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Bidyut Sarkar1, Kunihiko Ishii1,2, Tahei Tahara1,2
1Molecular Spectroscopy Laboratory, RIKEN, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako 351-0198, Japan.
Journal of the American Chemical Society
|May 20, 2021
Resumen
Este estudio revela cómo el riboswitch preQ1 en Bacillus subtilis cambia de forma para controlar la expresión génica. Detalla la dinámica de plegamiento y cómo se unen los ligandos como Mg2+ y preQ1, influyendo en la regulación génica.
Área de la Ciencia:
- Biología molecular
- La biofísica
- La bioquímica
Sus antecedentes:
- Los riboswitches son elementos reguladores de ARN que controlan la expresión génica en las bacterias.
- Los riboswitches de transcripción utilizan cambios conformacionales en el dominio del aptamer para regular la expresión génica cinéticamente.
- Comprender estas dinámicas es crucial para descifrar los mecanismos de regulación genética.
Objetivo del estudio:
- Investigar la dinámica conformacional del dominio del aptamer de riboswitch preQ1 de Bacillus subtilis.
- Elucidar los mecanismos de unión a los ligandos de preQ1 y Mg2+.
- Determinar el papel del plegado/desplegado en microsegundos en la función del riboswitch.
Principales métodos:
- Espectroscopia de correlación de fluorescencia bidimensional (2D FLCS) con una resolución de tiempo de microsegundos.
- Análisis de datos de una sola molécula para caracterizar la dinámica de plegado/despliegue.
- Integración con estudios anteriores de smFRET para obtener una visión global.
Principales resultados:
- El dominio de aptamer exhibe tres estados conformacionales distintos: alfiler (O), pseudo-nudo (pF) y pseudonudo de tipo H (fF).
- Mg2+ se une a la forma fF a través de la selección conformacional, mientras que preQ1 se une a la forma O a través del ajuste inducido, acelerando el plegamiento O → pF.
- La unión de PreQ1 estabiliza la forma fF, con una estabilización significativa que ocurre durante > 10 ms.
Conclusiones:
- Se obtuvo una imagen detallada de la dinámica de plegado/despliegue y el panorama energético del dominio aptamer.
- Las dinámicas de microsegundos son significativas para la función biológica del riboswitch.
- Se propone un mecanismo molecular para el control de la expresión génica basado en la dinámica estructural del dominio aptamer.
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