He He Ala Ser Val Val Glu Asn Lys He Pro Pro Ser Lys 85 90 95

ACC TCC AAG ATA AAT GTA AAA CCA GAG CTT AAA GAA GAG CCT GAA GAA 336 Thr Ser Lys He Asn Val Lys Pro Glu Leu Lys Glu Glu Pro Glu Glu 100 105 110

AGC ATA ATA TCT GCA GTG GAT GAA AAT AAT AAA TTA TAC AGT GAT ATA 384 Ser He He Ser Ala Val Asp Glu Asn Asn Lys Leu Tyr Ser Asp He 115 120 125 CCA CAT TCT TGG ATC TGT GAG AAG CAT ATT TTA TGG CTT AGG ATT ATA 432 Pro His Ser Trp He Cys Glu Lys His He Leu Trp Leu Arg He He 130 135 140

AGA ATA GCA GTA ATT GGA AGC TTT TCA AAG AAT GTT GGA AAC AAG GAC 480 Arg He Ala Val He Gly Ser Phe Ser Lys Asn Val Gly Asn Lys Asp 145 150 155 160

AGC CTG CAG TGG TTT CTG GTG TGC ATA AGA AAA TGA ACA TTA GCC TAT 528 Ser Leu Gin Trp Phe Leu Val Cys He Arg Lys Thr Leu Ala Tyr 165 170 175

GGA AGG CGG AAT CAA TTA GTC TTG ATT TTG GAG ACC ACC AAG 570

Gly Arg Arg Asn Gin Leu Val Leu He Leu Glu Thr Thr Lys 180 185 190

(2) INFORMATION FOR SEQUENCE IDENTIFICATION NUMBER: 12: (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:

(A) LENGTH: 624

(B) TYPE: nucleic acid

(C) STRANDEDNESS: double

(D) TOPOLOGY: linear

(xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO: 12:

AAC CAT ACC CCT GGC GCC TTG TAC CCC GAT TCC GAC TTG GAG AAG GAA 48 Asn His Thr Pro Gly Ala Leu Tyr Pro Asp Ser Asp Leu Glu Lys Glu 1 5 10 15

GAA GAG GAG AGT GAG GAG GAC TGG AAG CTG CAG CTG GAG GCT GAA AAC 96 Glu Glu Glu Ser Glu Glu Asp Trp Lys Leu Gin Leu Glu Ala Glu Asn 20 25 30

TAC GAG GGC CAC ACC CCA CTC CAC GTG GCC GTT ATC CAC AAA GAT GTG 144 Tyr Glu Gly His Thr Pro Leu His Val Ala Val He His Lys Asp Val 35 40 45

GAG ATG GTC CGG CTG CTC CGA GAT GCT GGA GCT GAC CTT GAC AAA CCG 192 Glu Met Val Arg Leu Leu Arg Asp Ala Gly Ala Asp Leu Asp Lys Pro 50 55 60

GAG CCC ACG TGC GGC CGG AGC CCC TTC ATT TGG CAG TGG AGG CCA GGC 240 Glu Pro Thr Cys Gly Arg Ser Pro Phe He Trp Gin Trp Arg Pro Gly 65 70 75 80

AGC CGA TGT GCT GGA GCT TCT CTG AGG GCA GGC GCG AAC CCT GCT GCC 288 Ser Arg Cys Ala Gly Ala Ser Leu Arg Ala Gly Ala Asn Pro Ala Ala 85 90 95

CGC ATG TAC GGT GGC CGC ACC CCA CTC GGC AGT GCC ATG CTC CGG CCC 336 Arg Met Tyr Gly Gly Arg Thr Pro Leu Gly Ser Ala Met Leu Arg Pro 100 105 110

AAC CCC ATC CTC GCC CGC CTC CTC CGT GCA CAC GGA GCC CCT GAG CCC 384 Asn Pro He Leu Ala Arg Leu Leu Arg Ala His Gly Ala Pro Glu Pro 115 120 125

GAG GGG AAG GAC GAG AAA TCC GGC CCC TGC AGC AGC AGT AGC GAG CAC 432 Glu Gly Lys Asp Glu Lys Ser Gly Pro Cys Ser Ser Ser Ser Glu His 130 135 140 GAC NAG AGA NGA CGA GGG CGA TGA ATA CGA CGA CAT TGT GGT TCA CAG 480 Asp Xaa Arg Xaa Arg Gly Arg He Arg Arg His Cys Gly Ser Gin 145 150 155 160

CAG CCG CAG CCA AAC CCG GCT GCC TCC CAC CCC AGC CTC AAA ACC TCT 528 Gin Pro Gin Pro Asn Pro Ala Ala Ser His Pro Ser Leu Lys Thr Ser 165 170 175

TCC TGA CGA CCC CCG CCC CGT GTG ATT TGT TTC ATT GTT AAT ATA ATT 576 Ser Arg Pro Pro Pro Arg Val He Cys Phe He Val Asn He He 180 185 190

TCC AGT TTA ATA AAC AAA ACC CTA GTT CTG ACA ACC AGA AAA AAA AAA 624 Ser Ser Leu He Asn Lys Thr Leu Val Leu Thr Thr Arg Lys Lys Lys 195 200 205

(2) INFORMATION FOR SEQUENCE IDENTIFICATION NUMBER: 13:

(i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:

(A) LENGTH: 99

(B) TYPE: nucleic acid

(C) STRANDEDNESS: double

(D) TOPOLOGY: linar

(xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO: 13:

AGA CAC CCG CTG ATC AGA GAC ATG CTT CGA CGA ATT AAG GAA GAA GAG 48 Arg His Pro Leu He Arg Asp Met Leu Arg Arg He Lys Glu Glu Glu 1 5 10 15

GAT CTG GGT AAA AGT AGA GAA GGA TCA AGG ACG GAT GAT GAA GTA GTA 96 Asp Leu Gly Lys Ser Arg Glu Gly Ser Arg Thr Asp Asp Glu Val Val 20 25 30

CAG 99

Gin

(2) INFORMATION FOR SEQUENCE IDENTIFICATION NUMBER: 14:

(i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:

(A) LENGTH: 216

(B) TYPE: nucleic acid

(C) STRANDEDNESS: double

(D) TOPOLOGY: linear

(xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO: 14:

CAG GTG GAA GAA AAC ACC CCG TAC TGG CAG GCA TGG AGC CAA CAA GGA 48 Gin Val Glu Glu Asn Thr Pro Tyr Trp Gin Ala Trp Ser Gin Gin Gly 1 5 10 15

GAA CCT GGA GCT CAA CGG CAG CAT CCT GAG TGC GAG AAC TTT CAA AGG 96 Glu Pro Gly Ala Gin Arg Gin His Pro Glu Cys Glu Asn Phe Gin Arg 20 25 30

CTT CCA AAT CTG ATG CTA CTT CTG GAA TCC TCA ATT CAA CCA ACA TCC 144 Leu Pro Asn Leu Met Leu Leu Leu Glu Ser Ser He Gin Pro Thr Ser 35 40 45 AGT CCT GAG AAG CCC TGA TCA GTC AAC CAG CTG TGG CTT CCT GTG CCT 192 Ser Pro Glu Lys Pro Ser Val Asn Gin Leu Trp Leu Pro Val Pro 50 55 60

