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Una actividad enzimática en la proteína Sir2 de la levadura que es esencial para el silenciamiento de genes
1Department of Cell Biology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA.
Cell
|January 5, 2000
Resumen
La proteína Sir2, esencial para el silenciamiento de la transcripción, funciona como una ADP-ribosiltransferasa. Esta actividad enzimática, crucial para el silenciamiento de genes, depende de un residuo de histidina conservado.
Área de la Ciencia:
- La bioquímica es la bioquímica.
- Biología Molecular Biología Molecular
- Genética La genética.
Sus antecedentes:
- La proteína Sir2 se conserva en todas las especies y se sabe que está involucrada en el silenciamiento transcripcional.
- Su función molecular precisa ha permanecido esquiva a pesar de su importancia.
Objetivo del estudio:
- Para aclarar la función desconocida de la proteína Sir2.
- Investigar la actividad enzimática y el papel in vivo de Sir2 en el silenciamiento transcripcional.
Principales métodos:
- En ensayos enzimáticos in vitro con el uso de dinucleótido de adenina de nicotinamida (NAD+) etiquetado.
- Análisis de la modificación de proteínas utilizando anticuerpos anti-mono-ADP-ribosa.
- Mutagénesis dirigida al sitio de un residuo de histidina conservado en Sir2.
- Estudios de asociación de cromatina de proteínas Sir2 de tipo silvestre y mutantes.
Principales resultados:
- Se demostró que Sir2 transfiere fosfato de NAD+ a sí mismo y a las histonas in vitro.
- Sir2 exhibe actividad de ADP-ribosiltransferasa, modificándose a sí mismo y formando un producto reconocido por los anticuerpos anti-mono-ADP-ribosa.
- La mutación de un residuo de histidina conservado abolió la actividad enzimática de Sir2 y su función de silenciamiento in vivo.
- La proteína Sir2 mutante mantuvo la asociación con la cromatina y los factores de silenciamiento.
Conclusiones:
- Sir2 posee una actividad esencial de la ADP-ribosiltransferasa.
- Esta actividad enzimática es crítica para el papel de la proteína Sir2 en el silenciamiento de genes transcripcionales.
- El residuo de histidina conservado es vital tanto para la función enzimática de Sir2 como para su papel biológico en el silenciamiento.
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