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Stc1:ヘテロクロマチンの完全性のために必要なRNAiとクロマチンの改変の間の重要なリンク
Elizabeth H Bayne1, Sharon A White, Alexander Kagansky
1Wellcome Trust Centre for Cell Biology and Institute of Cell Biology, School of Biological Sciences, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH9 3JR, Scotland, UK.
Cell
|March 10, 2010
まとめ
新しく特定されたタンパク質であるStc1は,RNA干渉 (RNAi) を分裂酵母におけるヘテロクロマチン形成と結びつける. Stc1は,H3K9メチル化に不可欠なCLRC複合体をRNAi機構に誘導し,セントロメリックサイレンシングを確立する.
科学分野:
- エピジェネティクス エピジェネティクス
- 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:
- 分裂酵母におけるRNA干渉 (RNAi) は,セントロメア,テロメア,および交配型ロカスにおけるヘテロクロマチン集合を誘導する.
- リピート要素から生成された小型の干渉RNA (siRNAs) は,RNA誘発型転写サイレンシング (RITS) コンプレックスに組み込まれ,新生トランスクリプトを標的にします.
- RITS複合体は,ヒストンメチルトランスファーゼClr4を含むCLRC複合体を募集し,H3K9のメチル化とヘテロクロマチン形成を促進します.
研究 の 目的:
- Clr4/CLRCをトランスクリプト・バインドRITSに勧誘する要因を特定する.
- センターメリックヘテロクロマチン形成におけるLIMドメインタンパク質Stc1の役割を調査する.
主な方法:
- 核分裂酵母における遺伝分析により,セントロメリックヘテロクロマチンに対するStc1の必要性を評価する.
- 同免疫プレシピテーションは,Stc1,Ago1とCLRC複合体間の相互作用を調べるための測定である.
- H3K9メチル化パターンを分析するために,クロマチンの免疫プレシピテーションに続いてシーケンシング (ChIP-seq) を行う.
- ローカステザリングアッセイは,ヘテロクロマチン誘導におけるStc1の機能を評価するものです.
主要な成果:
- Stc1は,セントロメリックヘテロクロマチンの整合性を維持するために不可欠です.
- Stc1はRNAiを介してH3K9メチル化の確立を特異的に媒介する.
- Stc1はAgo1 (RNAiエフェクター) とCLRC複合体 (クロマチンの修飾物質) と相互作用する.
- Stc1をユークロマティック・ロカスに結合させると,RNAiとは無関係に遺伝子サイレンシングとヘテロクロマチン形成が誘発される.
結論:
- Stc1は,RNAi経路とクロマチンの改変機構を結びつける重要な橋渡し役を担っている.
- Stc1は,セントロメリックトランスクリプトのRITSと関連し,CLRCを勧誘し,それによってRNAiをH3K9メチル化とヘテロクロマチンの確立と結合させます.
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