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Superenrollamiento del ADN impulsado por la transcripción: evidencia bioquímica directa de estudios in vitro
1Department of Biological Chemistry, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland 21205.
Cell
|January 13, 1989
Resumen
La transcripción genera un importante superenrollamiento del ADN. Este estudio confirma el modelo de dominio superenrollado gemelo, mostrando que el movimiento de la ARN polimerasa crea ondas de torsión que impactan el superenrollamiento del ADN intracelular.
Área de la Ciencia:
- Biología Molecular Biología Molecular
- La bioquímica es la bioquímica.
- Genética La genética.
Sus antecedentes:
- Se supone que el movimiento de la ARN polimerasa durante la transcripción crea dominios de superenrolamiento en el ADN.
- El modelo de dominio superenrolado gemelo propone un superenrolamiento positivo por delante y un superenrolamiento negativo detrás del complejo de transcripción.
Objetivo del estudio:
- Para probar bioquímicamente el modelo de dominio superenrolado gemelo de la transcripción in vitro.
- Para investigar el papel de la topoisomerasa I del ADN en el superenrolamiento inducido por la transcripción.
Principales métodos:
- En ensayos de transcripción in vitro se utiliza un solo promotor.
- Utilizando la topoisomerasa I del ADN procariótico para eliminar específicamente las superbobinas negativas.
- Monitoreo de la dinámica del superenrolamiento del ADN durante la translocación de la ARN polimerasa.
Principales resultados:
- La transcripción en presencia de la topoisomerasa I del ADN condujo a un rápido y extenso superenrolamiento positivo de la plantilla de ADN.
- La acumulación de superbobinas positivas dependía del movimiento continuo del complejo de alargamiento y la longitud de la cadena de ARN naciente.
- La magnitud del superenrolamiento del ADN inducido por la transcripción fue mayor de lo que se había anticipado anteriormente.
Conclusiones:
- Los resultados in vitro proporcionan apoyo bioquímico directo para el modelo de dominio superenrolado gemelo de la transcripción.
- La transcripción es un importante contribuyente al superenrolamiento del ADN intracelular debido a las significativas ondas de torsión generadas.
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