AGA CTG GAC CTA ATT ATA TGG GGG 216 Arg Leu Asp Leu He He Trp Gly 65 70

(2) INFORMATION FOR SEQUENCE IDENTIFICATION NUMBER: 15: (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:

(A) LENGTH: 634

(B) TYPE: nucleic acid

(C) STRANDEDNESS: double

(D) TOPOLOGY: linear

(xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO: 15:

TGC CGC TGC AGC AGC GCA GTT CCA GTC CGT TGC TTT ACT TTT TGC TTC 48 Cys Arg Cys Ser Ser Ala Val Pro Val Arg Cys Phe Thr Phe Cys Phe 1 5 10 15

ACC GAC ATA GTC ATT ATG CCG AAG AGA AAG TCT CCA GAG AAT ACA GAG 96 Thr Asp He Val He Met Pro Lys Arg Lys Ser Pro Glu Asn Thr Glu 20 25 30

GGC AAA GAT GGA TCC AAA GTA ACT AAA CAG GAG CCC ACA AGA CGG TCT 144 Gly Lys Asp Gly Ser Lys Val Thr Lys Gin Glu Pro Thr Arg Arg Ser 35 40 45

GCC AGA TTG TCA GCG AAA CCT GCT CCA CCA AAA CCT GAA CCC AAA CCA 192 Ala Arg Leu Ser Ala Lys Pro Ala Pro Pro Lys Pro Glu Pro Lys Pro 50 55 60

AGA AAA ACA TCT GCT AAG AAA GAA CCT GGA GCA AAG ATT AGC AGA GGT 240 Arg Lys Thr Ser Ala Lys Lys Glu Pro Gly Ala Lys He Ser Arg Gly 65 70 75 80

GCT AAA GGG AGG AAG GAG GAA AAG CAG GAA GCT GGA AAG GAA GGT ACT 288 Ala Lys Gly Arg Lys Glu Glu Lys Gin Glu Ala Gly Lys Glu Gly Thr 85 90 95

GCA CCA TCT GAA AAT GGT GAA ACT AAA GCT GAA GAG GCA CAG AAA ACT 336 Ala Pro Ser Glu Asn Gly Glu Thr Lys Ala Glu Glu Ala Gin Lys Thr 100 105 110

GAA TCT GTA GAT AAC GAG GGA GAA TGA ATT GTC ATG AAA AAT TGG GGT 384 Glu Ser Val Asp Asn Glu Gly Glu He Val Met Lys Asn Trp Gly 115 120 125

TGA TTT TAT GTA TCT CTT GGG ACA ACT TTT AAA AGC TAT TTT TAC CAA 432 Phe Tyr Val Ser Leu Gly Thr Thr Phe Lys Ser Tyr Phe Tyr Gin 130 135 140

GTA TTT TGT AAA TGC TAA TTT TTT AGG ACT CTA CTA GTT GGC ATA CGA 480 Val Phe Cys Lys Cys Phe Phe Arg Thr Leu Leu Val Gly He Arg 145 150 155 160

AAA TAT ATA AGG ATG GAC ATT TAT CGT CTC ATA GTC ATG CTT TTT GGA 528 Lys Tyr He Arg Met Asp He Tyr Arg Leu He Val Met Leu Phe Gly 165 170 175 ATT TNN NNN NNN NNN NNN NNN NNN NNN NNN NCA GGA AGT TTG CCC CAA 576 He Xaa Xaa Xaa Xaa Xaa Xaa Xaa Xaa Xaa Xaa Gly Ser Leu Pro Gin 180 185 190

GAT GCT CAG TGT GCC GTG GGG CCA TAA CTG CCT GAG CCA GGT CAG GAG 624 Asp Ala Gin Cys Ala Val Gly Pro Leu Pro Glu Pro Gly Gin Glu 195 200 205

GAG ACT GCT G 634

Glu Thr Ala 210

(2) INFORMATION FOR SEQUENCE IDENTIFICATION NUMBER: 16: (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:

(A) LENGTH: 638

(B) TYPE: nucleic acid

(C) STRANDEDNESS: double

(D) TOPOLOGY: linear

(xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO: 16:

AAA CAT CCT ATC ATC TGT AGG CTC ATT CAT TTC TCT AAC AGC AGC AGC 48

Lys His Pro He He Cys Arg Leu He His Phe Ser Asn Ser Ser Ser 1 5 10 15

AAC AGC GCA TCA CAG GAC ACC AAG GAG AGC TCT GAA GAG CCT CCC TCA 96 Asn Ser Ala Ser Gin Asp Thr Lys Glu Ser Ser Glu Glu Pro Pro Ser 20 25 30

GAA GAG AGC CAG GAC ACC CCC ATT TAC ACG GAG TTT GAT GAG GAT TTC 144 Glu Glu Ser Gin Asp Thr Pro He Tyr Thr Glu Phe Asp Glu Asp Phe 35 40 45

GAG GAG GAA CCC ACA TCC CCC ATA GGT CAC TGT GTG GCC ATC TAC CAC 192 Glu Glu Glu Pro Thr Ser Pro He Gly His Cys Val Ala He Tyr His 50 55 60

TTT GAA GGG TCC AGC GAG GGC ACT ATC TCT ATG GCC GAG GGT GAA GAC 240 Phe Glu Gly Ser Ser Glu Gly Thr He Ser Met Ala Glu Gly Glu Asp 65 70 75 80

CTC AGT CTT ATG GAA GAA GAC AAA GGG GAC GGC TGG ACC CGG GTC AGG 288 Leu Ser Leu Met Glu Glu Asp Lys Gly Asp Gly Trp Thr Arg Val Arg 85 90 95

CGG AAA GAG GGA GGC GAG GGC TAC GTG CCC ACC TCC TAC CTC CGA GTC 336 Arg Lys Glu Gly Gly Glu Gly Tyr Val Pro Thr Ser Tyr Leu Arg Val 100 105 110

ACG CTC AAT TGA ACC CTG CCA GAG ACG GGA AGA GGG GGG CTG TCG GCT 384 Thr Leu Asn Thr Leu Pro Glu Thr Gly Arg Gly Gly Leu Ser Ala 115 120 125

GCT GCT TCT GGG CCA CGG GGA GCC CCA GGA CCT ATG CAC TTT ATT TCT 432 Ala Ala Ser Gly Pro Arg Gly Ala Pro Gly Pro Met His Phe He Ser 130 135 140

GAC CCC GTG GCT TCG GCT GAG ACC TGT GTA ACC TGC TGC CCC CTC CAC 480 Asp Pro Val Ala Ser Ala Glu Thr Cys Val Thr Cys Cys Pro Leu His 145 150 155 160 CCC CAA CCC AGT CCT ACC TGT CAC ACC GGA CGG ACC CGC TGT GCC TTC 528 Pro Gin Pro Ser Pro Thr Cys His Thr Gly Arg Thr Arg Cys Ala Phe 165 170 175

