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La fosforilación de Pol II regula un cambio entre los condensados de transcripción y de empalme
Yang Eric Guo1, John C Manteiga1,2, Jonathan E Henninger1
1Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research, Cambridge, MA, USA.
Nature
|August 9, 2019
Resumen
Fosforilación de la ARN polimerasa II
Área de la Ciencia:
- Biología molecular
- Biología celular
- La bioquímica
Sus antecedentes:
- La fosforilación del dominio C terminal de la ARN polimerasa II (Pol II) es crucial para el inicio y el alargamiento de la transcripción.
- Las máquinas de transcripción y empalme forman condensados separados por fase, concentrando moléculas como Pol II y factores de empalme.
- Los modelos existentes de los efectos de fosforilación del dominio C-terminal de Pol II son incompletos.
Objetivo del estudio:
- Investigar si la fosforilación del dominio C de Pol II regula su incorporación en condensados separados por fases.
- Determinar el papel de la fosforilación en el intercambio dinámico entre los condensados de transcripción y empalme.
Principales métodos:
- Investigó la incorporación de dominios hipofosforilados y hiperfosforilados de Pol II C-terminal en condensados separados por fase.
- Se utilizaron ensayos bioquímicos para observar las interacciones del dominio C-terminal Pol II con el mediador y los condensados del factor de empalme.
Principales resultados:
- El dominio C-terminal de Pol II hipofosforilado se incorpora en los condensados mediadores.
- La fosforilación de la quinasa dependiente de la ciclina reduce la incorporación de Pol II en los condensados mediadores.
- El dominio C-terminal de Pol II hiperfosforilado muestra una incorporación preferente en los condensados de factor de empalme.
Conclusiones:
- La fosforilación del dominio C-terminal Pol II impulsa un cambio de los condensados de iniciación de transcripción a los condensados de procesamiento de ARN.
- La fosforilación actúa como un mecanismo regulador clave que controla la preferencia del condensado para el Pol II.
- Este intercambio de condensado dependiente de la fosforilación vincula la iniciación de la transcripción al procesamiento del ARN.
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