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Analysis of Termination of Transcription Using BrUTP-strand-specific Transcription Run-on (TRO) Approach

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転写終止タンパク質の結合は,新生RNAとテンプレートDNAに結合する

R S Watnick¹, M E Gottesman

¹Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics and Institute of Cancer Research, Columbia University, New York, NY 10032, USA.

Science (New York, N.Y.)

|December 22, 1999

まとめ

Coliphage HK022 Nunタンパク質は新生トランスクリプトと結合し,RNAポリメラーゼと相互作用してトランスクリプションをブロックします. ヌンはRNAポリメラーゼをDNAに固定することで転写を停止し,クロスリンクを用いて研究されたメカニズムである.

科学分野:

分子生物学は分子生物学である.
ウイルス学ウイルス学ウイルス学
バイオケミストリーバイオケミストリー

背景:

コリファージHK022 ヌンタンパク質は転写を調節する.
Nunのアミノ端末モチーフは新生RNAと結合し,そのカルボキシル端末ドメインはRNAポリメラーゼ (RNAP) と相互作用する.
NunによるRNAP相互作用は,転写の延長を阻害する.

研究の目的:

ヌン・カーボキシル末端の分子相互作用を調査する.
Nunが転写延長を停止するメカニズムを解明する.
ヌンのRNA結合における亜鉛 (Zn2+) とE. coli NusAの役割を理解する.

主な方法:

Nunのカルボキシル末端をクロスリンカーで化学的に改造した.
クロスリンクを使用して,Nun,RNAポリメラーゼ,DNAの相互作用を研究する.
亜鉛とNusaAがNun-RNAの相互作用に及ぼす影響を調査する.

主要な成果:

Nunカルボキシル末端はE. coli NusA.と接触する.
ヌン・カルボキシル末端内でZn2+依存の分子内接触が観察されました.
NunはDNAテンプレートと,一時停止した転写延長複合体で交互にリンクされた.
NunはRNAPをDNAに固定することで転写を停止します.

結論:

Nunは,そのカルボキシル末端を利用してNusaと相互作用し,分子内接触を形成します.
Nunは,RNAPをDNAテンプレートに物理的に固定することによって,転写を停止します.
これらの発見は,ファグ-宿主転写調節機構の洞察を提供します.

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