TAC CAT CGT TCC ACC ATT GAT GTA CAT ACT CAT GTT TTA CAT CTT TTC 576 Tyr His Arg Ser Thr He Asp Val His Thr His Val Leu His Leu Phe 180 185 190

TTT CTG CGC TCG GCT CCG GCC ATT TTG TTT TAT ACA AAA ATG GGA AAA 624 Phe Leu Arg Ser Ala Pro Ala He Leu Phe Tyr Thr Lys Met Gly Lys 195 200 205

AAA AAA AAA AAA AA 638

Lys Lys Lys Lys 210

(2) INFORMATION FOR SEQUENCE IDENTIFICATION NUMBER: 17: (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:

(A) LENGTH: 862

(B) TYPE: nucleic acid

(C) STRANDEDNESS: double

(D) TOPOLOGY: linear

(xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO: 17:

GGC ACG AGG CGT GAC GTC CGA CAA GAA ATG CTG GAT GAT GTA CAA AAG 48 Gly Thr Arg Arg Asp Val Arg Gin Glu Met Leu Asp Asp Val Gin Lys 1 5 10 15

AAA TTG ATG AGC TTA GCA AAC AGC TCA GAA GGA AAA GTA GAC AAA GTC 96 Lys Leu Met Ser Leu Ala Asn Ser Ser Glu Gly Lys Val Asp Lys Val 20 25 30

CTA ATG AGA AAC CTC TTC ATT GGT CAT TTC CAC ACA CCG AAA AAT CAG 144 Leu Met Arg Asn Leu Phe He Gly His Phe His Thr Pro Lys Asn Gin 35 40 45

CGT CAT GAA GTG TTA CGG TTA ATG GGG AGC ATC CTG GGC GTC AGA AGG 192 Arg His Glu Val Leu Arg Leu Met Gly Ser He Leu Gly Val Arg Arg 50 55 60

GAG GAG ATG GAG CAG TTG TTT CAT GAC GAT CAG GGC AGT GTT ACC AGG 240 Glu Glu Met Glu Gin Leu Phe His Asp Asp Gin Gly Ser Val Thr Arg 65 70 75 80

TGG ATG ACT GGG TGG CTT GGA GGA GGA TCA AAA AGT GTT CCC AAC ACA 288 Trp Met Thr Gly Trp Leu Gly Gly Gly Ser Lys Ser Val Pro Asn Thr 85 90 95

CCT TTG AGA CCA AAT CAG CAA TCT GTG GTT AAT AGT TCT TTT TCA GAA 336 Pro Leu Arg Pro Asn Gin Gin Ser Val Val Asn Ser Ser Phe Ser Glu 100 105 110

CTT TTT GTT AAA TTT CTA GAA ACA GAA TCT CAT CCA TCC ATT CCA CCA 384 Leu Phe Val Lys Phe Leu Glu Thr Glu Ser His Pro Ser He Pro Pro 115 120 125

CCA AAG CTT TCT GTT CAT GAT ATG AAA CCT CTG GAT TCA CCA GGA AGA 432 Pro Lys Leu Ser Val His Asp Met Lys Pro Leu Asp Ser Pro Gly Arg 130 135 140 AGA AAA AGA GAT ACA AAT GCA CCA GAA AGT TTT AAA GAT ACA GCA GAA 480 Arg Lys Arg Asp Thr Asn Ala Pro Glu Ser Phe Lys Asp Thr Ala Glu 145 150 155 160

TCC AGG TCT GGT AGA AGA ACA GAT GTA AAT CCG TTT TTG GCT CCT CGC 528 Ser Arg Ser Gly Arg Arg Thr Asp Val Asn Pro Phe Leu Ala Pro Arg 165 170 175

TCG GCA GCT GTA CCT CTT ATT AAC CCA GCT GGA CTT GGA CCT GGT GGG 576 Ser Ala Ala Val Pro Leu He Asn Pro Ala Gly Leu Gly Pro Gly Gly 180 185 190

CCG GGC ATC TTC TTC TGA AAC CCA TCT CAG ATG TTT TGC CCA CAT TTA 624 Pro Gly He Phe Phe Asn Pro Ser Gin Met Phe Cys Pro His Leu 195 200 205

CAC CTT TGC CAG CGT TAC CTG ACA ACA GTG CTG GGG TTG TGC TGA AAG 672 His Leu Cys Gin Arg Tyr Leu Thr Thr Val Leu Gly Leu Cys Lys 210 215 220

CCT TTT AAA GCA ATA GAT GAT TCT CAA GCC AGA GAC AAT CTA GCA CTT 720 Pro Phe Lys Ala He Asp Asp Ser Gin Ala Arg Asp Asn Leu Ala Leu 225 230 235 240

TAA AGA AAC CAT GAA CAC TAT ATG TAT GTA CTT TAT CAC AAA GTG GCC 768 Arg Asn His Glu His Tyr Met Tyr Val Leu Tyr His Lys Val Ala 245 250 255

TTT GGG GAG AAA GTC ATG TAT TTG TTC GCA ATT ATG CTT TCT CTG AAT 816 Phe Gly Glu Lys Val Met Tyr Leu Phe Ala He Met Leu Ser Leu Asn 260 265 270

TTA ATA AAA ATA TTC CTA ATG CTT TTA GAA AAA AAA AAA AAA AAA A 862 Leu He Lys He Phe Leu Met Leu Leu Glu Lys Lys Lvs Lys Lys 275 280 285

(2) INFORMATION FOR SEQUENCE IDENTIFICATION NUMBER: 18: (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:

(A) LENGTH: 247

(B) TYPE: nucleic acid

(C) STRANDEDNESS: double

(D) TOPOLOGY: linear

(xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO: 18:

GGC ACG AGG CGA GTT CTC CCA CCT GAG CAG AAA TAT GAC CAT GCA GCG 48 Gly Thr Arg Arg Val Leu Pro Pro Glu Gin Lys Tyr Asp His Ala Ala 1 5 10 15

CAC CAT GAA GCT CTA CCG ACT GCC AGA GAC TCC CAA GAC AGC TGG GCT 96 His His Glu Ala Leu Pro Thr Ala Arg Asp Ser Gin Asp Ser Trp Ala 20 25 30

GCG ACC AAT GGA AAC AAA GGA CAT TCC AGT AGT GCA CCA GCT CCT CAC 144 Ala Thr Asn Gly Asn Lys Gly His Ser Ser Ser Ala Pro Ala Pro His 35 40 45

CAG GTA CTT GAA GCA ATT TCA CCT TAC GCC CGT CAT GAG CCA GGA GGA 192 Gin Val Leu Glu Ala He Ser Pro Tyr Ala Arg His Glu Pro Gly Gly 50 55 60 GGT GGA GCA CTG GTT CTA CCC CCA GGA GAA TAT CAT CGA CAC TTT CGT 240 Gly Gly Ala Leu Val Leu Pro Pro Gly Glu Tyr His Arg His Phe Arg 65 70 75 80

