E2F1

UniProt ID: Q01094
Organism: Homo sapiens
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Gene Description

E2F1 encodes transcription factor E2F1 (E2F-1, originally identified as the retinoblastoma-binding protein RBBP3/RBAP-1), the prototypical member of the activator E2F class (E2F1-3) of the E2F/DP family. It is a nuclear, chromatin-associated, sequence-specific transcription factor that functions obligately as a heterodimer with a DP partner (TFDP1 or TFDP2): the two winged-helix domains contact opposite halves of the E2F consensus site (TTTC[CG]CGC) in RNA polymerase II promoters, while the coiled-coil and marked-box regions of the two subunits form an intertwined dimerization module. Through this activity E2F1-DP activates the G1/S gene cluster - cyclin E, CDC6, CDT1, the MCM helicase subunits, thymidine kinase, DHFR, B-MYB and E2F1 itself - thereby committing cells to DNA replication and S-phase entry. The activity is gated by the retinoblastoma protein: hypophosphorylated RB1 binds the E2F1 C-terminal transactivation domain in its A/B pocket and simultaneously contacts the E2F1 and DP1 marked boxes through its C-terminal domain, masking the activation surface and converting promoter-bound E2F1 into a corepressor platform that recruits histone deacetylases and other chromatin modifiers. Sequential phosphorylation of RB1 by cyclin D-CDK4/6 and cyclin E-CDK2 releases E2F1 and licenses the G1/S transition; later in S phase cyclin A-CDK2, which docks on an N-terminal region of E2F1, phosphorylates the heterodimer and terminates its DNA binding. E2F1 output is further tuned by an unusually dense set of post-translational modifications - KAT2B/PCAF acetylation of Lys117/120/125 (which enhances DNA binding), CHK2 phosphorylation of Ser364 and ATM/ATR phosphorylation of Ser31 (which stabilize the protein after DNA damage), GSK3B phosphorylation of Ser403/Thr433 coupled to USP11-mediated deubiquitination, SETD7 methylation of Lys185 that triggers L3MBTL3/CRL4-DCAF5-dependent degradation, and PRMT5 arginine methylation. E2F1 is biologically bifunctional: besides driving proliferation, stabilized or deregulated E2F1 transactivates pro-apoptotic genes (TP73, ASPP1/ASPP2, caspases, RRP1B, BBC3) and induces the ARF-MDM2-p53 axis, making it an effector of the intrinsic apoptotic response to DNA damage and oncogenic stress. Independently of transcription, damage-modified E2F1 accumulates at UV lesions and double-strand breaks, where TopBP1 binding retains it on damaged chromatin and it recruits the acetyltransferases GCN5/KAT2A and p300/CBP to promote histone acetylation and the loading of nucleotide-excision and homologous-recombination repair factors. Additional characterised activities include pocket-protein-independent antagonism of C/EBPalpha, which blocks adipocyte differentiation, and repression of beta-catenin/TCF-dependent transcription. E2F1 is not an enzyme, transporter or structural protein, and it has no established function outside the nucleus.

