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Escaneo de ARN de una máquina molecular con una regla incorporada
Hye Ran Koh1, Mary Anne Kidwell, Jennifer Doudna
1Department of Biophysics, Johns Hopkins University , Baltimore, Maryland 21218, United States.
Journal of the American Chemical Society
|December 14, 2016
Resumen
La proteína de unión al ARN de respuesta de transactivación (TRBP) se difunde en el dsRNA a través del movimiento coordinado del subdominio. Un enlace flexible dicta la distancia de difusión, revelando un mecanismo similar a una regla para escanear sustratos de ARN.
Área de la Ciencia:
- Biología molecular
- La bioquímica
- Biología del ARN
Sus antecedentes:
- Las técnicas avanzadas de molécula única permiten el seguimiento en tiempo real de las proteínas motoras de ADN y ARN.
- El mecanismo de difusión independiente del ATP de la proteína de unión al ARN de la respuesta de transactivación (TRBP) en el ARN de doble cadena (dsRNA) se informó previamente, pero no estaba claro desde el punto de vista mecánico.
Objetivo del estudio:
- Para aclarar los detalles mecánicos de la difusión de TRBP en dsRNA.
- Investigar el papel de los subdominios TRBP y la región de enlace en su movimiento y reconocimiento de sustrato.
Principales métodos:
- Se utilizaron ensayos de fluorescencia de una sola molécula para rastrear el movimiento de TRBP en dsRNA.
- Manipuló la longitud del dominio de enlace flexible que conecta los dominios de unión de dsRNA de TRBP (dsRBD1 y dsRBD2).
Principales resultados:
- La difusión de TRBP está coordinada por movimientos independientes de sus dos subdominios de unión a dsRNA (dsRBD1 y dsRBD2).
- La distancia de difusión es directamente proporcional a la longitud del enlace flexible, lo que sugiere una función de regla.
- La difusión de TRBP se detiene en barreras físicas como híbridos de ARN: ADN o estructuras secundarias, lo que indica un mecanismo de escaneo.
Conclusiones:
- TRBP emplea un mecanismo de difusión único que implica el movimiento coordinado del subdominio y un enlazador en forma de regla para el escaneo de dsRNA.
- Este mecanismo es crucial para el papel de TRBP en la identificación y unión de sustratos pre-miRNA y pre-siRNA para la vía RNAi.
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