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Mecanismo de la translocación del ADN subyacente a la remodelación de la cromatina por Snf2
Meijing Li1,2,3,4, Xian Xia1,2,4, Yuanyuan Tian1,2,3,4
1MOE Key Laboratory of Protein Science, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China.
Nature
|March 15, 2019
Resumen
Los estudios estructurales revelan cómo las enzimas Snf2 (sucrosa no fermentable 2) usan la hidrólisis de ATP para deslizar los nucleosomas. La enzima
Área de la Ciencia:
- Biología molecular
- Biología estructural
- La bioquímica
Sus antecedentes:
- Los remodeladores de cromatina son enzimas que modifican la accesibilidad del ADN.
- El deslizamiento del nucleosoma es una función clave de muchos remodeladores de cromatina.
- Snf2 es una enzima prototipo para el estudio de la remodelación de la cromatina.
Objetivo del estudio:
- Para aclarar el mecanismo de la translocación del nucleosoma por Snf2.
- Determinar las estructuras de Snf2 unidas a los nucleosomas en diferentes estados de nucleótidos.
Principales métodos:
- Cristalografía de rayos X
- Ensayos bioquímicos
- Análisis estructural de Saccharomyces cerevisiae Snf2 unido a los nucleosomas.
Principales resultados:
- Snf2 adopta una conformación abierta en el estado unido a ADP, induciendo la distorsión del ADN en SHL2.
- La distorsión del ADN conduce a la translocación escalonada de las hebras de ADN.
- La unión ADP-BeFx induce una conformación cerrada, reajustando el nucleosoma.
Conclusiones:
- Los cambios estructurales en Snf2 se correlacionan con los estados unidos a nucleótidos, lo que explica la translocación del ADN.
- Se propone un mecanismo fundamental para la translocación de ADN dependiente de ATP en la remodelación de la cromatina.
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