Existing Annotations Review

GO Term Evidence Action Reason
GO:0000077 DNA damage checkpoint signaling
IMP
PMID:12717439
Chk2 activates E2F-1 in response to DNA damage.
KEEP AS NON CORE
Summary: Stevens et al. 2003 (abstract-only cache) show that CHK2 phosphorylates a consensus site in E2F1 (Ser364) after etoposide, stabilizing the protein and activating its transcription and apoptotic output; dominant-negative CHK2 blocks E2F1 induction and E2F1-dependent apoptosis. E2F1 is therefore a downstream effector of the ATM-CHK2 checkpoint kinase cascade, executing the transcriptional/apoptotic arm of the damage response, rather than a component of the checkpoint signal transduction itself.
Reason: The paper establishes E2F1 as a CHK2 substrate whose stabilization couples DNA damage to transcriptional activation of pro-apoptotic genes; the authors only 'suggest a role for E2F-1 in checkpoint control'. E2F1 does not generate or transduce the checkpoint signal (ATM/ATR-CHK2 do) - it is the transcriptional output. GO:0008630 (intrinsic apoptotic signaling in response to DNA damage, same paper) and the damage-responsive transactivation captured in core_functions are the better representation; this row is kept as a non-core, DNA-damage-context annotation rather than removed, since the IMP evidence (S364A mutant, dn-CHK2) is sound.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:12717439
A Chk2 consensus phosphorylation site in E2F-1 is phosphorylated in response to DNA damage, resulting in protein stabilization, increased half-life, transcriptional activation and localization of phosphorylated E2F-1 to discrete nuclear structures.
PMID:12717439
These results suggest a role for E2F-1 in checkpoint control and provide a plausible explanation for the tumour suppressor activity of E2F-1.
GO:0000122 negative regulation of transcription by RNA polymerase II
IMP
PMID:20224733
E2F-1 has dual roles depending on the cell cycle.
ACCEPT
Summary: Sahin & Sladek 2010 (full text) compare wild-type E2F1 with the pRB-binding-defective E2F1-Y411C mutant in murine fibroblasts: in asynchronously cycling cells wild-type E2F1, as part of the E2F1/pRB complex, represses DHFR, b-myb, TK and cdc2, whereas in cells re-entering the cycle it activates the same genes. The repression is pRB-dependent (the 411 mutant cannot repress).
Reason: E2F1 does part of the work of this process: it supplies the sequence-specific DNA binding that positions the RB1 corepressor and its associated histone deacetylase activity on E2F target promoters, and the repression is lost when the E2F1-RB1 interface is disrupted (the Y411C/411 mutant cannot repress). This is a scaffold-type contribution rather than intrinsic repressor activity, and it is one half of the G1/S switch that defines E2F1 biology - the same assembly captured by GO:0035189 (Rb-E2F complex) and by core_functions[1]. Accepted rather than demoted, because grading it non-core while treating the Rb-E2F corepressor platform as a core function would be internally inconsistent.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:20224733
E2F-1 acts as part of the repression complex with pRB in the expression of DHFR, b-myb, TK and cdc2 in asynchronously growing cells; on the other hand, E2F-1 acts as an activator in the expression of the same genes in cells that are re-entering the cycle.
GO:0000228 nuclear chromosome
IEA
GO_REF:0000107
ACCEPT
Summary: Ensembl Compara transfer from rat E2f1 of nuclear chromosome localization. E2F1 is a chromatin-bound nuclear TF occupying E2F-site promoters and, after DNA damage, sites of UV lesions and double-strand breaks.
Reason: Consistent with the direct chromatin (GO:0000785 IDA) and nucleus evidence; the chromosome term is a coarser but correct parent.
GO:0000785 chromatin
IDA
PMID:21454377
MiR-15 and miR-16 are direct transcriptional targets of E2F1...
ACCEPT
Summary: ChIP shows endogenous E2F1 bound to the miR-15/16 cluster promoters (Ofir et al. 2011).
Reason: Promoter ChIP is direct evidence of chromatin occupancy; E2F1 acts on chromatin. Core location.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:21454377
Moreover, activation of endogenous E2Fs upregulates expression of these miRs and endogenous E2F1 binds their respective promoters.
GO:0000785 chromatin
IEA
GO_REF:0000107
ACCEPT
Summary: Ensembl Compara transfer of chromatin localization from mouse E2f1.
Reason: Canonical location, directly supported by ChIP on human E2F1.
GO:0000785 chromatin
ISA
GO_REF:0000113
ACCEPT
Summary: TFClass-derived chromatin localization for the E2F class.
Reason: Canonical location for a sequence-specific TF, experimentally supported.
GO:0000976 transcription cis-regulatory region binding
IEA
GO_REF:0000107
ACCEPT
Summary: Ensembl Compara transfer from mouse E2f1 of transcription cis-regulatory region binding.
Reason: Correct, broader parent of the IBA-supported GO:0000978; acceptable IEA generality.
GO:0000978 RNA polymerase II cis-regulatory region sequence-specific DNA binding
IBA
GO_REF:0000033
ACCEPT
Summary: PAINT-inferred Pol II cis-regulatory region sequence-specific DNA binding for the E2F node (mouse E2f1/E2f3 and human E2F5/E2F7 experimental descendants). E2F1-DP heterodimers bind the TTTC[CG]CGC E2F consensus in Pol II promoters via the winged-helix domain (residues 110-194).
Reason: Defining DNA-binding activity of the family and of E2F1; consistent with SELEX (PMID:23332764, PMID:28473536) and promoter ChIP data on E2F1 itself. Core function.
Supporting Evidence:
file:human/E2F1/E2F1-uniprot.txt
Transcription activator that binds DNA cooperatively with DP
GO:0000978 RNA polymerase II cis-regulatory region sequence-specific DNA binding
IEA
GO_REF:0000002
ACCEPT
Summary: InterPro2GO mapping from the E2F family entry IPR015633.
Reason: Correct family-level mapping, consistent with IBA and experimental evidence.
GO:0000981 DNA-binding transcription factor activity, RNA polymerase II-specific
IBA
GO_REF:0000033
ACCEPT
Summary: PAINT-inferred DNA-binding transcription factor activity, RNA polymerase II-specific, for the E2F family node (fly E2f1/E2f2, mouse E2f1/E2f3, human E2F1-6 among the experimental descendants, including E2F1 itself). E2F1-DP heterodimers bind TTTC[CG]CGC E2F sites in Pol II promoters and activate transcription.
Reason: The defining molecular function of E2F1; robust phylogenetic placement with experimental grounding on the target itself. Core function (core_functions[0]).
Supporting Evidence:
file:human/E2F1/E2F1-uniprot.txt
Transcription activator that binds DNA cooperatively with DP
file:human/E2F1/E2F1-deep-research-falcon.md
Its primary molecular function is to act in the **nucleus as a sequence-specific, DP-dependent transcriptional activator**.
GO:0000981 DNA-binding transcription factor activity, RNA polymerase II-specific
IMP
PMID:20040599
Regulation of E2F1-induced apoptosis by the nucleolar protei...
ACCEPT
Summary: RRP1B promoter analysis demonstrates selective E2F1-responsive transactivation (Paik et al. 2010).
Reason: Direct promoter-level evidence for Pol II-specific transcription factor activity; canonical function.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:20040599
We now identify a nucleolar protein, RRP1B, as an E2F1-specific transcriptional target. We characterize the RRP1B promoter and demonstrate its selective response to E2F1.
GO:0000981 DNA-binding transcription factor activity, RNA polymerase II-specific
ISA
GO_REF:0000113
ACCEPT
Summary: TFClass-based annotation (class 3.3.2, E2F-related winged-helix factors) of sequence-specific Pol II DNA-binding transcription factor activity.
Reason: E2F1 is the founding member of the E2F winged-helix class; correct.
GO:0000987 cis-regulatory region sequence-specific DNA binding
IDA
PMID:15735762
Induction of human metallothionein 1G promoter by VEGF and h...
ACCEPT
Summary: Joshi et al. 2005: ChIP shows E2F1-3 bind the endogenous human MT1G promoter E2F sites upon VEGF stimulation of aortic endothelial cells, with concomitant loss of pocket-protein occupancy; E2F1 induces the hMT1G promoter in transfection.
Reason: Direct cis-regulatory region binding at E2F sites. The more specific Pol II child GO:0000978 is also annotated; this parent is not wrong and is retained.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:15735762
VEGF stimulation led to an increased binding of E2Fs 1-3 to the endogenous hMT1G promoter; at the same time, the binding of Rb, p107 and p130 to the promoter was abolished.
PMID:15735762
hMT1G promoter could be induced by E2F1 in transient transfections; further, deletion analysis suggested that the region spanning the E2F-binding sites was necessary for VEGF-mediated induction.
GO:0001216 DNA-binding transcription activator activity
IDA
PMID:28992046
Phosphorylated E2F1 is stabilized by nuclear USP11 to drive ...
MODIFY
Summary: USP11-stabilized E2F1 drives PEG10 transcription (Wang et al. 2018).
Reason: Correct but E2F1 acts exclusively on RNA polymerase II promoters; the Pol II-specific child GO:0001228 (already annotated) is the appropriate level.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:28992046
Downregulation of USP11 increases E2F1 ubiquitination and reduces E2F1 stability and protein levels, thereby decreasing Peg10 mRNA levels.
GO:0001216 DNA-binding transcription activator activity
IEA
GO_REF:0000107
MODIFY
Summary: Ensembl Compara transfer from mouse E2f1 of DNA-binding transcription activator activity.
Reason: Correct in essence; the Pol II-specific child GO:0001228 is the informative term and is experimentally annotated.
GO:0001228 DNA-binding transcription activator activity, RNA polymerase II-specific
IDA
PMID:17062573
Human TFDP3, a novel DP protein, inhibits DNA binding and tr...
ACCEPT
Summary: Qiao et al. 2007: E2F1 heterodimerizes with TFDP1/2 to give high-affinity E2F-site binding and transcriptional activation, whereas TFDP3 heterodimers fail to bind the E2F consensus and inhibit E2F-mediated activation. E2F1 transactivation was directly assayed.
Reason: The most specific MF term for E2F1's defining activity - a Pol II-specific DNA-binding transcription activator (as the E2F1-DP heterodimer). Core function.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:17062573
The two known DP proteins, TFDP1 and -2, bind E2Fs to form heterodimers essential for high affinity DNA binding and efficient transcriptional activation/repression.
PMID:17062573
Although TFDP3 retained the capacity to bind to E2F proteins, the resulting heterodimers failed to interact with the E2F consensus sequence.
GO:0003677 DNA binding
IDA
PMID:15073182
Heregulin regulates the ability of the ErbB3-binding protein...
MODIFY
Summary: Zhang & Hamburger 2004: Ebp1 associates with E2F1 consensus oligonucleotides together with E2F1, pRB and HDAC2 (EMSA/ChIP on the E2F1 promoter). E2F1 DNA binding is incidental to the paper's focus on Ebp1.
Reason: Bare 'DNA binding' is uninformative for a sequence-specific TF; the assay shows E2F-site binding, i.e. GO:0000978 (RNA polymerase II cis-regulatory region sequence-specific DNA binding), already annotated by IBA.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:15073182
Ebp1 bound E2F consensus oligonucleotides in association with E2F1, retinoblastoma protein, and HDAC2.
GO:0003677 DNA binding
IDA
PMID:15731768
ASPP1 and ASPP2 are new transcriptional targets of E2F.
MODIFY
Summary: E2F1 binds the ASPP1/ASPP2 promoters in vivo (ChIP).
Reason: Promoter ChIP demonstrates cis-regulatory region binding; the specific term GO:0000978 is more informative than generic DNA binding.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:15731768
We show here that E2F-1 binds in vivo the promoters of ASPP1 and ASPP2 genes, two activators of p53-mediated apoptosis, E2F-1, E2F-2 and E2F-3 all activate the isolated ASPP1 and ASPP2 promoters.
GO:0003677 DNA binding
IMP
PMID:11418595
E2F transcriptional activation requires TRRAP and GCN5 cofac...
MODIFY
Summary: Lang et al. 2001 map transactivation-domain mutants affecting coactivator recruitment; DNA binding itself is a background property of the E2F-DP heterodimer in this paper.
Reason: Generic DNA binding is uninformative; replace with the sequence-specific Pol II cis-regulatory term that describes E2F1's actual DNA-binding activity.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:11418595
We conclude that E2F stimulates transcription by recruiting acetyltransferase activity and the essential cofactors GCN5 and TRRAP.
GO:0003700 DNA-binding transcription factor activity
IDA
PMID:15731768
ASPP1 and ASPP2 are new transcriptional targets of E2F.
MODIFY
Summary: Fogal et al. 2005: E2F1 binds the ASPP1 and ASPP2 promoters in vivo and activates them.
Reason: Generic parent of GO:0000981/GO:0001228; E2F1's activity is Pol II-specific and the ASPP promoters are Pol II genes.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:15731768
We show here that E2F-1 binds in vivo the promoters of ASPP1 and ASPP2 genes, two activators of p53-mediated apoptosis, E2F-1, E2F-2 and E2F-3 all activate the isolated ASPP1 and ASPP2 promoters.
GO:0003700 DNA-binding transcription factor activity
IEA
GO_REF:0000107
MODIFY
Summary: Ensembl Compara transfer from mouse E2f1 of generic DNA-binding transcription factor activity.
Reason: Generic parent; the Pol II-specific GO:0000981 is the informative level and is supported by IBA/ISA/IMP.
GO:0003700 DNA-binding transcription factor activity
TAS
PMID:11418595
E2F transcriptional activation requires TRRAP and GCN5 cofac...
MODIFY
Summary: Lang et al. 2001 (TAS): E2F1's transactivation domain recruits GCN5/TRRAP to stimulate transcription.
Reason: Generic parent term; Pol II-specific GO:0000981 is the informative level.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:11418595
We conclude that E2F stimulates transcription by recruiting acetyltransferase activity and the essential cofactors GCN5 and TRRAP.
GO:0005515 protein binding
IPI
PMID:11418595
E2F transcriptional activation requires TRRAP and GCN5 cofac...
MODIFY
Summary: Lang et al. 2001: the E2F1 transactivation domain binds the cofactor TRRAP (with GCN5) in vivo, and TRRAP/GCN5 co-expression stimulates E2F transactivation.
Reason: TRRAP is a transcription coactivator (scaffold of SAGA/TIP60 HAT complexes) recruited by the E2F1 activation domain; GO:0001223 is the informative term.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:11418595
Here we map the E2F-4 transactivation domain and show that E2F-1 and E2F-4 transactivation domains bind the acetyltransferase GCN5 and cofactor TRRAP in vivo.
PMID:11418595
We conclude that E2F stimulates transcription by recruiting acetyltransferase activity and the essential cofactors GCN5 and TRRAP.
GO:0005515 protein binding
IPI
PMID:11486038
Mre11 complex and DNA replication: linkage to E2F and sites ...
REMOVE
Summary: Maser et al. 2001: E2F1 was identified in a two-hybrid screen with the Nbs1 N terminus; the Mre11 complex co-immunoprecipitates with E2F1 and E2F1 targets it to E2F sites near replication origins.
Reason: Generic protein binding is uninformative; the interaction is real and interesting (E2F1 tethering the MRN complex to origin-proximal E2F sites) but no informative GO MF term describes it, and its functional consequence remains untested.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:11486038
We identified the E2F1 transcription factor in a screen for proteins that interacted with the Nbs1 N-terminal region and established evidence that this interaction occurs on chromatin near a defined DNA replication origin.
GO:0005515 protein binding
IPI
PMID:12502741
Structural basis for the recognition of the E2F transactivat...
MODIFY
Summary: Lee et al. 2002: crystal structure of the Rb pocket bound to an E2F transactivation-domain peptide, explaining how RB1 masks the E2F activation surface.
Reason: RB1 is the transcription corepressor that binds the E2F1 transactivation domain and marked box; 'transcription corepressor binding' (GO:0001222) is the informative MF term for this interaction, which underlies the Rb-E2F complex rows. Generic protein binding carries no functional information.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:12502741
