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非コーディングRNAの転写始動のカスケードによる段階的なクロマチンの改造
Kouji Hirota1, Tomoichiro Miyoshi, Kazuto Kugou
1Cellular & Molecular Biology Laboratory, RIKEN Advanced Science Institute, Wako-shi, Saitama 351-0198, Japan. khirota@rg.med.kyoto-u.ac.jp
Nature
|September 30, 2008
まとめ
RNAポリメラーゼIIによるノンコーディングRNA (ncRNA) の転写は,酵母におけるクロマチンの改造と遺伝子活性化に不可欠である. このプロセスは,トランスクリプションアクティベーターがDNA配列にアクセスできるようにします.
科学分野:
- 分子生物学は分子生物学である.
- 遺伝学 遺伝学とは
- バイオケミストリー バイオケミストリー
背景:
- 最近の研究では,多数のノンコーディングRNA (ncRNA) トランスクリプトが明らかにされています.
- 以前は無視されていた多くのゲノム領域が,トランスクリプションで活性化しています.
- ほとんどのncRNAの機能は,ほとんど不明のままである.
研究 の 目的:
- 染色体改造におけるncRNA転写の役割を調査する.
- 分裂酵母におけるfbp1(+) 場所での転写活性化のメカニズムを解明する.
主な方法:
- トランスクリプトーム分析のために高密度タイリング配列とFANTOM3データを利用しました.
- 分裂酵母 (Schizosaccharomyces pombe) で実験を行い,fbp1(+) 位置を中心に研究を行った.
- ncRNA合成を妨害するトランスクリプションターミネーター挿入を採用した.
主要な成果:
- ncRNAsのRNAポリメラーゼII (RNAPII) 転写がfbp1(+) 位置でのクロマチンの改造に不可欠であることを実証しました.
- ncRNAの転写中にクロマチンの漸進的変換をオープン構成に観察した.
- 転写開始部位の上流のRNAPII転位がncRNA生成と関連していることが示された.
- ターミネーター挿入を介してncRNA転写を妨害すると,クロマチンの変異を防ぐことがわかった.
結論:
- ncRNAの転写はクロマチンのアクセシビリティの前提条件である.
- プロモーター領域を通じた転写は,転写活性化剤とRNAPIIへのアクセスを促進する.
- このメカニズムは,遺伝子活性化プロセスにおいて重要な役割を果たします.
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