GGT GGA G 247

Gly Gly

(2) INFORMATION FOR SEQUENCE IDENTIFICATION NUMBER: 19: (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:

(A) LENGTH: 102

(B) TYPE: nucleic acid

(C) STRANDEDNESS: double

(D) TOPOLOGY: linear

(xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO: 19:

AGG GCG CAC CTG GAG CTG TTC TGG TCT AGA GTG AAT ATC CCC AAG GTG 48 Arg Ala His Leu Glu Leu Phe Trp Ser Arg Val Asn He Pro Lys Val 1 5 10 15

CTA AGA GCT GCA GAA CAA GCT CAT CTT TGG GCA GAC TGG TGT TTT TGT 96 Leu Arg Ala Ala Glu Gin Ala His Leu Trp Ala Asp Trp Cys Phe Cys 20 25 30

ATG ACA 102

Met Thr

(2) INFORMATION FOR SEQUENCE IDENTIFICATION NUMBER: 20: (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:

(A) LENGTH: 219

(B) TYPE: nucleic acid

(C) STRANDEDNESS: double

(D) TOPOLOGY: linear

(xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO: 20:

GTT AGC TCT AGA GGC CAT TCT TTT GCT GAT CCT GCC AGT AAT CTT GGG 48 Val Ser Ser Arg Gly His Ser Phe Ala Asp Pro Ala Ser Asn Leu Gly 1 5 10 15

CTG GAA GAC ATT ATC AGG AAG GCT CTC ATG GGA AGC TTT GAT GAC AAA 96 Leu Glu Asp He He Arg Lys Ala Leu Met Gly Ser Phe Asp Asp Lys 20 25 30

GTT GAG GAT CAT GGA GTT GTC ATG TCC CAG CCT ATG GGA GTA GTG CCT 144 Val Glu Asp His Gly Val Val Met Ser Gin Pro Met Gly Val Val Pro 35 40 45

GGT ACT GCC AAC ACC GAT TGC ATG TGC TCC CTC TGC GGT GAA CCA AGC 192 Gly Thr Ala Asn Thr Asp Cys Met Cys Ser Leu Cys Gly Glu Pro Ser 50 55 60

AGC TCC TCA CCA ACA GAA CAG GAT CTG 219

Ser Ser Ser Pro Thr Glu Gin Asp Leu 65 70 (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQUENCE IDENTIFICATION NUMBER: 21:

(i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:

(A) LENGTH: 553

(B) TYPE: nucleic acid

(C) STRANDEDNESS: double

(D) TOPOLOGY: linear

(xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO : 21 :

AAT ATC GAA CTG AAG AAA GGA GGG AAG GAT ATA CCA GTC ACT ATC CAC 48 Asn He Glu Leu Lys Lys Gly Gly Lys Asp He Pro Val Thr He His 1 5 10 15

AAT TTA GAG GAG TAT CTA AGA CTG GTT ATA TTC TGG GCA CTA AAT GAA 96 Asn Leu Glu Glu Tyr Leu Arg Leu Val He Phe Trp Ala Leu Asn Glu 20 25 30

GGC GTT TCT AGG CAA TTT GAT TCG TTC AGA GAT GGA TTT GAA TCA GTC 144 Gly Val Ser Arg Gin Phe Asp Ser Phe Arg Asp Gly Phe Glu Ser Val 35 40 45

TTC CCA CTC AGT CAT CTT CAG TAC TTC TAC CCG GAG GAA CTG GAT CAG 192 Phe Pro Leu Ser His Leu Gin Tyr Phe Tyr Pro Glu Glu Leu Asp Gin 50 55 60

CTC CTT TGT GGC AGT AAA GCA GAC ACT TGG GAT GCA AAG ACA CTG ATG 240 Leu Leu Cys Gly Ser Lys Ala Asp Thr Trp Asp Ala Lys Thr Leu Met 65 70 75 80

GAA TGC TGT AGG CCT GAT CAT GGT TAT ACT CAT GAC AGT CGG GCT GTG 288 Glu Cys Cys Arg Pro Asp His Gly Tyr Thr His Asp Ser Arg Ala Val 85 90 95

AAG TTT TTG TTT GAG ATT CTC AGT AGT TTT GAT AAT GAG CAG CAG AGG 336 Lys Phe Leu Phe Glu He Leu Ser Ser Phe Asp Asn Glu Gin Gin Arg 100 105 110

TTA TTT CTC CAG TTT GTG ACT GGT AGC CCA AGA TTG CCT GTT GGA GGA 384 Leu Phe Leu Gin Phe Val Thr Gly Ser Pro Arg Leu Pro Val Gly Gly 115 120 125

TTC CGG AGT TTG AAT CCA CCT TTG ACA ATT GTC CGA AAG ACG TTT GAA 432 Phe Arg Ser Leu Asn Pro Pro Leu Thr He Val Arg Lys Thr Phe Glu 130 135 140

TCA ACA GAA AAC CCA GAT GAC TTC TTG CCC TCT GTA ATG ACT TGT GTG 480 Ser Thr Glu Asn Pro Asp Asp Phe Leu Pro Ser Val Met Thr Cys Val 145 150 155 160

AAC TAT CTT AAG TTG CCG GAC TAT CAA GCA TTG AGA TAT GCG TGA AAA 528 Asn Tyr Leu Lys Leu Pro Asp Tyr Gin Ala Leu Arg Tyr Ala Lys 165 170 175

ACT GTT GAT AGC AGC AAG AGA AGG 553 Thr Val Asp Ser Ser Lys Arg Arg 180 (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQUENCE IDENTIFICATION NUMBER: 22: (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:

(A) LENGTH: 186

(B) TYPE: nucleic acid

(C) STRANDEDNESS: double

(D) TOPOLOGY: linear

(xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO: 22:

GAA GCA AAA AAC GAG CCC TGG AAG AAG AAA AAC CAC GCC GGG AAA TCC 48 Glu Ala Lys Asn Glu Pro Trp Lys Lys Lys Asn His Ala Gly Lys Ser 1 5 10 15

TGG AAA AAC GAT TAC AGG AAG AAA CTA GCC AGA GGA GAA GTT AAT AGA 96 Trp Lys Asn Asp Tyr Arg Lys Lys Leu Ala Arg Gly Glu Val Asn Arg 20 25 30

AAA GGA AGT AAA AAT AAG GGA GAG ACA AAG GGC ACA GGC TCG TCC TTT 144 Lys Gly Ser Lys Asn Lys Gly Glu Thr Lys Gly Thr Gly Ser Ser Phe 35 40 45

GAC ACG CTA CCT GCC TGT CCG GAA GAA GAC TTT GAT TTG CGG 186

Asp Thr Leu Pro Ala Cys Pro Glu Glu Asp Phe Asp Leu Arg 50 55 60

(2) INFORMATION FOR SEQUENCE IDENTIFICATION NUMBER: 23: (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:

(A) LENGTH: 66

(B) TYPE: nucleic acid

(C) STRANDEDNESS: double

(D) TOPOLOGY: linear

(xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO: 23:

AGG GTA CGG GAA GCT GCT GAA AAG GCT AAG TCT GAA CTC TCC TCA TCT 48 Arg Val Arg Glu Ala Ala Glu Lys Ala Lys Ser Glu Leu Ser Ser Ser 1 5 10 15

GTG CAG ACT GAC ATC AAT 66

Val Gin Thr Asp He Asn 20

(2) INFORMATION FOR SEQUENCE IDENTIFICATION NUMBER: 24: (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:

(A) LENGTH: 192

(B) TYPE: nucleic acid

(C) STRANDEDNESS: double

(D) TOPOLOGY: linear

(xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO: 24:

CAT TTG AAT ATG AAG TTG ACC CGT GCT CAA TTT GAA GGG ATT GTC ACT 48 His Leu Asn Met Lys Leu Thr Arg Ala Gin Phe Glu Gly He Val Thr 1 5 10 15 GAT CTA ATC AGA AGG ACT ATC GCT CCA TGC CAA AAA GCT ATG CAA GAT 96 Asp Leu He Arg Arg Thr He Ala Pro Cys Gin Lys Ala Met Gin Asp 20 25 30

GCA GAA GTC AGC AAG AGT GAC ATA GGA GAA GTG ATT CTT GTG GGT GGC 144 Ala Glu Val Ser Lys Ser Asp He Gly Glu Val He Leu Val Gly Gly 35 40 45

ATG ACT AGG ATG CCC AAG GTT CAG CAG ACT GTA CAG GAC TTT TTG GCA 192 Met Thr Arg Met Pro Lys Val Gin Gin Thr Val Gin Asp Phe Leu Ala 50 55 60

(2) INFORMATION FOR SEQUENCE IDENTIFICATION NUMBER: 25: (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:

(A) LENGTH: 582

(B) TYPE: nucleic acid

(C) STRANDEDNESS: double

(D) TOPOLOGY: linear

(xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO: 25:

GGG GGC AGT GGA CGA GGC CGT GGC GAC CTG AAG CAG GCG CTT CCC TGT 48 Gly Gly Ser Gly Arg Gly Arg Gly Asp Leu Lys Gin Ala Leu Pro Cys 1 5 10 15

GTG GCC GAG TCG CCA ACG GTC CAC GTG GAG GTG CAT CAG CGC GGC AGC 96 Val Ala Glu Ser Pro Thr Val His Val Glu Val His Gin Arg Gly Ser 20 25 30

AGC ACT GCA AAG AAA GAA GAC ATA AAC CTG AGT GTT AGA AAG CTA CTC 144 Ser Thr Ala Lys Lys Glu Asp He Asn Leu Ser Val Arg Lys Leu Leu 35 40 45

AAC AGA CAT AAT ATT GTG TTT GGC GAT TAC ACA TGG ACT GAG TTT GAT 192 Asn Arg His Asn He Val Phe Gly Asp Tyr Thr Trp Thr Glu Phe Asp 50 55 60

GAA CCT TTT TTG ACC AGA AAT GTG CAG TCT GTG TCT ATT ATT GAC ACA 240 Glu Pro Phe Leu Thr Arg Asn Val Gin Ser Val Ser He He Asp Thr 65 70 75 80

GAA TTA AAG GTT AAA GAC TCA CAG CCC ATC GAT TTG AGT GCA TGC ACT 288 Glu Leu Lys Val Lys Asp Ser Gin Pro He Asp Leu Ser Ala Cys Thr 85 90 95

GTT GCA CTT CAC ATT TTC CAG CTG AAT GAA GAT GGC CCC AGC AGT GAA 336 Val Ala Leu His He Phe Gin Leu Asn Glu Asp Gly Pro Ser Ser Glu 100 105 110

AAT CTG GAG GAA GAG ACA GAA AAC ATA ATT GCA GCA AAT CAC TGG GTT 384 Asn Leu Glu Glu Glu Thr Glu Asn He He Ala Ala Asn His Trp Val 115 120 125

CTA CCT GCA GCT GAA TTC CAT GGG CTT TGG GAC AGC TTG GTA TAC GAT 432 Leu Pro Ala Ala Glu Phe His Gly Leu Trp Asp Ser Leu Val Tyr Asp 130 135 140

GTG GAA GTC AAA TCC CAT CTC CTC GAT TAT GTG ATG ACA ACT TTA CTG 480 Val Glu Val Lys Ser His Leu Leu Asp Tyr Val Met Thr Thr Leu Leu 145 150 155 160 TTT TCA GAC AAG AAC GTC AAC AGC AAC CTC ATC ACC ATA GAG GGG TTC 528 Phe Ser Asp Lys Asn Val Asn Ser Asn Leu He Thr He Glu Gly Phe 165 170 175

CTC CAG GCC CTG TCT CTG GCA GTG GAC AAG CAG TTT GAA GAG AGA AAG 576 Leu Gin Ala Leu Ser Leu Ala Val Asp Lys Gin Phe Glu Glu Arg Lys 180 185 190

AAG CTT 582

Lys Leu

(2) INFORMATION FOR SEQUENCE IDENTIFICATION NUMBER: 26: (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:

(A) LENGTH: 487

(B) TYPE: nucleic acid

(C) STRANDEDNESS: double

(D) TOPOLOGY: linear

(xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO: 26:

TTC ACC ACT GTG ATG GAC CTG CTC CTG GAG TAT GAA GTC ATC TGT ATC 48 Phe Thr Thr Val Met Asp Leu Leu Leu Glu Tyr Glu Val He Cys He 1 5 10 15

TAC TGG ACC AAG TAC TAC ACA CTC CAC AAT GCA ATC ATT GAG GAT TGT 96 Tyr Trp Thr Lys Tyr Tyr Thr Leu His Asn Ala He He Glu Asp Cys 20 25 30

GTC AGA AAA CAG CTC AAA AAA GAG AGG CCC ATC ATC CTG GAT CCG GCC 144 Val Arg Lys Gin Leu Lys Lys Glu Arg Pro He He Leu Asp Pro Ala 35 40 45

GAC CCC ACC CTC AAC GTG GCA GAA GGG TAC AGA TGG GAC ATC GTT GCT 192 Asp Pro Thr Leu Asn Val Ala Glu Gly Tyr Arg Trp Asp He Val Ala 50 55 60

CAG AGG GCC TCC CAG TGC CTG AAA CAG GAC TGT TGC TAT GAC AAC AGG 240 Gin Arg Ala Ser Gin Cys Leu Lys Gin Asp Cys Cys Tyr Asp Asn Arg 65 70 75 80

GAG AAG GGG ATC TCC AGC TGG AAC GTG AAG AGG GCA CGA GAC ATC CAC 288 Glu Lys Gly He Ser Ser Trp Asn Val Lys Arg Ala Arg Asp He His 85 90 95

TTG ACA GTG GAG CAG AGG GGT TAC CCA GAT TTC AAC CTC ATC GTG AAC 336 Leu Thr Val Glu Gin Arg Gly Tyr Pro Asp Phe Asn Leu He Val Asn 100 105 110