Repression of E2F transcription activity by the retinoblastoma (Rb) tumor suppressor through its interaction with the transactivation domain of the E2F transcription factor is one of the central features of G1/S arrest in the mammalian cell cycle.
GO:0005515 protein binding
IPI
PMID:12598654
Crystal structure of the retinoblastoma tumor suppressor pro...
REMOVE
Summary: The same structural study also addresses HPV E7 displacement of E2F from pRB. E7 is a viral oncoprotein, not a human gene product.
Reason: Generic protein binding to a viral protein is uninformative about E2F1's own function; the interaction (E7 binding/displacing E2F from pRB) is a host-virus relationship better recorded in UniProt than as an E2F1 MF annotation.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:16249186
Mutation of residues within these patches reveals that one patch is required for pRb binding, whereas the other is required for E2F binding.
GO:0005515 protein binding
IPI
PMID:12598654
Crystal structure of the retinoblastoma tumor suppressor pro...
MODIFY
Summary: Xiao et al. 2003: crystal structure of the pRB pocket bound to E2F1 residues 409-426 (the core RB-binding region of E2F1).
Reason: RB1 is the transcription corepressor that binds the E2F1 transactivation domain and marked box; 'transcription corepressor binding' (GO:0001222) is the informative MF term for this interaction, which underlies the Rb-E2F complex rows. Generic protein binding carries no functional information.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:12598654
The fragment of E2F used in our structural studies, residues 409–426 of E2F-1, represents the core of the pRb-binding region of the transcription factor.
GO:0005515 protein binding
IPI
PMID:14627987
PARP-1 binds E2F-1 independently of its DNA binding and cata...
MODIFY
Summary: Simbulan-Rosenthal et al. 2003: PARP-1 binds E2F1 independently of its DNA-binding and catalytic domains and acts as a coactivator during S-phase re-entry.
Reason: PARP1 acts here as a transcription coactivator of E2F1; GO:0001223 is the informative term.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:14627987
Protein-binding reactions and coimmunoprecipitation experiments with purified PARP-1 and E2F-1, however, revealed that PARP-1 binds to E2F-1 in vitro.
GO:0005515 protein binding
IPI
PMID:16061792
Association of the human papillomavirus type 16 E7 oncoprote...
REMOVE
Summary: Huh et al. 2005 (HPV16 E7-p600 TAP/MS); E2F1 is peripheral to the paper's findings.
Reason: Uninformative generic binding to a viral protein; not an E2F1 function.
GO:0005515 protein binding
IPI
PMID:16249186
Structure of the human Papillomavirus E7 oncoprotein and its...
MODIFY
Summary: Liu et al. 2006: HPV E7 CR3 structure and mutational analysis of pRb and E2F binding; RB1 is the E2F1 partner recorded here.
Reason: RB1 is the transcription corepressor that binds the E2F1 transactivation domain and marked box; 'transcription corepressor binding' (GO:0001222) is the informative MF term for this interaction, which underlies the Rb-E2F complex rows. Generic protein binding carries no functional information.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:16249186
Mutation of residues within these patches reveals that one patch is required for pRb binding, whereas the other is required for E2F binding.
GO:0005515 protein binding
IPI
PMID:16360038
Structure of the Rb C-terminal domain bound to E2F1-DP1: a m...
MODIFY
Summary: Rubin et al. 2005 RbC-E2F1-DP1 crystal structure.
Reason: RB1 is the transcription corepressor that binds the E2F1 transactivation domain and marked box; 'transcription corepressor binding' (GO:0001222) is the informative MF term for this interaction, which underlies the Rb-E2F complex rows. Generic protein binding carries no functional information.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:16360038
The crystal structure of an RbC-E2F1-DP1 complex reveals an intertwined heterodimer in which the marked box domains of both E2F1 and DP1 contact RbC.
GO:0005515 protein binding
IPI
PMID:16360038
Structure of the Rb C-terminal domain bound to E2F1-DP1: a m...
MODIFY
Summary: Rubin et al. 2005: E2F1 and DP1 form an intertwined coiled-coil/marked-box heterodimer.
Reason: TFDP1 is E2F1's obligate heterodimerization partner; 'protein heterodimerization activity' (GO:0046982) captures the structural finding, and GO:0140297 (already annotated from this paper) captures that DP1 is a DNA-binding TF.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:16360038
The crystal structure of an RbC-E2F1-DP1 complex reveals an intertwined heterodimer in which the marked box domains of both E2F1 and DP1 contact RbC.
GO:0005515 protein binding
IPI
PMID:16374512
DNA-damage-responsive acetylation of pRb regulates binding t...
MODIFY
Summary: Markham et al. 2006: DNA-damage-responsive acetylation of pRb K873/874 regulates binding of the pRb C-terminal E2F1-specific domain to E2F1.
Reason: RB1 is the transcription corepressor that binds the E2F1 transactivation domain and marked box; 'transcription corepressor binding' (GO:0001222) is the informative MF term for this interaction, which underlies the Rb-E2F complex rows. Generic protein binding carries no functional information.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:16374512
Here, we report that the acetylation of pRb K873/874 occurs in response to DNA damage and that acetylation regulates the interaction between the C-terminal E2F-1-specific domain of pRb and E2F-1.
GO:0005515 protein binding
IPI
PMID:16892051
Interactions between E2F1 and SirT1 regulate apoptotic respo...
MODIFY
Summary: Same study; mouse Sirt1 also binds E2F1.
Reason: Mouse Sirt1 ortholog of the deacetylase partner; GO:0042826 is the informative term.
Proposed replacements: histone deacetylase binding
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:16892051
Furthermore, SirT1 binds to E2F1 and inhibits E2F1 activities, forming a negative feedback loop.
GO:0005515 protein binding
IPI
PMID:16892051
Interactions between E2F1 and SirT1 regulate apoptotic respo...
MODIFY
Summary: Wang et al. 2006: SIRT1 binds E2F1 and inhibits its transcriptional and apoptotic activities; E2F1 in turn induces SIRT1 transcription (negative feedback).
Reason: SIRT1 is an NAD-dependent (histone) deacetylase that deacetylates and inhibits E2F1; GO:0042826 is the informative term.
Proposed replacements: histone deacetylase binding
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:16892051
Furthermore, SirT1 binds to E2F1 and inhibits E2F1 activities, forming a negative feedback loop.
GO:0005515 protein binding
IPI
PMID:17006541
Regulation of TopBP1 oligomerization by Akt/PKB for cell sur...
REMOVE
Summary: Liu et al. 2006: TopBP1 (BRCT domain protein) binds E2F1 specifically and represses its pro-apoptotic activity; Akt-induced TopBP1 oligomerization is required for the interaction.
Reason: Generic term is uninformative; TOPBP1 is a repressor of E2F1 apoptosis and a recruiter of E2F1 to DNA lesions, but no GO MF term describes this non-enzymatic regulatory interaction. Removal does not question the interaction.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:17006541
This control requires TopBP1, a BRCT (BRCA1 carboxyl-terminal) domain-containing protein, which interacts with E2F1 but not other E2Fs and represses its proapoptotic activity.
GO:0005515 protein binding
IPI
PMID:17062573
Human TFDP3, a novel DP protein, inhibits DNA binding and tr...
MODIFY
Summary: Qiao et al. 2007: TFDP3 binds E2F1 but the heterodimer cannot bind the E2F consensus and inhibits E2F activation.
Reason: TFDP3 heterodimerizes with E2F1 (a dominant-negative DP); GO:0046982 is the informative term.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:17062573
Although TFDP3 retained the capacity to bind to E2F proteins, the resulting heterodimers failed to interact with the E2F consensus sequence.
GO:0005515 protein binding
IPI
PMID:17380128
Phosphorylation of pRB at Ser612 by Chk1/2 leads to a comple...
MODIFY
Summary: Inoue et al. 2007: CHK1/2 phosphorylation of pRB Ser612 after DNA damage enhances pRB-E2F1 complex formation.
Reason: RB1 is the transcription corepressor that binds the E2F1 transactivation domain and marked box; 'transcription corepressor binding' (GO:0001222) is the informative MF term for this interaction, which underlies the Rb-E2F complex rows. Generic protein binding carries no functional information.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:17380128
Phosphorylation of pRB at Ser612 enhanced the formation of a complex between pRB and E2F-1.
GO:0005515 protein binding
IPI
PMID:17517653
A genome-wide RNA interference screen identifies putative ch...
MODIFY
Summary: Lu et al. 2007: L3MBTL-family proteins are recruited to E2F promoters through E2F association (fly screen, human L3MBTL3 recorded).
Reason: L3MBTL3 is a Polycomb-like transcription corepressor recruited via E2F; GO:0001222 is the informative term.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:17517653
These factors are recruited to E2F-responsive promoters through physical association with E2F and are required for repression of endogenous E2F target genes.
GO:0005515 protein binding
IPI
PMID:17690688
The candidate tumor suppressor BTG3 is a transcriptional tar...
REMOVE
Summary: Ou et al. 2007: the p53 target BTG3 binds and inhibits E2F1, disrupting its DNA binding.
Reason: Generic term is uninformative and no GO MF term captures 'being inhibited by BTG3'; the biology is a regulatory input on E2F1. Interaction not disputed.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:17690688
In vitro, BTG3 binds to and inhibits E2F1 through an N-terminal domain including the conserved box A.
GO:0005515 protein binding
IPI
PMID:17704056
Regulation of E2F1 function by the nuclear corepressor KAP1.
MODIFY
Summary: Wang et al. 2007: the nuclear corepressor KAP1/TRIM28 binds E2F1 pRb-independently, promotes E2F1-HDAC1 complex formation, blocks E2F1 acetylation and represses E2F1 transcription and apoptosis.
Reason: TRIM28 is a transcription corepressor; GO:0001222 is the informative term.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:17704056
Here we report that KAP1 binds the E2F1 transcription factor in a retinoblastoma protein (pRb)-independent fashion and inhibits E2F1 activity.
GO:0005515 protein binding
IPI
PMID:17704056
Regulation of E2F1 function by the nuclear corepressor KAP1.
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Summary: Same study: KAP1 stimulates formation of an E2F1-HDAC1 complex that deacetylates E2F1.
Reason: HDAC1 is a histone deacetylase recruited to E2F1 (here via KAP1, classically via RB1); GO:0042826 is the informative term.
Proposed replacements: histone deacetylase binding
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:17704056
KAP1 stimulates formation of E2F1-HDAC1 complex and inhibits E2F1 acetylation.
GO:0005515 protein binding
IPI
PMID:18660514
Multimolecular complex of Par-4 and E2F1 binding to Smac pro...
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Summary: Lu et al. 2008: Par-4 and E2F1 form a complex on the Smac promoter; E2F1 provides the direct DNA contact.
Reason: Generic term is uninformative; the relevant E2F1 activity (promoter binding) is captured by the DNA-binding rows. Interaction not disputed.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:18660514
Moreover, in the complex, E2F1, not Par-4, was found to be directly bound to the Smac promoter, suggesting that Par-4 exerted indirectly its transcriptional control on the Smac gene though interacting with E2F1.
GO:0005515 protein binding
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PMID:18660752
MCPH1/BRIT1 cooperates with E2F1 in the activation of checkp...
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Summary: Yang et al. 2008: MCPH1/BRIT1 interacts with E2F1 on CHK1, BRCA1 and p73 promoters and is required for E2F1-dependent checkpoint/repair/apoptosis gene induction.
Reason: MCPH1 functions here as a promoter-bound coactivator of E2F1 target genes; GO:0001223 is the informative term.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:18660752
MCPH1 interacts with E2F1 on the p73 promoter, and regulates p73 induction and E2F1-induced apoptosis as a result of DNA damage.
GO:0005515 protein binding
IPI
PMID:18794899
E2F1 represses beta-catenin transcription and is antagonized...
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Summary: Morris et al. 2008: E2F1 represses beta-catenin/TCF transcription and is antagonized by CDK8 (Mediator kinase), which binds E2F1.
Reason: CDK8 is a protein kinase that binds and inhibits E2F1; GO:0019901 (protein kinase binding), already annotated by IEA, is the informative term.
Proposed replacements: protein kinase binding
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:18794899
Here we show that E2F1 is a potent and specific inhibitor of beta-catenin/T-cell factor (TCF)-dependent transcription, and that this function contributes to E2F1-induced apoptosis.
GO:0005515 protein binding
IPI
PMID:19188449
hSirT1-dependent regulation of the PCAF-E2F1-p73 apoptotic p...
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Summary: Pediconi et al. 2009: hSirT1, PCAF and E2F1 are co-recruited to the P1p73 promoter; SirT1 represses E2F1-dependent TP73 activation.
Reason: Deacetylase partner on the p73 promoter; GO:0042826 is the informative term.
Proposed replacements: histone deacetylase binding
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:19188449
The release of PCAF from hSirT1 repression favors the assembly of transcriptionally active PCAF/E2F1 complexes onto the P1p73 promoter and p53-independent apoptosis.
GO:0005515 protein binding
IPI
PMID:19249677
Proapoptotic function of the retinoblastoma tumor suppressor...
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Summary: Ianari et al. 2009: DNA damage and E1A oncogenic stress promote a pRB-E2F1 complex on transcriptionally active pro-apoptotic promoters.
Reason: RB1 is the transcription corepressor that binds the E2F1 transactivation domain and marked box; 'transcription corepressor binding' (GO:0001222) is the informative MF term for this interaction, which underlies the Rb-E2F complex rows. Generic protein binding carries no functional information.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:19249677
Here we show that DNA damage and E1A-induced oncogenic stress promote formation of a pRB-E2F1 complex even in proliferating cells.
GO:0005515 protein binding
IPI
PMID:20040599
Regulation of E2F1-induced apoptosis by the nucleolar protei...
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Summary: Paik et al. 2010: RRP1B, an E2F1 target, forms complexes with E2F1 on selective pro-apoptotic promoters and is required for their expression.
Reason: RRP1B acts as a promoter-specific coactivator of E2F1; GO:0001223 is the informative term.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:20040599
This activity is mediated in part by complex formation between RRP1B and E2F1 on selective E2F1 target gene promoters.
GO:0005515 protein binding
IPI
PMID:20133863
Inhibition of poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase down-regulates BRC...
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Summary: Hegan et al. 2010: PARP inhibition down-regulates BRCA1/RAD51 via E2F4/p130; E2F1-PARP1 interaction recorded.
Reason: Generic and uninformative; the paper's mechanism concerns E2F4/p130 rather than E2F1.
GO:0005515 protein binding
IPI
PMID:20195357
A comprehensive resource of interacting protein regions for ...
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Summary: Miyamoto-Sato et al. 2010 high-throughput TF interacting-region resource; STAT1-E2F1 pair.
Reason: STAT1 is a DNA-binding TF; GO:0140297 is the informative term (high-throughput evidence, functional consequence uncharacterized).
GO:0005515 protein binding
IPI
PMID:20195357
A comprehensive resource of interacting protein regions for ...
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Summary: Miyamoto-Sato et al. 2010 high-throughput resource; NCOR2/SMRT-E2F1 pair.
Reason: NCOR2 is a transcription corepressor; GO:0001222 is the informative term (high-throughput evidence).
GO:0005515 protein binding
IPI
PMID:20211142
An atlas of combinatorial transcriptional regulation in mous...
