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Estructura cryo-EM del complejo SWI/SNF unido a un nucleosoma
Yan Han1, Alexis A Reyes1,2, Sara Malik1
1Department of Molecular Biosciences, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, USA.
Nature
|March 20, 2020
Resumen
Los investigadores visualizaron el remodelador de cromatina de Saccharomyces cerevisiae SWI / SNF con una resolución casi atómica. Esta estructura revela cómo SWI / SNF interactúa con los nucleosomas, ayudando en la accesibilidad del ADN y la activación de genes.
Área de la Ciencia:
- Biología molecular
- Biología estructural
- La genética
Sus antecedentes:
- El complejo SWI / SNF es crucial para la transcripción genética y la reparación del ADN.
- Su actividad de remodelación de la cromatina dependiente del ATP es esencial para la accesibilidad del ADN.
- Ha faltado una estructura de alta resolución de SWI/SNF, lo que limita la comprensión mecanicista.
Objetivo del estudio:
- Determinar la estructura de resolución casi atómica del complejo SWI/SNF de Saccharomyces cerevisiae unido a un nucleosoma.
- Para aclarar los mecanismos moleculares subyacentes a la actividad de remodelación de la cromatina de SWI/SNF.
- Mapear las mutaciones relacionadas con el cáncer dentro del complejo SWI/SNF humano.
Principales métodos:
- Para obtener la estructura se utilizó la crio-microscopía electrónica (crio-EM).
- Se emplearon ensayos bioquímicos para estudiar las interacciones nucleosómicas.
- Se utilizó el modelado computacional para racionalizar los datos de mutación y proponer mecanismos funcionales.
Principales resultados:
- La estructura cryo-EM revela la organización de las subunidades SWI / SNF, incluido el módulo Arp, ATPasa y dominio HSA.
- La estructura muestra interacciones entre Snf5 y parches ácidos de histona, lo que sugiere un papel en la translocación del ADN.
- Se propuso un modelo para el reconocimiento y la remodelación del nucleosoma +1 por SWI/SNF.
Conclusiones:
- La estructura de alta resolución proporciona una visión sin precedentes de la organización y función del complejo SWI/SNF.
- Los hallazgos facilitan la comprensión de las mutaciones SWI/SNF asociadas al cáncer.
- Este trabajo avanza nuestro conocimiento de la remodelación del nucleosoma en la regulación genética y la reparación del ADN.
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