CCT TAT GAG CCC ATA AGG AAG GTT AAA GAG AAA ATC CGG AGA CCA GGG 384 Pro Tyr Glu Pro He Arg Lys Val Lys Glu Lys He Arg Arg Pro Gly 115 120 125

GCT ACT CTG GCC TGC AGC GTC TGT CCT TCC AGG TTC CTG GCA GTG AGA 432 Ala Thr Leu Ala Cys Ser Val Cys Pro Ser Arg Phe Leu Ala Val Arg 130 135 140

GGC AGC TTC TCA GCA GCA GGT GCT CCT TAG CCA AAT ATG GGA TCT TCT 480 Gly Ser Phe Ser Ala Ala Gly Ala Pro Pro Asn Met Gly Ser Ser 145 150 155 160 CCC ACA C 487 Pro Thr

( 2 ) INFORMATION FOR SEQUENCE IDENTIFICATION NUMBER: 27:

(i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:

(A) LENGTH: 768

(B) TYPE: nucleic acid

(C) STRANDEDNESS: double

(D) TOPOLOGY: linear

(xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO: 27:

ATG GAG GAT GAT TTC ATG TGC GAT GAT GAG GAG GAC TAC GAC CTG GAA 48 Met Glu Asp Asp Phe Met Cys Asp Asp Glu Glu Asp Tyr Asp Leu Glu 1 5 10 15

TAC TCT GAA GAT AGT AAC TCC GAG CCA AAT GTG GAT TTG GAA AAT CAG 96 Tyr Ser Glu Asp Ser Asn Ser Glu Pro Asn Val Asp Leu Glu Asn Gin 20 25 30

TAC TAT AAT TCC AAA GCA TTA AAA GAA GAT GAC CCA AAA GCG GCA TTA 144 Tyr Tyr Asn Ser Lys Ala Leu Lys Glu Asp Asp Pro Lys Ala Ala Leu 35 40 45

AGC AGT TTC CAA AAG GTT TTG GAA CTT GAA GGT GAA AAA GGA GAA TGG 192 Ser Ser Phe Gin Lys Val Leu Glu Leu Glu Gly Glu Lys Gly Glu Trp 50 55 60

GGA TTT AAA GCA CTG AAA CAA ATG ATT AAG ATT AAC TTC AAG TTG ACA 240 Gly Phe Lys Ala Leu Lys Gin Met He Lys He Asn Phe Lys Leu Thr 65 70 75 80

AAC TTT CCA GAA ATG ATG AAT AGA TAT AAG CAG CTA TTG ACC TAT ATT 288 Asn Phe Pro Glu Met Met Asn Arg Tyr Lys Gin Leu Leu Thr Tyr He 85 90 95

CGG AGT GCA GTC ACA AGA AAT TAT TCT GAA AAA TCC ATT AAT TCT ATT 336 Arg Ser Ala Val Thr Arg Asn Tyr Ser Glu Lys Ser He Asn Ser He 100 105 110

CTT GAT TAT ATC TCT ACT TCT AAA CAG ATG GAT TTA CTG CAG GAA TTC 384 Leu Asp Tyr He Ser Thr Ser Lys Gin Met Asp Leu Leu Gin Glu Phe 115 120 125

TAT GAA ACA ACA CTG GAA GCT TTG AAA GAT GCT AAG AAT GAT AGA CTG 432 Tyr Glu Thr Thr Leu Glu Ala Leu Lys Asp Ala Lys Asn Asp Arg Leu 130 135 140

TGG TTT AAG ACA AAC ACA AAG CTT GGA AAA TTA TAT TTA GAA CGA GAG 480 Trp Phe Lys Thr Asn Thr Lys Leu Gly Lys Leu Tyr Leu Glu Arg Glu 145 150 155 160

GAA TAT GGA AAG CTT CAA AAA ATT TTA CGC CAG TTA CAT CAG TCG TGC 528 Glu Tyr Gly Lys Leu Gin Lys He Leu Arg Gin Leu His Gin Ser Cys 165 170 175

CAG ACT GAT GAT GGA GAA GAT GAT CTG AAA AAA GGT ACA CAG TTA TTA 576 Gin Thr Asp Asp Gly Glu Asp Asp Leu Lys Lys Gly Thr Gin Leu Leu 180 185 190 GAA ATA TAT GCT TTG GAA ATT CAA ATG TAC ACA GCA CAG AAA AAT AAC 624 Glu He Tyr Ala Leu Glu He Gin Met Tyr Thr Ala Gin Lys Asn Asn 195 200 205

AAA AAA CTT AAA GCA CTC TAT GAA CAG TCA CTT CAC ATC AAG TCT GCC 672 Lys Lys Leu Lys Ala Leu Tyr Glu Gin Ser Leu His He Lys Ser Ala 210 215 220

ATC CCT CAT CCA CTG ATT ATG GGA GTT ATC AGA GAA TGT GGT GGT AAA 720 He Pro His Pro Leu He Met Gly Val He Arg Glu Cys Gly Gly Lys 225 230 235 240

ATT GCA CTT GGG GGA GGT GAA TTT GAA AAG GCA CAC ACT GAT TTT TTT 768 He Ala Leu Gly Gly Gly Glu Phe Glu Lys Ala His Thr Asp Phe Phe 245 250 255

(2) INFORMATION FOR SEQUENCE IDENTIFICATION NUMBER: 28: (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:

(A) LENGTH: 1121

(B) TYPE: nucleic acid

(C) STRANDEDNESS: double

(D) TOPOLOGY: linear

(xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO: 28:

GCA GAG GTT AAA ACA CCT TTT GAT TTG GCC AAG GCA CAA GAG AAC AGC 48 Ala Glu Val Lys Thr Pro Phe Asp Leu Ala Lys Ala Gin Glu Asn Ser 1 5 10 15

AAC TCC GTA AAG AAG AAG ACA AAG TTT GTC AAT TTA TAC ACA AGA GAA 96 Asn Ser Val Lys Lys Lys Thr Lys Phe Val Asn Leu Tyr Thr Arg Glu 20 25 30

AGA CAG GAC AGG CTT GCA GTC CTG CTC CCT GGT CGT CAC CCT TGT GAT 144 Arg Gin Asp Arg Leu Ala Val Leu Leu Pro Gly Arg His Pro Cys Asp 35 40 45

TGC CTG GGC CAG AAG CAC AAG CTC ATC AAT AAC TGT CTG ATC TGT GGG 192 Cys Leu Gly Gin Lys His Lys Leu He Asn Asn Cys Leu He Cys Gly 50 55 60

CGC ATT GTC TGT GAA CAA GAA GGC TCA GGC CCT TGC TTA TTC TGT GGC 240 Arg He Val Cys Glu Gin Glu Gly Ser Gly Pro Cys Leu Phe Cys Gly 65 70 75 80

ACT CTG GTG TGT ACT CAT GAG GAA CAA GAT ATT TTA CAG CGT GAC TCA 288 Thr Leu Val Cys Thr His Glu Glu Gin Asp He Leu Gin Arg Asp Ser 85 90 95