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Summary: Ravasi et al. 2010 combinatorial TF-TF interaction atlas (M2H); E2F1-TFDP1 recovered.
Reason: Obligate heterodimer partner; GO:0046982 is the informative term.
GO:0005515 protein binding
IPI
PMID:20224733
E2F-1 has dual roles depending on the cell cycle.
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Summary: Co-IP of E2F1 with mouse pRb in psi-CRE fibroblasts (Sahin & Sladek 2010).
Reason: RB1 is the transcription corepressor that binds the E2F1 transactivation domain and marked box; 'transcription corepressor binding' (GO:0001222) is the informative MF term for this interaction, which underlies the Rb-E2F complex rows. Generic protein binding carries no functional information.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:20224733
E2F-1 acts as part of the repression complex with pRB in the expression of DHFR, b-myb, TK and cdc2 in asynchronously growing cells; on the other hand, E2F-1 acts as an activator in the expression of the same genes in cells that are re-entering the cycle.
GO:0005515 protein binding
IPI
PMID:20622854
PHF8 mediates histone H4 lysine 20 demethylation events invo...
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Summary: Liu et al. 2010: the H4K20me1 demethylase PHF8 controls G1-S in conjunction with E2F1, HCF-1 and SET1A at E2F1-regulated promoters.
Reason: PHF8 is a chromatin coactivator recruited to E2F1 target promoters; GO:0001223 is the informative term.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:20622854
PHF8 is recruited to promoters by its PHD domain based on interaction with H3K4me2/3 and controls G1-S transition in conjunction with E2F1, HCF-1 (also known as HCFC1) and SET1A (also known as SETD1A)
GO:0005515 protein binding
IPI
PMID:20729920
TRIM16 acts as a tumour suppressor by inhibitory effects on ...
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Summary: Marshall et al. 2010: TRIM16 binds nuclear E2F1 in neuroblastoma cells and reduces E2F1 levels.
Reason: Generic term is uninformative; tumour-type-specific regulatory interaction without a corresponding informative MF term. Interaction not disputed.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:20729920
TRIM16 bound directly to cytoplasmic vimentin and nuclear E2F1 in neuroblastoma cells.
GO:0005515 protein binding
IPI
PMID:20871633
p38 phosphorylates Rb on Ser567 by a novel, cell cycle-indep...
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Summary: Delston et al. 2011 (p38 phosphorylation of Rb Ser567); E2F1-Rb binding assayed as part of Rb functional characterisation.
Reason: RB1 is the transcription corepressor that binds the E2F1 transactivation domain and marked box; 'transcription corepressor binding' (GO:0001222) is the informative MF term for this interaction, which underlies the Rb-E2F complex rows. Generic protein binding carries no functional information.
GO:0005515 protein binding
IPI
PMID:20972224
GCN5 and E2F1 stimulate nucleotide excision repair by promot...
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Summary: Guo et al. 2011: E2F1 associates with GCN5 after UV and recruits it to sites of damage, where H3K9 acetylation requires both proteins; transcription-independent role in NER.
Reason: GCN5/KAT2A is a histone acetyltransferase; GO:0035035 is the informative term.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:20972224
Here we demonstrate that E2F1 associates with the GCN5 histone acetyltransferase in response to UV radiation and recruits GCN5 to sites of damage.
GO:0005515 protein binding
IPI
PMID:21653699
Cellular inhibitor of apoptosis protein-1 (cIAP1) can regula...
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Summary: Cartier et al. 2011: nuclear cIAP1/BIRC2 directly binds the E2F1 DNA-binding domain and increases E2F1 transactivation of CCNE/CCNA.
Reason: BIRC2 acts here as a transcription coactivator of E2F1 on cyclin promoters; GO:0001223 is the informative term.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:21653699
Here, we show that the N-terminal part of cIAP1 directly interacts with the DNA binding domain of the E2F1 transcription factor.
GO:0005515 protein binding
IPI
PMID:22327218
Arginine methylation controls growth regulation by E2F-1.
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Summary: Cho et al. 2012: PRMT5 directly methylates E2F1 arginines, controlling its stability and DNA-binding activity.
Reason: Generic term is uninformative; PRMT5 is an enzyme acting on E2F1 (E2F1 is the substrate), which is not an E2F1 molecular function. Interaction not disputed.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:22327218
We show here that E2F-1 is directly methylated by PRMT5 (protein arginine methyltransferase 5), and that arginine methylation is responsible for regulating its biochemical and functional properties
GO:0005515 protein binding
IPI
PMID:22327218
Arginine methylation controls growth regulation by E2F-1.
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Summary: Cho et al. 2012 (PRMT5 arginine methylation of E2F1); E2F1-DP1 heterodimer assayed.
Reason: Obligate heterodimer partner; GO:0046982 is the informative term.
GO:0005515 protein binding
IPI
PMID:22810586
Interpreting cancer genomes using systematic host network pe...
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Summary: Rozenblatt-Rosen et al. 2012 systematic tumour-virus host network; HPV E7-E2F1 recovered.
Reason: Uninformative generic binding to a viral protein from a high-throughput screen.
GO:0005515 protein binding
IPI
PMID:23472054
The ING1a tumor suppressor regulates endocytosis to induce c...
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Summary: Rajarajacholan et al. 2013 (ING1a senescence via Rb-E2F); Rb-E2F1 interaction assessed.
Reason: RB1 is the transcription corepressor that binds the E2F1 transactivation domain and marked box; 'transcription corepressor binding' (GO:0001222) is the informative MF term for this interaction, which underlies the Rb-E2F complex rows. Generic protein binding carries no functional information.
GO:0005515 protein binding
IPI
PMID:23629655
Mixed lineage leukemia 5 (MLL5) protein regulates cell cycle...
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Summary: Zhou et al. 2013: HCF-1 associates with E2F1 and bridges MLL5 to E2F1-responsive promoters for H3K4 trimethylation.
Reason: HCFC1 is a transcription coactivator that couples E2F1 to the MLL5/SET1 H3K4 methyltransferase; GO:0001223 is the informative term.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:23629655
Conclusion: MLL5 stimulates H3K4 trimethylation at E2F1 responsive promoters and cause transcriptional activation of E2F1 target genes to facilitate the G 1 to S phase transition.
GO:0005515 protein binding
IPI
PMID:24502362
Regulation of DNA methyltransferase 1 transcription in BRCA1...
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Summary: Li et al. 2014: E2F1 and KAT2A/H3K9ac at the DNMT1 promoter in BRCA1-mutant breast cancer.
Reason: GCN5/KAT2A is a histone acetyltransferase partner of E2F1; GO:0035035 is the informative term.
GO:0005515 protein binding
IPI
PMID:24981860
Human-chromatin-related protein interactions identify a deme...
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Summary: Marcon et al. 2014 chromatin-related protein interaction map; E2F1-TFDP1 recovered.
Reason: Obligate heterodimer partner; GO:0046982 is the informative term.
GO:0005515 protein binding
IPI
PMID:27705803
A High-Density Map for Navigating the Human Polycomb Complex...
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Summary: Hauri et al. 2016 Polycomb complexome AP-MS; E2F1-TFDP1 recovered.
Reason: Obligate heterodimer partner; GO:0046982 is the informative term.
GO:0005515 protein binding
IPI
PMID:29521627
A compartmentalized signaling network mediates crossover con...
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Summary: Zhang et al. 2018 (C. elegans meiotic crossover signaling network); a mammalian Rb-E2F1 interaction appears only as a methodological control/comparator in this paper.
Reason: RB1 is the transcription corepressor that binds the E2F1 transactivation domain and marked box; 'transcription corepressor binding' (GO:0001222) is the informative MF term for this interaction, which underlies the Rb-E2F complex rows. Generic protein binding carries no functional information. The paper's subject (worm meiosis) is unrelated to E2F1 biology, but the RB1-E2F1 pair itself is beyond doubt.
GO:0005515 protein binding
IPI
PMID:29691401
Methylated DNMT1 and E2F1 are targeted for proteolysis by L3...
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Summary: Leng et al. 2018: L3MBTL3 binds SETD7-methylated K185 of E2F1 and recruits CRL4-DCAF5 for proteolysis.
Reason: Generic term is uninformative; the interaction is a degradation-targeting event (methyl-lysine reader) rather than a molecular function of E2F1. Interaction not disputed.
GO:0005515 protein binding
IPI
PMID:32814053
Interactome Mapping Provides a Network of Neurodegenerative ...
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Summary: Haenig et al. 2020 neurodegenerative-disease interactome (Y2H); APP-E2F1 pair.
Reason: High-throughput two-hybrid pair without functional follow-up; generic term uninformative.
GO:0005515 protein binding
IPI
PMID:34591612
A protein interaction landscape of breast cancer.
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Summary: Kim et al. 2021 breast cancer AP-MS interaction landscape; RB1-E2F1 recovered.
Reason: RB1 is the transcription corepressor that binds the E2F1 transactivation domain and marked box; 'transcription corepressor binding' (GO:0001222) is the informative MF term for this interaction, which underlies the Rb-E2F complex rows. Generic protein binding carries no functional information.
GO:0005515 protein binding
IPI
PMID:34591642
A protein network map of head and neck cancer reveals PIK3CA...
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Summary: Swaney et al. 2021 head-and-neck cancer AP-MS network; RB1-E2F1 recovered.
Reason: RB1 is the transcription corepressor that binds the E2F1 transactivation domain and marked box; 'transcription corepressor binding' (GO:0001222) is the informative MF term for this interaction, which underlies the Rb-E2F complex rows. Generic protein binding carries no functional information.
GO:0005515 protein binding
IPI
PMID:34591642
A protein network map of head and neck cancer reveals PIK3CA...
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Summary: Swaney et al. 2021 AP-MS network; TFDP1-E2F1 heterodimer recovered.
Reason: TFDP1 is the obligate heterodimeric partner; GO:0046982 is the informative term.
GO:0005515 protein binding
IPI
PMID:35140242
Human transcription factor protein interaction networks.
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Summary: Goos et al. 2022 human TF interactome (AP-MS/BioID); RB1-E2F1 recovered.
Reason: RB1 is the transcription corepressor that binds the E2F1 transactivation domain and marked box; 'transcription corepressor binding' (GO:0001222) is the informative MF term for this interaction, which underlies the Rb-E2F complex rows. Generic protein binding carries no functional information.
GO:0005515 protein binding
IPI
PMID:35140242
Human transcription factor protein interaction networks.
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Summary: Goos et al. 2022 TF interactome; TFDP1-E2F1 recovered.
Reason: Obligate heterodimer partner; GO:0046982 is the informative term.
GO:0005515 protein binding
IPI
PMID:35140242
Human transcription factor protein interaction networks.
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Summary: Goos et al. 2022 TF interactome; KAT2A (GCN5) recovered with E2F1, consistent with the targeted GCN5 recruitment studies.
Reason: GCN5/KAT2A is the histone acetyltransferase E2F1 recruits to promoters and to UV lesions (PMID:11418595, PMID:20972224); 'histone acetyltransferase binding' (GO:0035035) is the informative term.
GO:0005515 protein binding
IPI
PMID:39938803
Structural and functional analysis of cancer-associated miss...
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Summary: Castro et al. 2025: fluorescence-polarization binding of Rb pocket cancer variants to the E2F1 transactivation-domain peptide.
Reason: RB1 is the transcription corepressor that binds the E2F1 transactivation domain and marked box; 'transcription corepressor binding' (GO:0001222) is the informative MF term for this interaction, which underlies the Rb-E2F complex rows. Generic protein binding carries no functional information.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:39938803
In this FP assay, a peptide of the E2F1 transactivation domain that is N-labeled with tetramethyl rhodamine dye (TMR-E2F1TD) is measured in the presence of unl
GO:0005515 protein binding
IPI
PMID:7784053
Cloning and characterization of human DP2, a novel dimerizat...
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Summary: Zhang & Chellappan 1995: cloning of DP2 (TFDP2), which dimerizes with E2F to form a DNA-binding heterodimer.
Reason: TFDP2 is an alternative obligate heterodimerization partner; GO:0046982 is the informative term.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:7784053
DP2 binds to E2F as detected by in vitro reconstitution assays and an E2F-DP2 heterodimer can bind to DNA in gel-retardation assays.
GO:0005515 protein binding
IPI
PMID:8336704
A bipartite nuclear localization signal in the retinoblastom...
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Summary: Zacksenhaus et al. 1993: RB1 NLS mutants retain in vitro binding to E2F.
Reason: RB1 is the transcription corepressor that binds the E2F1 transactivation domain and marked box; 'transcription corepressor binding' (GO:0001222) is the informative MF term for this interaction, which underlies the Rb-E2F complex rows. Generic protein binding carries no functional information.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:8336704
Neither NLS(NQ) nor delta NLS was hyperphosphorylated in vivo, but both retained their abilities to interact, in vitro, with simian virus 40 large T antigen, adenovirus E1a, and the cellular transcription factor E2F.
GO:0005515 protein binding
IPI
PMID:8657141
Interaction of Sp1 with the growth- and cell cycle-regulated...
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Summary: Karlseder et al. 1996: E2F1-3 (via the N terminus) bind Sp1 in vitro and in vivo, and the two factors cooperate on the thymidine kinase promoter.
Reason: SP1 is a DNA-binding transcription factor; GO:0140297 is the informative term.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:8657141
This was verified by demonstrating with the use of glutathione S-transferase fusion proteins that E2F and Sp1 bind to each other in vitro.
GO:0005515 protein binding
IPI
PMID:9418871
DDB, a putative DNA repair protein, can function as a transc...
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Summary: Hayes et al. 1998: DDB (DDB2 p48 subunit) binds the E2F1 activation domain and stimulates E2F1-activated transcription.
Reason: The paper characterizes DDB as a transcriptional partner that stimulates E2F1 transactivation; GO:0001223 is the informative term.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:9418871
Here we show that DDB, a putative DNA repair protein, associates with the activation domain of E2F1.
GO:0005515 protein binding
IPI
PMID:9468139
Retinoblastoma protein recruits histone deacetylase to repre...
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Summary: Brehm et al. 1998: Rb associates with HDAC1 through its pocket and can recruit the deacetylase to E2F to repress cyclin E; the E2F1-HDAC1 association is Rb-bridged.
Reason: The functional relationship (HDAC1 recruited to E2F1-bound promoters) is captured by 'histone deacetylase binding'; the generic term is uninformative. The abstract indicates the association is via Rb, which the replacement term does not contradict.
Proposed replacements: histone deacetylase binding
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:9468139
We find that Rb can recruit histone deacetylase to E2F and that Rb cooperates with HDAC1 to repress the E2F-regulated promoter of the gene encoding the cell-cycle protein cyclin E.
