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トランスクリプションのアンチターミネータータンパク質の二酸化を,リン酸化によって調節する
1Department of Molecular Biology and Microbiology, Tufts University Health Sciences Campus, Boston, MA 02111.
Science (New York, N.Y.)
|September 4, 1992
まとめ
トランスクリプションのアンチターミネーターであるBglGタンパク質は,脱リン酸化時に活性ダイマーとして機能し,リン酸化時に非活性モノマーとして機能し,Escherichia coliのトランスクリプションを調節する.
科学分野:
- 微生物学 微生物学とは
- 分子生物学は分子生物学である.
- 遺伝子規制 遺伝子規制
背景:
- エシェリキア・コライ菌のbglオペロンは,トランスクリプションのアンチターミネータータンパク質BglGによって調節されます.
- BglGの活動は,そのリン酸化状態によって調節され,転写終結に影響することが知られている.
研究 の 目的:
- BglGタンパク質の構造的および機能的状態を解明する.
- BglGの二次元状態と転写活性の調節におけるリン酸化の役割を調査する.
主な方法:
- BglGのオリゴメリック状態を評価するために,ネイティブポリアクリルアミドゲル電泳.
- ラムダ・リプレッサー-BglGキメラの構築と分析を in vivo ダイメリゼーションと機能を研究するために.
- リン酸化/脱リン酸化効果を研究するために,BglGキナーゼ (BglF) を含む酵素測定法.
主要な成果:
- BglGは,非リン酸化状態では活性ダイマーとして存在し,リン酸化状態では非活性モノマーとして存在します.
- 標的RNAに結合するのは非リン酸化BglGダイマーのみである.
- ラムダ-BglGキメラでは,BglGが in vivo で二酸化し,遺伝子発現を抑制する能力を示した.
- BglF媒介のリン酸化により,ラムダ-BglGキメラが不活性化され,この効果は脱リン酸化によって逆転した.
結論:
- BglGのリン酸化と脱リン酸化は,モノメリック状態と二次状態の間の移行を制御することによって,その活動を直接調節します.
- 非リン酸化BglGの二次状態は,トランスクリプションのアンチターミネーターとしての機能に不可欠です.
- この研究は,タンパク質二酸化のリン酸化依存制御による遺伝子調節の新しいメカニズムを明らかにしています.
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