AAC AAG AGC CAG AAA CTG CTA AAG AAA CTC ATG TCA GGA GTG GAG AAT 336 Asn Lys Ser Gin Lys Leu Leu Lys Lys Leu Met Ser Gly Val Glu Asn 100 105 110

TCT GGA AAG GTG GAC ATC TCT ACC AAG GAC CTT CTT CCT CAT CAA GAA 384 Ser Gly Lys Val Asp He Ser Thr Lys Asp Leu Leu Pro His Gin Glu 115 120 125 TTG CGA ATT AAG TCT GGT CTG GAG AAG GCT ATC AAG CAT AAA GAC AAA 432 Leu Arg He Lys Ser Gly Leu Glu Lys Ala He Lys His Lys Asp Lys 130 135 140

CTG TTA GAG TTT GAC AGA ACT AGT ATT CGA AGG ACC CAA GTC ATT GAT 480 Leu Leu Glu Phe Asp Arg Thr Ser He Arg Arg Thr Gin Val He Asp 145 150 155 160

GAT GAG TCA GAT TAC TTT GCC AGT GAT TCT AAC CAA TGG TTG TCC AAA 528 Asp Glu Ser Asp Tyr Phe Ala Ser Asp Ser Asn Gin Trp Leu Ser Lys 165 170 175

CTT GAG CGG GAA ACC TTG CAG AAG CGA GAG GAG GAG CTG AGA GAA CTT 576 Leu Glu Arg Glu Thr Leu Gin Lys Arg Glu Glu Glu Leu Arg Glu Leu 180 185 190

CGA CAC GCC TCT CGA CTT TCT AAG AAG GTC ACC ATT GAC TTT GCA GGA 624 Arg His Ala Ser Arg Leu Ser Lys Lys Val Thr He Asp Phe Ala Gly 195 200 205

AGG AAG ATC CTG GAA GAA GAA AAT TCA CTA GCA GAG TAT CAT AGC AGA 672 Arg Lys He Leu Glu Glu Glu Asn Ser Leu Ala Glu Tyr His Ser Arg 210 215 220

CTA GAT GAG ACA ATA CAG GCC ATT GCC AAT GGA ACC TTG AAC CAG CCA 720 Leu Asp Glu Thr He Gin Ala He Ala Asn Gly Thr Leu Asn Gin Pro 225 230 235 240

CTG ACC AAA TTG GAT AGA TCT TCT GAA GAG CCT TTG GGA GTT CTG GTA 768 Leu Thr Lys Leu Asp Arg Ser Ser Glu Glu Pro Leu Gly Val Leu Val 245 250 255

AAT CCC AAC ATG TAC CAG TCC CCT CCC CAG TGG TTG ACC ACA CAG GTG 816 Asn Pro Asn Met Tyr Gin Ser Pro Pro Gin Trp Leu Thr Thr Gin Val 260 265 270

CAG CCT CAC AGA AGA AGG CTT TCC GTT CTT CAG GAT TTG GAC TAG AGT 864 Gin Pro His Arg Arg Arg Leu Ser Val Leu Gin Asp Leu Asp Ser 275 280 285

TCA ACT CAT TTC AGC ACC AGT TGC GAA TCC AGG ATC AAG AAT TTC AGG 912 Ser Thr His Phe Ser Thr Ser Cys Glu Ser Arg He Lys Asn Phe Arg 290 295 300

AAG GCT TTG ATG GTG GCT GGT GCC TCT CTG TAC ATC AGC CCT GGG TTC 960 Lys Ala Leu Met Val Ala Gly Ala Ser Leu Tyr He Ser Pro Gly Phe 305 310 315 320

TCT GCT TGT CAG AGG GAT TAA AAG GGT GGA GGG CAG ATC CTG GTA CAC 1008 Ser Ala Cys Gin Arg Asp Lys Gly Gly Gly Gin He Leu Val His 325 330 335

CCC CCA CAG AGG ACG ACT TTG GAT AGC AGC CAC AGC TAA AAA ATC CCT 1056 Pro Pro Gin Arg Thr Thr Leu Asp Ser Ser His Ser Lys He Pro 340 345 350

CCC CTC AAG AAG TCT CAG AAC TCC AGG CTA CAT ATC GTC TTC TTC GTT 1104 Pro Leu Lys Lys Ser Gin Asn Ser Arg Leu His He Val Phe Phe Val 355 360 365 GGG AAG ATG TGG AAT TT 1121

Gly Lys Met Trp Asn 370

(2) INFORMATION FOR SEQUENCE IDENTIFICATION NUMBER: 29: (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:

(A) LENGTH: 108

(B) TYPE: nucleic acid

(C) STRANDEDNESS: double

(D) TOPOLOGY: linear

(xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO: 29:

GAA AGG GCC CTG ACA GCA CAC ACA CTT AAA CAC AGT TTT CTG ATA ACT 48 Glu Arg Ala Leu Thr Ala His Thr Leu Lys His Ser Phe Leu He Thr 1 5 10 15

TTG GAA TTC ACA CCG TTG GAC TAG TTA AAA ACT TCT AAA ATA ATT TTT 96 Leu Glu Phe Thr Pro Leu Asp Leu Lys Thr Ser Lys He He Phe 20 25 30

TAA AAT CTA ATA 108

Asn Leu He 35

(2) INFORMATION FOR SEQUENCE IDENTIFICATION NUMBER: 30:

(i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:

(A) LENGTH: 219

(B) TYPE: nucleic acid

(C) STRANDEDNESS: double

(D) TOPOLOGY: linear

(xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO: 30:

CCA GGA ACT GAG ATC TTT AAT CTG CCA GCA GTT ACT ACG TCA GGC TCA 48 Pro Gly Thr Glu He Phe Asn Leu Pro Ala Val Thr Thr Ser Gly Ser 1 5 10 15

GTT AGC TCT AGA GGC CAT TCT TTT GCT GAT CCT GCC AGT AAT CTT GGG 96 Val Ser Ser Arg Gly His Ser Phe Ala Asp Pro Ala Ser Asn Leu Gly 20 25 30

CTG GAA GAC ATT ATC AGG AAG GCT CTC ATG GGA AGC TTT GAT GAC AAA 144 Leu Glu Asp He He Arg Lys Ala Leu Met Gly Ser Phe Asp Asp Lys 35 40 45

GTT GAG GAT CAT GGA GTT GTC ATG TCC CAG CCT ATG GGA GTA GTG CCT 192 Val Glu Asp His Gly Val Val Met Ser Gin Pro Met Gly Val Val Pro 50 55 60

GGT ACT GCC AAC ACC TCA GTT GTG ACC 219

Gly Thr Ala Asn Thr Ser Val Val Thr 65 70

What is claimed is:

Claims

1. A method for determining whether a test protein is capable of interacting with a nuclear hormone receptor protein, comprising: (a) providing a host cell which contains

(i) a reporter gene operably linked to a protein binding site;