GO:0005515 protein binding
IPI
PMID:9468140
Retinoblastoma protein represses transcription by recruiting...
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Summary: Magnaghi-Jaulin et al. 1998: HDAC1 physically interacts with Rb (LXCXE motif) and cooperates in repression of E2F1-recruited promoters.
Reason: As for PMID:9468139: GO:0042826 is the informative term for the E2F1-HDAC1 (Rb-bridged) relationship; generic protein binding is uninformative.
Proposed replacements: histone deacetylase binding
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:9468140
Rb, which is recruited to target promoters by E2F1, represses transcription by masking the E2F1 transactivation domain and by inhibiting surrounding enhancer elements
GO:0005634 nucleus
IDA
PMID:12717439
Chk2 activates E2F-1 in response to DNA damage.
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Summary: Phosphorylated E2F1 localizes to discrete nuclear structures after DNA damage (Stevens et al. 2003).
Reason: Canonical nuclear localization.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:12717439
A Chk2 consensus phosphorylation site in E2F-1 is phosphorylated in response to DNA damage, resulting in protein stabilization, increased half-life, transcriptional activation and localization of phosphorylated E2F-1 to discrete nuclear structures.
GO:0005634 nucleus
IDA
PMID:1531329
The interaction of RB with E2F coincides with an inhibition ...
ACCEPT
Summary: E2F-pRB complex formation and transcriptional assays (Hiebert et al. 1992); E2F is a nuclear transcription factor.
Reason: Canonical nuclear localization.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:1531329
Assays of transcription from the adenovirus E2 promoter in transfection experiments demonstrate that formation of the complex containing pRB and E2F coincides with an inhibition of E2F-dependent transcriptional activity.
GO:0005634 nucleus
IDA
PMID:20040599
Regulation of E2F1-induced apoptosis by the nucleolar protei...
ACCEPT
Summary: E2F1-RRP1B interaction observed in the nucleolus and nucleoplasmic punctates (Paik et al. 2010).
Reason: Canonical nuclear localization.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:20040599
Interaction between RRP1B and E2F1 can be found inside the nucleolus and diffuse nucleoplasmic punctates.
GO:0005634 nucleus
IDA
PMID:28992046
Phosphorylated E2F1 is stabilized by nuclear USP11 to drive ...
ACCEPT
Summary: Nuclear USP11 deubiquitinates E2F1 in the nucleus, where E2F1 drives Peg10 transcription (Wang et al. 2018); GOA records this as is_active_in.
Reason: Canonical nuclear localization where E2F1 is active.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:28992046
which removes K63-linked ubiquitin chains thereby preventing E2F1 degradation in the nuclei.
GO:0005634 nucleus
IEA
GO_REF:0000120
ACCEPT
Summary: Combined IEA (UniProt subcellular-location keyword and mouse ortholog) for nucleus.
Reason: Canonical nuclear localization, supported by multiple IDA rows.
Supporting Evidence:
file:human/E2F1/E2F1-uniprot.txt
SUBCELLULAR LOCATION: Nucleus
GO:0005654 nucleoplasm
IDA
GO_REF:0000052
ACCEPT
Summary: Human Protein Atlas immunofluorescence curation places E2F1 in the nucleoplasm.
Reason: Consistent with all other nuclear evidence; nucleoplasm is the compartment in which E2F1 acts on chromatin.
GO:0005654 nucleoplasm
TAS
Reactome:R-HSA-187937
ACCEPT
Summary: TAS nucleoplasm annotation from Reactome event R-HSA-187937 (E2F1-containing transcription events in the cell-cycle/G1-S, DNA-damage and apoptosis pathways). E2F1 is a nuclear, chromatin-associated transcription factor.
Reason: Nucleoplasm is the canonical compartment of E2F1 activity; each Reactome event is a separate record of the same localization and all are consolidated to ACCEPT (RB1 review precedent).
GO:0005654 nucleoplasm
TAS
Reactome:R-HSA-187959
ACCEPT
Summary: TAS nucleoplasm annotation from Reactome event R-HSA-187959 (E2F1-containing transcription events in the cell-cycle/G1-S, DNA-damage and apoptosis pathways). E2F1 is a nuclear, chromatin-associated transcription factor.
Reason: Nucleoplasm is the canonical compartment of E2F1 activity; each Reactome event is a separate record of the same localization and all are consolidated to ACCEPT (RB1 review precedent).
GO:0005654 nucleoplasm
TAS
Reactome:R-HSA-3209096
ACCEPT
Summary: TAS nucleoplasm annotation from Reactome event R-HSA-3209096 (E2F1-containing transcription events in the cell-cycle/G1-S, DNA-damage and apoptosis pathways). E2F1 is a nuclear, chromatin-associated transcription factor.
Reason: Nucleoplasm is the canonical compartment of E2F1 activity; each Reactome event is a separate record of the same localization and all are consolidated to ACCEPT (RB1 review precedent).
GO:0005654 nucleoplasm
TAS
Reactome:R-HSA-3240765
ACCEPT
Summary: TAS nucleoplasm annotation from Reactome event R-HSA-3240765 (E2F1-containing transcription events in the cell-cycle/G1-S, DNA-damage and apoptosis pathways). E2F1 is a nuclear, chromatin-associated transcription factor.
Reason: Nucleoplasm is the canonical compartment of E2F1 activity; each Reactome event is a separate record of the same localization and all are consolidated to ACCEPT (RB1 review precedent).
GO:0005654 nucleoplasm
TAS
Reactome:R-HSA-3240766
ACCEPT
Summary: TAS nucleoplasm annotation from Reactome event R-HSA-3240766 (E2F1-containing transcription events in the cell-cycle/G1-S, DNA-damage and apoptosis pathways). E2F1 is a nuclear, chromatin-associated transcription factor.
Reason: Nucleoplasm is the canonical compartment of E2F1 activity; each Reactome event is a separate record of the same localization and all are consolidated to ACCEPT (RB1 review precedent).
GO:0005654 nucleoplasm
TAS
Reactome:R-HSA-3240777
ACCEPT
Summary: TAS nucleoplasm annotation from Reactome event R-HSA-3240777 (E2F1-containing transcription events in the cell-cycle/G1-S, DNA-damage and apoptosis pathways). E2F1 is a nuclear, chromatin-associated transcription factor.
Reason: Nucleoplasm is the canonical compartment of E2F1 activity; each Reactome event is a separate record of the same localization and all are consolidated to ACCEPT (RB1 review precedent).
GO:0005654 nucleoplasm
TAS
Reactome:R-HSA-4331324
ACCEPT
Summary: TAS nucleoplasm annotation from Reactome event R-HSA-4331324 (E2F1-containing transcription events in the cell-cycle/G1-S, DNA-damage and apoptosis pathways). E2F1 is a nuclear, chromatin-associated transcription factor.
Reason: Nucleoplasm is the canonical compartment of E2F1 activity; each Reactome event is a separate record of the same localization and all are consolidated to ACCEPT (RB1 review precedent).
GO:0005654 nucleoplasm
TAS
Reactome:R-HSA-4331327
ACCEPT
Summary: TAS nucleoplasm annotation from Reactome event R-HSA-4331327 (E2F1-containing transcription events in the cell-cycle/G1-S, DNA-damage and apoptosis pathways). E2F1 is a nuclear, chromatin-associated transcription factor.
Reason: Nucleoplasm is the canonical compartment of E2F1 activity; each Reactome event is a separate record of the same localization and all are consolidated to ACCEPT (RB1 review precedent).
GO:0005654 nucleoplasm
TAS
Reactome:R-HSA-4395231
ACCEPT
Summary: TAS nucleoplasm annotation from Reactome event R-HSA-4395231 (E2F1-containing transcription events in the cell-cycle/G1-S, DNA-damage and apoptosis pathways). E2F1 is a nuclear, chromatin-associated transcription factor.
Reason: Nucleoplasm is the canonical compartment of E2F1 activity; each Reactome event is a separate record of the same localization and all are consolidated to ACCEPT (RB1 review precedent).
GO:0005654 nucleoplasm
TAS
Reactome:R-HSA-6798353
ACCEPT
Summary: TAS nucleoplasm annotation from Reactome event R-HSA-6798353 (E2F1-containing transcription events in the cell-cycle/G1-S, DNA-damage and apoptosis pathways). E2F1 is a nuclear, chromatin-associated transcription factor.
Reason: Nucleoplasm is the canonical compartment of E2F1 activity; each Reactome event is a separate record of the same localization and all are consolidated to ACCEPT (RB1 review precedent).
GO:0005654 nucleoplasm
TAS
Reactome:R-HSA-8953556
ACCEPT
Summary: TAS nucleoplasm annotation from Reactome event R-HSA-8953556 (E2F1-containing transcription events in the cell-cycle/G1-S, DNA-damage and apoptosis pathways). E2F1 is a nuclear, chromatin-associated transcription factor.
Reason: Nucleoplasm is the canonical compartment of E2F1 activity; each Reactome event is a separate record of the same localization and all are consolidated to ACCEPT (RB1 review precedent).
GO:0005654 nucleoplasm
TAS
Reactome:R-HSA-8961620
ACCEPT
Summary: TAS nucleoplasm annotation from Reactome event R-HSA-8961620 (E2F1-containing transcription events in the cell-cycle/G1-S, DNA-damage and apoptosis pathways). E2F1 is a nuclear, chromatin-associated transcription factor.
Reason: Nucleoplasm is the canonical compartment of E2F1 activity; each Reactome event is a separate record of the same localization and all are consolidated to ACCEPT (RB1 review precedent).
GO:0005654 nucleoplasm
TAS
Reactome:R-HSA-8961636
ACCEPT
Summary: TAS nucleoplasm annotation from Reactome event R-HSA-8961636 (E2F1-containing transcription events in the cell-cycle/G1-S, DNA-damage and apoptosis pathways). E2F1 is a nuclear, chromatin-associated transcription factor.
Reason: Nucleoplasm is the canonical compartment of E2F1 activity; each Reactome event is a separate record of the same localization and all are consolidated to ACCEPT (RB1 review precedent).
GO:0005654 nucleoplasm
TAS
Reactome:R-HSA-8961651
ACCEPT
Summary: TAS nucleoplasm annotation from Reactome event R-HSA-8961651 (E2F1-containing transcription events in the cell-cycle/G1-S, DNA-damage and apoptosis pathways). E2F1 is a nuclear, chromatin-associated transcription factor.
Reason: Nucleoplasm is the canonical compartment of E2F1 activity; each Reactome event is a separate record of the same localization and all are consolidated to ACCEPT (RB1 review precedent).
GO:0005654 nucleoplasm
TAS
Reactome:R-HSA-8961671
ACCEPT
Summary: TAS nucleoplasm annotation from Reactome event R-HSA-8961671 (E2F1-containing transcription events in the cell-cycle/G1-S, DNA-damage and apoptosis pathways). E2F1 is a nuclear, chromatin-associated transcription factor.
Reason: Nucleoplasm is the canonical compartment of E2F1 activity; each Reactome event is a separate record of the same localization and all are consolidated to ACCEPT (RB1 review precedent).
GO:0005654 nucleoplasm
TAS
Reactome:R-HSA-8961688
ACCEPT
Summary: TAS nucleoplasm annotation from Reactome event R-HSA-8961688 (E2F1-containing transcription events in the cell-cycle/G1-S, DNA-damage and apoptosis pathways). E2F1 is a nuclear, chromatin-associated transcription factor.
Reason: Nucleoplasm is the canonical compartment of E2F1 activity; each Reactome event is a separate record of the same localization and all are consolidated to ACCEPT (RB1 review precedent).
GO:0005654 nucleoplasm
TAS
Reactome:R-HSA-8961840
ACCEPT
Summary: TAS nucleoplasm annotation from Reactome event R-HSA-8961840 (E2F1-containing transcription events in the cell-cycle/G1-S, DNA-damage and apoptosis pathways). E2F1 is a nuclear, chromatin-associated transcription factor.
Reason: Nucleoplasm is the canonical compartment of E2F1 activity; each Reactome event is a separate record of the same localization and all are consolidated to ACCEPT (RB1 review precedent).
GO:0005654 nucleoplasm
TAS
Reactome:R-HSA-8961863
ACCEPT
Summary: TAS nucleoplasm annotation from Reactome event R-HSA-8961863 (E2F1-containing transcription events in the cell-cycle/G1-S, DNA-damage and apoptosis pathways). E2F1 is a nuclear, chromatin-associated transcription factor.
Reason: Nucleoplasm is the canonical compartment of E2F1 activity; each Reactome event is a separate record of the same localization and all are consolidated to ACCEPT (RB1 review precedent).
GO:0005654 nucleoplasm
TAS
Reactome:R-HSA-8961888
ACCEPT
Summary: TAS nucleoplasm annotation from Reactome event R-HSA-8961888 (E2F1-containing transcription events in the cell-cycle/G1-S, DNA-damage and apoptosis pathways). E2F1 is a nuclear, chromatin-associated transcription factor.
Reason: Nucleoplasm is the canonical compartment of E2F1 activity; each Reactome event is a separate record of the same localization and all are consolidated to ACCEPT (RB1 review precedent).
GO:0005654 nucleoplasm
TAS
Reactome:R-HSA-8961907
ACCEPT
Summary: TAS nucleoplasm annotation from Reactome event R-HSA-8961907 (E2F1-containing transcription events in the cell-cycle/G1-S, DNA-damage and apoptosis pathways). E2F1 is a nuclear, chromatin-associated transcription factor.
Reason: Nucleoplasm is the canonical compartment of E2F1 activity; each Reactome event is a separate record of the same localization and all are consolidated to ACCEPT (RB1 review precedent).
GO:0005654 nucleoplasm
TAS
Reactome:R-HSA-8961920
ACCEPT
Summary: TAS nucleoplasm annotation from Reactome event R-HSA-8961920 (E2F1-containing transcription events in the cell-cycle/G1-S, DNA-damage and apoptosis pathways). E2F1 is a nuclear, chromatin-associated transcription factor.
Reason: Nucleoplasm is the canonical compartment of E2F1 activity; each Reactome event is a separate record of the same localization and all are consolidated to ACCEPT (RB1 review precedent).
GO:0005654 nucleoplasm
TAS
Reactome:R-HSA-8961946
ACCEPT
Summary: TAS nucleoplasm annotation from Reactome event R-HSA-8961946 (E2F1-containing transcription events in the cell-cycle/G1-S, DNA-damage and apoptosis pathways). E2F1 is a nuclear, chromatin-associated transcription factor.
Reason: Nucleoplasm is the canonical compartment of E2F1 activity; each Reactome event is a separate record of the same localization and all are consolidated to ACCEPT (RB1 review precedent).
GO:0005654 nucleoplasm
TAS
Reactome:R-HSA-8961961
ACCEPT
Summary: TAS nucleoplasm annotation from Reactome event R-HSA-8961961 (E2F1-containing transcription events in the cell-cycle/G1-S, DNA-damage and apoptosis pathways). E2F1 is a nuclear, chromatin-associated transcription factor.
Reason: Nucleoplasm is the canonical compartment of E2F1 activity; each Reactome event is a separate record of the same localization and all are consolidated to ACCEPT (RB1 review precedent).
GO:0005654 nucleoplasm
TAS
Reactome:R-HSA-9007514
ACCEPT
Summary: TAS nucleoplasm annotation from Reactome event R-HSA-9007514 (E2F1-containing transcription events in the cell-cycle/G1-S, DNA-damage and apoptosis pathways). E2F1 is a nuclear, chromatin-associated transcription factor.
Reason: Nucleoplasm is the canonical compartment of E2F1 activity; each Reactome event is a separate record of the same localization and all are consolidated to ACCEPT (RB1 review precedent).
GO:0005654 nucleoplasm
TAS
Reactome:R-HSA-9007561
ACCEPT
Summary: TAS nucleoplasm annotation from Reactome event R-HSA-9007561 (E2F1-containing transcription events in the cell-cycle/G1-S, DNA-damage and apoptosis pathways). E2F1 is a nuclear, chromatin-associated transcription factor.
Reason: Nucleoplasm is the canonical compartment of E2F1 activity; each Reactome event is a separate record of the same localization and all are consolidated to ACCEPT (RB1 review precedent).
GO:0005654 nucleoplasm
TAS
Reactome:R-HSA-9018017
ACCEPT
Summary: TAS nucleoplasm annotation from Reactome event R-HSA-9018017 (E2F1-containing transcription events in the cell-cycle/G1-S, DNA-damage and apoptosis pathways). E2F1 is a nuclear, chromatin-associated transcription factor.
Reason: Nucleoplasm is the canonical compartment of E2F1 activity; each Reactome event is a separate record of the same localization and all are consolidated to ACCEPT (RB1 review precedent).
GO:0005654 nucleoplasm
TAS
Reactome:R-HSA-9618586
ACCEPT
Summary: TAS nucleoplasm annotation from Reactome event R-HSA-9618586 (E2F1-containing transcription events in the cell-cycle/G1-S, DNA-damage and apoptosis pathways). E2F1 is a nuclear, chromatin-associated transcription factor.
Reason: Nucleoplasm is the canonical compartment of E2F1 activity; each Reactome event is a separate record of the same localization and all are consolidated to ACCEPT (RB1 review precedent).
