Based on studies in rat cells, activation of CREB1 by phosphorylation at serine residue S119 induces formation of CREB1 homodimers which are able to bind DNA (Yamamoto et al. 1988). The DNA binding and dimerization domains reside in the C-terminal region of CREB1 (Yun et al. 1990).
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