(ii) a first fusion gene which expresses a first fusion protein, said first fusion protein comprising a nuclear hormone receptor protein covalently bonded to a binding moiety which is capable of specifically binding to said protein binding site; and

(iii) a second fusion gene which expresses a second fusion protein, said second fusion protein comprising said test protein covalently bonded to a weak gene activating moiety; and

(b) determining whether said test protein increases expression of said reporter gene as an indication of its ability to interact with said nuclear hormone receptor protein.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein said method further comprises treating said host cell with a ligand which binds said nuclear hormone receptor and identifying a hormone-dependent interacting protein by its ability to increase expression of said reporter gene only upon treatment of said cell by said ligand.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein said method further comprises treating said host cell with a ligand which binds said nuclear hormone receptor and identifying a hormone-independent interacting protein by its ability to increase expression of said reporter gene both in the presence and in the absence of said ligand treatment.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein said method further comprises treating said host cell with a ligand which binds said nuclear hormone receptor and identifying a ligand-sensitive interacting protein by its ability to increase expression of said reporter gene in the absence but not in the presence of said ligand treatment.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein said weak gene activating moiety is the gene activating moiety of B42.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein said nuclear hormone receptor is a thyroid hormone receptor.

7. The method of claims 2 or 3, wherein said ligand is a thyroid hormone.

8. A substantially pure TR-interacting protein.

9. The polypeptide of claim 8, comprising an amino acid sequence substantially identical to the amino acid sequence of JLl shown in Figure 2 (SEQ ID NO: 1) .

10. The polypeptide of claim 8, comprising an amino acid sequence substantially identical to the amino acid sequence of JL3 shown in Figure 3 (SEQ ID NO: 3) .

11. The polypeptide of claim 8, comprising an amino acid sequence substantially identical to the amino acid sequence of S112a- shown in Figure 4 (SEQ ID NO: 6) .

12. The polypeptide of claim 8, comprising an amino acid sequence substantially identical to the amino acid sequence of S103a shown in Figure 5 (SEQ ID NO: 7) .

13. The polypeptide of claim 8, comprising an amino acid sequence substantially identical to the amino acid sequence of S203a shown in Figure 6 (SEQ ID NO: 8) .

14. The polypeptide of claim 8, comprising an amino acid sequence substantially identical to the amino acid sequence of S204b shown in Figure 7 (SEQ ID NO: 9) .

15. The polypeptide of claim 8, comprising an amino acid sequence substantially identical to the amino acid sequence of S205a shown in Figure 8 (SEQ ID NO: 10) .

16. The polypeptide of claim 8, comprising an amino acid sequence substantially identical to the amino acid sequence of S249a shown in Figure 9 (SEQ ID NO: 11) .

17. The polypeptide of claim 8, comprising an amino acid sequence substantially identical to the amino acid sequence of S351a shown in Figure 10 (SEQ ID NO: 12) .

18. The polypeptide of claim 8, comprising an amino acid sequence substantially identical to the amino acid sequence of SlOla shown in Figure 11 (SEQ ID NO: 13).

19. The polypeptide of claim 8, comprising an amino acid sequence substantially identical to the amino acid sequence of S223a shown in Figure 12 (SEQ ID NO: 14).

20. The polypeptide of claim 8, comprising an amino acid sequence substantially identical to the amino acid sequence of S239a shown in Figure 13 (SEQ ID NO: 15) .

21. The polypeptide of claim 8, comprising an amino acid sequence substantially identical to the amino acid sequence of S410a shown in Figure 14 (SEQ ID NO: 16) .

22. The polypeptide of claim 8, comprising an amino acid sequence substantially identical to the amino acid sequence of S418a shown in Figure 15 (SEQ ID NO: 17).

23. The polypeptide of claim 8, comprising an amino acid sequence substantially identical to the amino acid sequence of S419a shown in Figure 16 (SEQ ID NO: 18) .

24. The polypeptide of claim 8, comprising an amino acid sequence substantially identical to the amino acid sequence of S107a- shown in Figure 17 (SEQ ID NO: 19) .

25. The polypeptide of claim 8, comprising an amino acid sequence substantially identical to the amino acid sequence of S213a- shown in Figure 18 (SEQ ID NO:

20) .

26. The polypeptide of claim 8, comprising an amino acid sequence substantially identical to the amino acid sequence of S113a- shown in Figure 19 (SEQ ID NO:

21) .

27. The polypeptide of claim 8, comprising an amino acid sequence substantially identical to the amino acid sequence of S116a- shown in Figure 20 (SEQ ID NO:

22) .

28. The polypeptide of claim 8, comprising an amino acid sequence substantially identical to the amino acid sequence of S309a- shown in Figure 21 (SEQ ID NO:

23) .

29. The polypeptide of claim 8, comprising an amino acid sequence substantially identical to the amino acid sequence of S227b- shown in Figure 22 (SEQ ID NO:

24) .

30. The polypeptide of claim 8, comprising an amino acid sequence substantially identical to the amino acid sequence of S215a- shown in Figure 23 (SEQ ID NO:

25) .

31. The polypeptide of claim 8, comprising an amino acid sequence substantially identical to the amino acid sequence of S223a- shown in Figure 24 (SEQ ID NO: 26) .

32. The polypeptide of claim 8, comprising an amino acid sequence substantially identical to the amino acid sequence of S240a- shown in Figure 25 (SEQ ID NO:

27) .

33. The polypeptide of claim 8, comprising an amino acid sequence substantially identical to the amino acid sequence of S139a shown in Figure 26 (SEQ ID NO:

28) .

34. The polypeptide of claim 8, comprising an amino acid sequence substantially identical to the amino acid sequence of SllOa- shown in Figure 27 (SEQ ID NO:

29) .

35. The polypeptide of claim 8, comprising an amino acid sequence substantially identical to the amino acid sequence of S243b- shown in Figure 28 (SEQ ID NO:

30) .

36. The polypeptide of claim 8, wherein said polypeptide is derived from a mammal.

37. The polypeptide of claim 36, wherein said mammal is a human.

38. Purified DNA comprising a sequence encoding a polypeptide of claims 8 or 9.

39. The purified DNA of claim 38, wherein said DNA is cDNA.

40. The purified DNA of claim 38, wherein said DNA encodes a human TR-interacting protein.

41. A vector comprising the purified DNA of claim 38.

42. A cell containing the purified DNA of claim 38.

43. A method of producing a recombinant TR- interacting protein comprising. providing a cell transformed with DNA encoding a TR-interacting protein positioned for expression in said cell; culturing said transformed cell under conditions for expressing said DNA; and isolating said recombinant TR-interacting protein.

44. TR-interacting protein produced by expression of the purified DNA of claim 38.

45. A purified antibody which binds specifically to a polypeptide of claim 8.

46. A therapeutic composition comprising as an active ingredient a polypeptide according to claim 8, said active ingredient being formulated in a physiologically-acceptable carrier.

47. A method of treating a thyroid disorder in a mammal comprising administering to said mammal the therapeutic composition of claim 46 in a dosage effective to modulate thyroid hormone receptor activity.