GO:0005654 nucleoplasm
TAS
Reactome:R-HSA-9659782
ACCEPT
Summary: TAS nucleoplasm annotation from Reactome event R-HSA-9659782 (E2F1-containing transcription events in the cell-cycle/G1-S, DNA-damage and apoptosis pathways). E2F1 is a nuclear, chromatin-associated transcription factor.
Reason: Nucleoplasm is the canonical compartment of E2F1 activity; each Reactome event is a separate record of the same localization and all are consolidated to ACCEPT (RB1 review precedent).
GO:0005654 nucleoplasm
TAS
Reactome:R-NUL-8963657
ACCEPT
Summary: TAS nucleoplasm annotation from Reactome event R-NUL-8963657 (E2F1-containing transcription events in the cell-cycle/G1-S, DNA-damage and apoptosis pathways). E2F1 is a nuclear, chromatin-associated transcription factor.
Reason: Nucleoplasm is the canonical compartment of E2F1 activity; each Reactome event is a separate record of the same localization and all are consolidated to ACCEPT (RB1 review precedent).
GO:0005667 transcription regulator complex
IEA
GO_REF:0000120
ACCEPT
Summary: Combined IEA for transcription regulator complex; E2F1 functions as the E2F1-DP heterodimer (DRTF1/E2F complex).
Reason: Correct: the E2F1-DP1 heterodimer is a Pol II transcription regulator complex (child GO:0090575 annotated by IPI).
Supporting Evidence:
file:human/E2F1/E2F1-uniprot.txt
SUBUNIT: Component of the DRTF1/E2F transcription factor complex. Forms
GO:0005737 cytoplasm
IEA
GO_REF:0000107
KEEP AS NON CORE
Summary: Ensembl Compara transfer from mouse E2f1 of cytoplasmic localization. E2F1 carries an N-terminal NLS and is predominantly nuclear; cytoplasmic pools are reported only in some tumour/differentiation contexts and reflect trafficking or stability regulation.
Reason: Not contradicted (E2F1 shuttles and can be detected in the cytoplasm), but it is not where E2F1 functions. Retained as a minor, non-core localization.
Supporting Evidence:
file:human/E2F1/E2F1-deep-research-falcon.md
Reports of cytoplasmic regulatory interactions concern trafficking or stability and do not replace the nucleus as its principal functional compartment.
GO:0006351 DNA-templated transcription
IEA
GO_REF:0000107
MODIFY
Summary: Ensembl Compara transfer from mouse E2f1 of 'DNA-templated transcription'. E2F1 is a transcription factor that regulates, but does not itself carry out, transcription.
Reason: GO convention places sequence-specific transcription factors under 'regulation of transcription by RNA polymerase II' (GO:0006357), not under the transcription process itself, which is performed by the polymerase and general machinery. Replace with the Pol II regulation term already annotated.
GO:0006351 DNA-templated transcription
ISS
GO_REF:0000024
MODIFY
Summary: Manual ISS transfer from mouse E2f1 of 'DNA-templated transcription'.
Reason: Same reasoning as the IEA row: E2F1 regulates Pol II transcription of specific gene sets rather than executing transcription. Replace with GO:0006357.
GO:0006355 regulation of DNA-templated transcription
IDA
PMID:12717439
Chk2 activates E2F-1 in response to DNA damage.
MODIFY
Summary: CHK2 phosphorylation of E2F1 leads to transcriptional activation (Stevens et al. 2003). E2F1 is a Pol II sequence-specific activator; the generic term is correct but uninformative relative to the RNA polymerase II-specific terms already present.
Reason: Too general; replace with the RNA polymerase II-specific positive-regulation term that matches E2F1's demonstrated activity.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:12717439
A Chk2 consensus phosphorylation site in E2F-1 is phosphorylated in response to DNA damage, resulting in protein stabilization, increased half-life, transcriptional activation and localization of phosphorylated E2F-1 to discrete nuclear structures.
GO:0006355 regulation of DNA-templated transcription
IDA
PMID:1531329
The interaction of RB with E2F coincides with an inhibition ...
MODIFY
Summary: Hiebert et al. 1992: formation of the E2F-pRB complex coincides with inhibition of E2F-dependent transcription from the adenovirus E2 promoter; a pRB mutant that cannot bind E2F does not inhibit. Classic demonstration that E2F is a transcription activator negatively regulated by RB1.
Reason: The experiment shows E2F-dependent Pol II transactivation and its pRB-mediated inhibition; the generic term is superseded by the Pol II-specific GO:0006357 / GO:0045944 terms that E2F1 already carries.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:1531329
Assays of transcription from the adenovirus E2 promoter in transfection experiments demonstrate that formation of the complex containing pRB and E2F coincides with an inhibition of E2F-dependent transcriptional activity.
GO:0006355 regulation of DNA-templated transcription
IDA
PMID:23934193
Pleiotropic effect of somatic mutations in the E2F subunit D...
MODIFY
Summary: Munro et al. 2014 show that cancer-associated DP-1 mutants transdominantly alter the DNA-binding, transactivation and pRB-binding properties of the E2F1/DP1 heterodimer and impair E2F1-dependent apoptosis - i.e. the heterodimer's transcriptional activity was assayed.
Reason: Generic parent; the Pol II-specific term GO:0006357 (already annotated by IBA/IEA) is the appropriate level for the E2F1/DP1 heterodimer's activity.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:23934193
This allows the mutant derivatives to affect the properties of the E2F-1/DP-1 heterodimer through a transdominant mechanism, which changes the DNA binding, transcriptional activation and pRb-binding properties of the heterodimer.
GO:0006355 regulation of DNA-templated transcription
IEA
GO_REF:0000002
MODIFY
Summary: InterPro2GO mapping from the E2F/DP winged-helix DNA-binding domain (IPR003316) to the generic 'regulation of DNA-templated transcription'. Correct at the family level, but E2F1 acts specifically on RNA polymerase II promoters.
Reason: Handled consistently with the three IDA rows on this same term: the generic parent is superseded by GO:0006357 (regulation of transcription by RNA polymerase II), which E2F1 already carries by IBA and IEA. Every characterised E2F1 target is a Pol II gene, so the Pol II-specific term loses no coverage.
GO:0006357 regulation of transcription by RNA polymerase II
IBA
GO_REF:0000033
ACCEPT
Summary: PAINT-inferred regulation of transcription by RNA polymerase II for the E2F family node, drawing on experimental annotations of fly E2f1/E2f2, mouse E2f1-4 and human E2F1-6 (E2F1 itself among the descendants). E2F1 is the prototypical Pol II-specific activator.
Reason: Sound phylogenetic placement: sequence-specific Pol II transcription regulation is the ancestral, defining activity of the E2F family. The target's own experimental annotation appearing in WITH/FROM is expected. Core function.
Supporting Evidence:
file:human/E2F1/E2F1-uniprot.txt
Transcription activator that binds DNA cooperatively with DP
GO:0006357 regulation of transcription by RNA polymerase II
IEA
GO_REF:0000120
ACCEPT
Summary: Combined IEA (ARBA + InterPro E2F family IPR015633) for regulation of transcription by RNA polymerase II.
Reason: Canonical E2F1 function, independently supported by IBA and by direct experimental rows (GO:0045944 IDA/IMP).
GO:0007283 spermatogenesis
IEA
GO_REF:0000107
KEEP AS NON CORE
Summary: Ensembl Compara transfer from rat E2f1 of spermatogenesis. E2f1-null mice show testicular atrophy/germ-cell loss, reflecting E2F1's proliferative and apoptotic control in spermatogonia.
Reason: A tissue-level phenotype downstream of E2F1's cell-cycle/apoptosis program in the germ line, not a distinct molecular activity. Retained as non-core.
GO:0008630 intrinsic apoptotic signaling pathway in response to DNA damage
IMP
PMID:12717439
Chk2 activates E2F-1 in response to DNA damage.
ACCEPT
Summary: CHK2-dependent phosphorylation stabilizes E2F1 after etoposide-induced DNA damage and is required for E2F1-dependent apoptosis (Stevens et al. 2003). Together with the p73/ASPP/DIP/RRP1B target-gene literature elsewhere in this review, this is the canonical DNA-damage-triggered, E2F1-driven intrinsic apoptotic program (both p53-dependent via ARF and p53-independent via TP73, BBC3 and others).
Reason: E2F1 does the work of this pathway: stabilized E2F1 directly transactivates pro-apoptotic genes (TP73, ASPP1/2 [PMID:15731768], DIP [PMID:15565177], RRP1B [PMID:20040599]). The DNA-damage-responsive, pro-apoptotic transactivation is one of the two established physiological outputs of E2F1 and is captured in core_functions[2].
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:12717439
Expression of a dominant-negative Chk2 mutant blocks induction of E2F-1 and prevents E2F-1-dependent apoptosis.
file:human/E2F1/E2F1-deep-research-falcon.md
Excessive or deregulated E2F1 can instead engage ARF–MDM2–p53 and p53-independent apoptotic programs.
GO:0010628 positive regulation of gene expression
IDA
PMID:15766563
E2F1 up-regulates the expression of the tumour suppressor ax...
MODIFY
Summary: Hughes & Brady 2005 show E2F1 up-regulates AXIN2 both by direct transcriptional activation at canonical E2F sites of one 5'-UTR variant and by stabilizing axin2 mRNA.
Reason: 'Positive regulation of gene expression' is a catch-all covering both mechanisms reported. The transcriptional mechanism is E2F1's core activity and is better captured by GO:0045944; the mRNA-stabilization mechanism is handled by the separate GO:0048255 row.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:15766563
The human axin2 gene allows transcription of messages with three different 5' untranslated regions and in the first mechanism E2F1 directly activates the transcription of only one of these species by acting at canonical E2F binding sites. Second, E2F1 induces stabilisation of axin2 mRNAs.
GO:0019901 protein kinase binding
IEA
GO_REF:0000107
KEEP AS NON CORE
Summary: Ensembl Compara transfer from rat E2f1 of protein kinase binding. Human E2F1 is a documented substrate/partner of cyclin A-CDK2 (residues 67-108 bind cyclin A), CHK2, GSK3B and CDK8.
Reason: Genuine: E2F1 binds cyclin A-CDK2 via a dedicated N-terminal motif and CDK8 (PMID:18794899). A regulatory-input interaction rather than a core activity; kept as non-core.
Supporting Evidence:
file:human/E2F1/E2F1-uniprot.txt
Phosphorylated by CDK2 and cyclin A-CDK2 in the S-phase
GO:0032496 response to lipopolysaccharide
IEA
GO_REF:0000107
MARK AS OVER ANNOTATED
Summary: Ensembl Compara transfer from mouse E2f1 of 'response to lipopolysaccharide' (the mouse annotation derives from a Reg3g/microglia GO-CAM, gocams/6348a65d00001191).
Reason: A context-specific mouse observation (E2f1 activity in LPS-challenged microglia) propagated to human without human evidence; response-to-stimulus terms of this kind describe experimental context rather than E2F1 function.
GO:0032991 protein-containing complex
IDA
PMID:23629655
Mixed lineage leukemia 5 (MLL5) protein regulates cell cycle...
MODIFY
Summary: Zhou et al. 2013: MLL5 associates with HCF-1 and E2F1-responsive promoters; E2F1 is found in an HCF-1-containing complex (UniProt: interaction with KMT2E is probably indirect via HCFC1).
Reason: The root term 'protein-containing complex' is uninformative. The complex characterized is a Pol II transcription regulator assembly at E2F1 target promoters (E2F1-HCF-1-MLL5), so GO:0090575 is the informative term.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:23629655
Conclusion: MLL5 stimulates H3K4 trimethylation at E2F1 responsive promoters and cause transcriptional activation of E2F1 target genes to facilitate the G 1 to S phase transition.
GO:0035189 Rb-E2F complex
IBA
GO_REF:0000033
ACCEPT
Summary: PAINT-inferred Rb-E2F complex membership at the activator-E2F node (E2F1 itself is the experimental descendant). Hypophosphorylated RB1 binds the E2F1 transactivation domain and the E2F1-DP1 marked boxes.
Reason: Namesake complex of E2F1 (first cloned as RBBP3/RBAP1); directly supported by crystal structures (PMID:12598654, PMID:16360038) and IDA. Core.
Supporting Evidence:
file:human/E2F1/E2F1-uniprot.txt
SUBUNIT: Component of the DRTF1/E2F transcription factor complex. Forms
GO:0035189 Rb-E2F complex
IDA
PMID:20224733
E2F-1 has dual roles depending on the cell cycle.
ACCEPT
Summary: Co-IP of E2F1 with pRB in cycling fibroblasts; the Y411C mutant does not form the complex.
Reason: Direct evidence for the Rb-E2F complex; canonical.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:20224733
E2F-1 acts as part of the repression complex with pRB in the expression of DHFR, b-myb, TK and cdc2 in asynchronously growing cells; on the other hand, E2F-1 acts as an activator in the expression of the same genes in cells that are re-entering the cycle.
GO:0035189 Rb-E2F complex
IPI
PMID:16360038
Structure of the Rb C-terminal domain bound to E2F1-DP1: a m...
ACCEPT
Summary: RbC-E2F1-DP1 crystal structure (Rubin et al. 2005).
Reason: Atomic-resolution demonstration of the Rb-E2F complex; canonical.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:16360038
The crystal structure of an RbC-E2F1-DP1 complex reveals an intertwined heterodimer in which the marked box domains of both E2F1 and DP1 contact RbC.
GO:0043065 positive regulation of apoptotic process
IDA
PMID:15565177
A novel mitochondrial protein DIP mediates E2F1-induced apop...
ACCEPT
Summary: Stanelle et al. 2005 identify DIP (KIAA0767, now DIP/CCDC?) as a p53-independent transcriptional target of E2F1 whose mitochondrial accumulation mediates E2F1-induced apoptosis; DIP siRNA rescues p53-null cells from E2F1-induced death. Demonstrates that E2F1 activation is sufficient to induce apoptosis through direct target-gene transactivation.
Reason: E2F1-induced apoptosis via direct pro-apoptotic target genes is a well-established E2F1 output (TP73, APAF1, caspases, BBC3, DIP). GO:0043065 is the generic parent; the more mechanistic GO:0008630 row (PMID:12717439) sits alongside it, and both are retained as the apoptotic arm captured in core_functions[2].
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:15565177
Yet, inhibition of endogenous DIP function by small interfering RNA rescued p53-negative cells from E2F1-induced apoptosis, indicating that DIP is an essential mediator of the p53-independent E2F1 death pathway.
PMID:15565177
Endogenous DIP levels increased following E2F1 activation.
GO:0043392 negative regulation of DNA binding
IDA
PMID:20176812
Repression of transcriptional activity of C/EBPalpha by E2F-...
ACCEPT
Summary: Gel-shift assays show that addition of the E2F1-DP1 complex diminishes C/EBPalpha association with DNA whereas E2F1 or DP1 alone barely do; the E2F1 L132E mutant loses C/EBPalpha repression.
Reason: Direct in vitro demonstration that the E2F1-DP heterodimer inhibits DNA binding of another transcription factor - the precise molecular description of the C/EBPalpha antagonism. Accepted as a documented, though non-core, activity of the heterodimer (see core_functions note on lineage-specific outputs).
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:20176812
addition of E2F1-DP1 complex diminished the association of C/EBPΞ± with DNA, while individual addition of DP1 or E2F1 did only barely affect C/EBPΞ± binding to DNA.
GO:0043565 sequence-specific DNA binding
IDA
PMID:23332764
DNA-binding specificities of human transcription factors.
ACCEPT
Summary: Jolma et al. 2013 HT-SELEX derived sequence-specific binding models for hundreds of human TFs including E2F1 (E2F-DP consensus TTTSSCGC-like motif).
Reason: Direct in vitro determination of E2F1 sequence specificity; consistent with the E2F consensus. Generic relative to GO:0000978 but correct.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:23332764
We have analyzed the sequence-specific binding of human TFs using high-throughput SELEX and ChIP sequencing.
GO:0043565 sequence-specific DNA binding
IEA
GO_REF:0000120
ACCEPT
Summary: Combined IEA from rat/mouse E2f1 orthologs for sequence-specific DNA binding.
Reason: Correct; supported by direct SELEX data on human E2F1.
GO:0043565 sequence-specific DNA binding
ISS
GO_REF:0000024
ACCEPT
Summary: Manual ISS transfer from mouse E2f1 of sequence-specific DNA binding.
Reason: Correct; supported by direct evidence on the human protein.
GO:0045599 negative regulation of fat cell differentiation
IEA
GO_REF:0000107
KEEP AS NON CORE
Summary: Ensembl Compara transfer from mouse E2f1: E2F1-DP represses C/EBPalpha and blocks 3T3-L1 adipogenesis (PMID:20176812, which used human E2F1 constructs in mouse cells).
Reason: Supported by direct experiments (PMID:20176812), but a lineage-specific developmental output of the C/EBPalpha antagonism, not a core E2F1 function.
Supporting Evidence:
file:human/E2F1/E2F1-uniprot.txt
Blocks adipocyte differentiation
GO:0045599 negative regulation of fat cell differentiation
ISS
GO_REF:0000024
KEEP AS NON CORE
Summary: Manual ISS transfer from mouse E2f1 of negative regulation of fat cell differentiation (E2F-DP antagonism of C/EBPalpha).
Reason: Lineage-specific developmental output; non-core.
Supporting Evidence:
file:human/E2F1/E2F1-uniprot.txt
Blocks adipocyte differentiation
GO:0045892 negative regulation of DNA-templated transcription
IDA
PMID:20176812
Repression of transcriptional activity of C/EBPalpha by E2F-...
KEEP AS NON CORE
Summary: Zaragoza et al. 2010 (full text): the E2F1-DP1 heterodimer binds C/EBPalpha via DP and disrupts C/EBPalpha binding to its cognate DNA sites, thereby repressing C/EBPalpha-dependent transcription of adipogenic target genes; the mechanism is pocket-protein independent.
Reason: A genuine but indirect repression: E2F1-DP sequesters a different DNA-binding TF rather than repressing via its own DNA binding. It is a lineage-specific (adipogenic/granulocytic) regulatory role, not the core E2F-site-driven transcription program. GO:0043392 (negative regulation of DNA binding) from the same paper is the more precise description of what E2F1-DP does.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:20176812
E2F represses the transactivation of C/EBPΞ± target genes by disrupting the binding of C/EBPΞ± to its cis -regulatory sites.
GO:0045893 positive regulation of DNA-templated transcription
IDA
PMID:21454377
MiR-15 and miR-16 are direct transcriptional targets of E2F1...
MODIFY
Summary: Ofir et al. 2011: endogenous E2F1 binds the miR-15a/16-1 and miR-15b/16-2 cluster promoters and induces their expression (pri-miRNA and mature miR levels rise on E2F1 activation), forming a feed-forward loop that limits cyclin E.
Reason: Correct but too general: these are RNA polymerase II-transcribed miRNA host loci, so GO:0045944 (positive regulation of transcription by RNA polymerase II) is the appropriate, already-annotated level.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:21454377
Moreover, activation of endogenous E2Fs upregulates expression of these miRs and endogenous E2F1 binds their respective promoters.
PMID:21454377
We show that expression levels of the 4 mature miRs, miR-15a, miR-16-1 and miR-15b, miR-16-2, as well as their precursor pri-miRNAs, are elevated upon activation of ectopic E2F1.
GO:0045893 positive regulation of DNA-templated transcription
IDA
PMID:22476863
E2F1 induces p19INK4d, a protein involved in the DNA damage ...
MODIFY
Summary: Carcagno et al. 2012: UV-induced transcriptional induction of p19INK4d (CDKN2D) requires E2F1 (ablation and DNA-binding inhibition prevent it) and E2F response elements in the CDKN2D promoter (triplex-forming oligonucleotides block induction).
Reason: Direct E2F-site-dependent activation of a Pol II gene; the RNA polymerase II-specific child GO:0045944 is the appropriate term and is already annotated.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:22476863
Moreover, evidence is presented that demonstrates that E2F1 is involved in the induction of p19INK4d following UV treatment, as it is prevented by E2F1 protein ablation and DNA-binding inhibition.
GO:0045893 positive regulation of DNA-templated transcription
IMP
PMID:15565177
A novel mitochondrial protein DIP mediates E2F1-induced apop...
MODIFY
Summary: Same paper: DIP is a direct E2F1 transcriptional target whose endogenous levels rise upon E2F1 activation. Positive regulation of DNA-templated transcription is correct but far less specific than the RNA polymerase II-specific activator terms E2F1 already carries.
Reason: E2F1 is a sequence-specific RNA polymerase II transcription activator; the child term GO:0045944 (positive regulation of transcription by RNA polymerase II) is the appropriate level and is already annotated (PMID:28992046 IDA, PMID:20040599 IMP). The generic parent adds no information.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:15565177
Endogenous DIP levels increased following E2F1 activation.
GO:0045944 positive regulation of transcription by RNA polymerase II
IDA
PMID:28992046
Phosphorylated E2F1 is stabilized by nuclear USP11 to drive ...
ACCEPT
Summary: Wang et al. 2018 show that GSK3B-phosphorylated E2F1 is deubiquitinated and stabilized by nuclear USP11, and that E2F1 protein levels directly control Peg10 mRNA; PEG10 is a previously established direct E2F1 target.
Reason: Direct transactivation of a Pol II target gene (PEG10) by E2F1 - canonical activator function.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:28992046
Downregulation of USP11 increases E2F1 ubiquitination and reduces E2F1 stability and protein levels, thereby decreasing Peg10 mRNA levels.
GO:0045944 positive regulation of transcription by RNA polymerase II
IMP
PMID:20040599
Regulation of E2F1-induced apoptosis by the nucleolar protei...
ACCEPT
Summary: Paik et al. 2010 characterize the RRP1B promoter as an E2F1-specific transcriptional target induced by DNA damage; RRP1B in turn co-operates with E2F1 on pro-apoptotic promoters.
Reason: Direct, promoter-level transactivation of a Pol II target gene by E2F1.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:20040599
We now identify a nucleolar protein, RRP1B, as an E2F1-specific transcriptional target. We characterize the RRP1B promoter and demonstrate its selective response to E2F1.
GO:0045944 positive regulation of transcription by RNA polymerase II
IMP
PMID:20224733
E2F-1 has dual roles depending on the cell cycle.
ACCEPT
Summary: In the same study, E2F1 (wild-type and free E2F1-411) activates DHFR, b-myb, TK and cdc2 in cells re-entering the cell cycle from quiescence, and E2F1 over-expression is sufficient to drive quiescent cells into S phase.
Reason: Canonical E2F1 function: activation of Pol II-transcribed G1/S genes once free of pRB. Captured in core_functions[0].
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:20224733
E2F-1 acts as part of the repression complex with pRB in the expression of DHFR, b-myb, TK and cdc2 in asynchronously growing cells; on the other hand, E2F-1 acts as an activator in the expression of the same genes in cells that are re-entering the cycle.
PMID:20224733
Overexpression of E2F-1 is sufficient to induce S-phase in most quiescent cells, as reported previously 30, 31.
GO:0046983 protein dimerization activity
IEA
GO_REF:0000002
MODIFY
Summary: InterPro2GO mapping from the E2F coiled-coil/marked-box dimerization domain (IPR032198). E2F1 obligately heterodimerizes with TFDP1/2 through this region.
Reason: Correct but the E2F1 dimerization is specifically heterodimerization with DP partners (crystal structure PMID:16360038); the child term GO:0046982 (protein heterodimerization activity) is more informative.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:16360038
The crystal structure of an RbC-E2F1-DP1 complex reveals an intertwined heterodimer in which the marked box domains of both E2F1 and DP1 contact RbC.
GO:0048146 positive regulation of fibroblast proliferation
IMP
PMID:20224733
E2F-1 has dual roles depending on the cell cycle.
KEEP AS NON CORE
Summary: Over-expression of E2F1 in the murine psi-CRE fibroblast line decreased the G1 fraction, accelerated S-phase entry and increased soft-agar colony formation. This is the cellular phenotype of E2F1-driven G1/S transcription rather than a distinct fibroblast-specific function.
Reason: Fibroblast proliferation is a downstream cellular read-out of E2F1's core G1/S transcriptional program (GO:2000045 / GO:0045944 rows from the same paper). Not wrong, but a cell-type-specific phenotype term rather than a core function; retained as non-core.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:20224733
It was found that the overexpression of E2F-1/wt and E2F-1/411 significantly decreased the cell number in G1 phase compared to the control (pX17) cells.
GO:0048255 mRNA stabilization
IDA
PMID:15766563
E2F1 up-regulates the expression of the tumour suppressor ax...
MARK AS OVER ANNOTATED
Summary: The same study reports that E2F1 induces stabilisation of axin2 mRNAs by an unspecified, transcription-independent mechanism. E2F1 has no RNA-binding domain and no known direct role in mRNA turnover; the effect is most parsimoniously explained by E2F1-dependent transcription of an RNA-binding regulator.
Reason: The observation (abstract-only cache) is a downstream phenotype; the authors do not show E2F1 acting on the mRNA. Per the participation test, E2F1 does not do the work of mRNA stabilization, so this single-observation annotation over-reaches. Not REMOVE because the experimental result is not contradicted, but it should not be propagated.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:15766563
The human axin2 gene allows transcription of messages with three different 5' untranslated regions and in the first mechanism E2F1 directly activates the transcription of only one of these species by acting at canonical E2F binding sites. Second, E2F1 induces stabilisation of axin2 mRNAs.
GO:0060090 molecular adaptor activity
EXP
PMID:16360038
Structure of the Rb C-terminal domain bound to E2F1-DP1: a m...
KEEP AS NON CORE
Summary: Rubin et al. 2005 crystal structure of RbC bound to the E2F1-DP1 heterodimer: the marked-box domains of both E2F1 and DP1 contact RbC, and the E2F1 transactivation domain independently binds the Rb pocket. E2F1 thereby physically tethers RB1 (and its corepressors) to E2F-site chromatin.
Reason: E2F1 does bridge RB1 to promoter DNA (the recruiter of the Rb-E2F repressor complex), so an adaptor description is defensible for the repression context. However E2F1's defining activity is sequence-specific transcription factor activity, and the same structural evidence is already captured by GO:0035189 (Rb-E2F complex) and GO:0140297; the adaptor term is kept as a non-core description of the repressed state.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:16360038
The crystal structure of an RbC-E2F1-DP1 complex reveals an intertwined heterodimer in which the marked box domains of both E2F1 and DP1 contact RbC.
PMID:16360038
Here we demonstrate a high-affinity interaction between RbC and E2F-DP heterodimers shared by all Rb and E2F family members.
GO:0060252 positive regulation of glial cell proliferation
IEA
GO_REF:0000107
KEEP AS NON CORE
Summary: Ensembl Compara transfer from rat E2f1 of positive regulation of glial cell proliferation.
Reason: A cell-type instance of E2F1's generic pro-proliferative G1/S program; not wrong but non-core.
GO:0070345 negative regulation of fat cell proliferation
IEA
GO_REF:0000107
MARK AS OVER ANNOTATED
Summary: Ensembl Compara transfer of negative regulation of fat cell proliferation from mouse E2f1.
Reason: E2F1 is a positive regulator of proliferation; the adipocyte data (PMID:20176812) concern blocked differentiation via C/EBPalpha, not fat cell proliferation. Likely a mis-scoped mouse annotation propagated electronically.
GO:0070345 negative regulation of fat cell proliferation
ISS
GO_REF:0000024
MARK AS OVER ANNOTATED
Summary: Manual ISS transfer of negative regulation of fat cell proliferation from mouse E2f1.
Reason: Same concern as the IEA row: the underlying experiments address adipocyte differentiation, and E2F1 promotes rather than restrains proliferation.
GO:0071398 cellular response to fatty acid
IEA
GO_REF:0000107
MARK AS OVER ANNOTATED
Summary: Ensembl Compara transfer from rat E2f1 of cellular response to fatty acid.
Reason: Rat-specific expression/response observation propagated without human evidence; describes experimental context, not E2F1 function.
GO:0071456 cellular response to hypoxia
IEA
GO_REF:0000107
MARK AS OVER ANNOTATED
Summary: Ensembl Compara transfer from rat E2f1 of cellular response to hypoxia.
Reason: Context-specific rat observation; E2F1 levels change under many stresses, but this is not a defined E2F1 function.
GO:0090575 RNA polymerase II transcription regulator complex
IPI
PMID:16360038
Structure of the Rb C-terminal domain bound to E2F1-DP1: a m...
ACCEPT
Summary: Crystal structure of the E2F1-DP1 heterodimer (with RbC) - the DNA-binding E2F transcription factor complex.
Reason: The E2F1-TFDP1 heterodimer is the functional Pol II transcription regulator complex; core in_complex for core_functions[0].
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:16360038
The crystal structure of an RbC-E2F1-DP1 complex reveals an intertwined heterodimer in which the marked box domains of both E2F1 and DP1 contact RbC.
GO:0140297 DNA-binding transcription factor binding
IPI
PMID:16360038
Structure of the Rb C-terminal domain bound to E2F1-DP1: a m...
ACCEPT
Summary: Structural demonstration of the E2F1-TFDP1 heterodimer (intertwined coiled-coil/marked-box dimer) bound to RbC.
Reason: TFDP1 is a DNA-binding transcription factor and the obligate heterodimeric partner of E2F1; this is the informative binding term for the E2F1-DP interaction and underlies core_functions[0].
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:16360038
The crystal structure of an RbC-E2F1-DP1 complex reveals an intertwined heterodimer in which the marked box domains of both E2F1 and DP1 contact RbC.
GO:0140297 DNA-binding transcription factor binding
IPI
PMID:20176812
Repression of transcriptional activity of C/EBPalpha by E2F-...
ACCEPT
Summary: Co-IP and in vitro binding show the E2F1-DP complex binds C/EBPalpha (bZIP domain) and blocks its DNA binding; the E2F1 L132E mutant loses the interaction.
Reason: C/EBPalpha is a DNA-binding TF; the interaction is functionally characterized (GO:0043392 row). Informative binding term; non-core lineage-specific context.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:20176812
E2F represses the transactivation of C/EBPΞ± target genes by disrupting the binding of C/EBPΞ± to its cis -regulatory sites.
GO:1990090 cellular response to nerve growth factor stimulus
IEA
GO_REF:0000107
MARK AS OVER ANNOTATED
Summary: Ensembl Compara transfer from rat E2f1 of cellular response to nerve growth factor stimulus.
Reason: Rat PC12-type observation propagated electronically; experimental context rather than function.
GO:1990837 sequence-specific double-stranded DNA binding
IDA
PMID:28473536
Impact of cytosine methylation on DNA binding specificities ...
ACCEPT
Summary: Yin et al. 2017 methyl-SELEX: sequence-specific double-stranded DNA binding of human TFs including E2F1, with characterisation of CpG-methylation sensitivity (E2F sites are CpG-containing).
Reason: Direct in vitro evidence for sequence-specific dsDNA binding by E2F1.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:28473536
The majority of CpG dinucleotides in the human genome are methylated at cytosine bases.
GO:2000045 regulation of G1/S transition of mitotic cell cycle
IMP
PMID:20224733
E2F-1 has dual roles depending on the cell cycle.
ACCEPT
Summary: E2F1 over-expression is sufficient to induce S phase in quiescent fibroblasts and reduces the G1 fraction of cycling cells; E2F1 activates the G1/S gene cluster (cyclin E, CDC6, CDT1, MCMs, TK, DHFR, b-myb, cdc2) once released from pRB. GOA records this row with acts_upstream_of, consistent with E2F1 acting through transcription of cyclin E/CDK2 regulators.
Reason: Control of the G1/S transition is the defining physiological role of the activator E2Fs (E2F1-3) and of E2F1 in particular. Captured in core_functions[0]; the direction (positive) is unambiguous from this and many other studies.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:20224733
Overexpression of E2F-1 is sufficient to induce S-phase in most quiescent cells, as reported previously 30, 31.
file:human/E2F1/E2F1-deep-research-falcon.md
The best-established physiological role is activation of a coordinated proliferation program at the **G1/S transition**.

Core Functions

As an obligate heterodimer with TFDP1/TFDP2, E2F1 binds E2F consensus sites (TTTC[CG]CGC) in RNA polymerase II cis-regulatory regions through its winged-helix domain and activates the G1/S gene cluster (cyclin E, CDC6, CDT1, MCMs, thymidine kinase, DHFR, B-MYB, E2F1 itself), committing the cell to DNA replication and S-phase entry. The activity is switched on when cyclin D-CDK4/6 and cyclin E-CDK2 phosphorylation of RB1 releases the E2F1 transactivation domain, and is terminated in S phase by cyclin A-CDK2 phosphorylation of the heterodimer.

Supporting Evidence:
  • file:human/E2F1/E2F1-uniprot.txt
    Transcription activator that binds DNA cooperatively with DP
  • file:human/E2F1/E2F1-uniprot.txt
    The DRTF1/E2F complex functions in the control of
  • PMID:17062573
    The two known DP proteins, TFDP1 and -2, bind E2Fs to form heterodimers essential for high affinity DNA binding and efficient transcriptional activation/repression.
  • PMID:20224733
    Overexpression of E2F-1 is sufficient to induce S-phase in most quiescent cells, as reported previously 30, 31.
  • file:human/E2F1/E2F1-deep-research-falcon.md
    The best-established physiological role is activation of a coordinated proliferation program at the **G1/S transition**.

Promoter-bound E2F1-DP provides the sequence-specific DNA-binding platform that recruits hypophosphorylated RB1 to E2F target genes, forming the Rb-E2F repressor complex. RB1 engages the E2F1 transactivation domain in its A/B pocket and the E2F1/DP1 marked boxes via its C-terminal domain, masking the activation surface and delivering histone deacetylase and other chromatin-modifying activities to the promoter, which silences the S-phase program in G0/G1.

Supporting Evidence:
  • file:human/E2F1/E2F1-uniprot.txt
    SUBUNIT: Component of the DRTF1/E2F transcription factor complex. Forms
  • PMID:16360038
    The crystal structure of an RbC-E2F1-DP1 complex reveals an intertwined heterodimer in which the marked box domains of both E2F1 and DP1 contact RbC.
  • PMID:9468140
    Rb, which is recruited to target promoters by E2F1, represses transcription by masking the E2F1 transactivation domain and by inhibiting surrounding enhancer elements
  • PMID:20224733
    E2F-1 acts as part of the repression complex with pRB in the expression of DHFR, b-myb, TK and cdc2 in asynchronously growing cells; on the other hand, E2F-1 acts as an activator in the expression of the same genes in cells that are re-entering the cycle.

After DNA damage or oncogenic stress, ATM/ATR-CHK2 phosphorylation (Ser31, Ser364) and PCAF acetylation stabilise E2F1 and enhance its DNA binding, and the stabilised factor transactivates pro-apoptotic target genes - TP73, ASPP1/ASPP2, caspases, CDKN2D and the E2F1-selective mediators RRP1B and DIP - to execute the intrinsic apoptotic response. This arm operates both through the ARF-MDM2-p53 axis and p53-independently, and is restrained by TOPBP1, SIRT1 and KAP1/TRIM28.

Supporting Evidence:
  • PMID:12717439
    A Chk2 consensus phosphorylation site in E2F-1 is phosphorylated in response to DNA damage, resulting in protein stabilization, increased half-life, transcriptional activation and localization of phosphorylated E2F-1 to discrete nuclear structures.
  • PMID:12717439
    Expression of a dominant-negative Chk2 mutant blocks induction of E2F-1 and prevents E2F-1-dependent apoptosis.
  • PMID:15731768
    We show here that E2F-1 binds in vivo the promoters of ASPP1 and ASPP2 genes, two activators of p53-mediated apoptosis, E2F-1, E2F-2 and E2F-3 all activate the isolated ASPP1 and ASPP2 promoters.
  • PMID:18660752
    MCPH1 interacts with E2F1 on the p73 promoter, and regulates p73 induction and E2F1-induced apoptosis as a result of DNA damage.
  • file:human/E2F1/E2F1-deep-research-falcon.md
    Excessive or deregulated E2F1 can instead engage ARF–MDM2–p53 and p53-independent apoptotic programs.

Independently of its transcriptional program, damage-modified E2F1 accumulates on chromatin at UV photoproducts and double-strand breaks (retained there by TopBP1 binding to phospho-Ser31, with its DNA-binding and transactivation domains dispensable) and recruits the histone acetyltransferases GCN5/KAT2A and p300/CBP. The resulting H3K9 (and H3K18/H3K56) acetylation opens the damaged chromatin and promotes loading of nucleotide-excision repair factors and of the resection and homologous-recombination machinery. E2F1 acts here as an accessory chromatin organiser rather than as a repair enzyme. No GO biological-process term is asserted here: the acetyltransferase-recruitment activity is what E2F1 itself contributes, and whether that warrants a DNA-repair process annotation is raised as a question for experts instead.

Cellular Locations:
Supporting Evidence:
  • PMID:20972224
    Here we demonstrate that E2F1 associates with the GCN5 histone acetyltransferase in response to UV radiation and recruits GCN5 to sites of damage.
  • PMID:20972224
    UV radiation induces the acetylation of histone H3 lysine 9 (H3K9) and this requires both GCN5 and E2F1.
  • file:human/E2F1/E2F1-deep-research-falcon.md
    A second, well-supported function is as a **transcription-independent chromatin-accessory factor at DNA lesions**, where modified E2F1 recruits acetyltransferases, remodelers, and repair machinery.
  • file:human/E2F1/E2F1-deep-research-falcon.md
    E2F1 is consequently an **accessory organizer**, not a nuclease, ligase, helicase, or repair enzyme.

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Suggested Questions for Experts

Q: E2F1's transcription-independent role at DNA lesions (TopBP1-dependent retention, GCN5/p300 recruitment, support for NER and HR) is well documented but carries no GO annotation. Should E2F1 receive a DNA-repair annotation in this capacity, and is the correct representation a process term on E2F1 or a causal GO-CAM edge from E2F1 to the acetyltransferase activity it recruits?

Suggested experts: David G. Johnson, Swarnalatha Manickavinayaham

Q: E2F1 both activates and represses the same target genes depending on cell-cycle position and RB1 status. Given that the repression is executed by the recruited pocket protein rather than by E2F1 itself, should negative-regulation annotations sit on E2F1 at all, or only on RB1 with E2F1 recorded as the DNA-binding recruiter?

Suggested experts: Nicholas B. La Thangue

Q: Several rodent-derived electronic annotations on human E2F1 (response to lipopolysaccharide, cellular response to fatty acid, hypoxia and NGF, negative regulation of fat cell proliferation) reflect single-context ortholog observations. Are these appropriate for cross-species propagation, or should response-to-stimulus terms for a broadly stress-responsive transcription factor be restricted to the species in which they were assayed?

Suggested Experiments

Experiment: Introduce modification-site knock-in alleles of E2F1 (K117/120/125R, S31A, S364A, arginine-methylation-deficient) into an E2F1-null human cell line and profile genome-wide occupancy (ChIP-seq or CUT&RUN) alongside nascent transcription (TT-seq) after serum restimulation and after etoposide or UV. Determine whether pro-apoptotic promoters (TP73, ASPP1/2, CDKN2D) and G1/S promoters (CCNE1, CDC6, MCM2-7) are differentially occupied as a function of modification state, with DP partner occupancy measured in parallel.

Hypothesis: The apoptotic and proliferative outputs of E2F1 are separable at the level of promoter selection rather than of E2F1 abundance, and are specified by the post-translational modification state of E2F1 (PCAF acetylation, Ser31/Ser364 phosphorylation, PRMT5 methylation) rather than by which DP partner it uses.

Type: genome-wide occupancy and nascent transcription profiling of modification-site knock-in alleles

Experiment: Complement E2F1-depleted human fibroblasts with separation-of-function alleles: a DNA-binding-domain mutant, a transactivation-domain deletion, and an S31A allele that cannot bind TopBP1. Measure recruitment to locally UV-irradiated nuclear areas, H3K9 acetylation at lesions, XPA/XPC loading, and CPD/(6-4)PP removal kinetics. If the DNA-binding and transactivation mutants retain repair competence while S31A does not, the repair role is a discrete recruitment function and should be annotated separately from the transcriptional core functions.

Hypothesis: E2F1's contribution to nucleotide-excision repair is mediated solely by recruitment of acetyltransferase activity to damaged chromatin, and is therefore fully separable from its sequence-specific DNA binding and transactivation.

Type: separation-of-function complementation with local UV irradiation and repair kinetics

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