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トライパノソーマ・ブルセイのガイドRNAのためのミニサークル遺伝子の組織
V W Pollard1, S P Rohrer, E F Michelotti
1Department of Biochemistry, University of Alabama, Schools of Medicine and Dentistry, Birmingham 35294.
Cell
|November 16, 1990
まとめ
研究者らは,トリパノソーマブルセイ (Trypanosoma brucei) で,サイトクローム酸化酵素III (COIII) mRNAのRNA編集のためのガイドRNA (gRNA) として作用するミニサークルのトランスクリプトを発見しました. これらのgRNAは,ミニサークル配列から転写され,側面の繰り返しによって調節されます.
科学分野:
- 分子生物学は分子生物学である.
- 寄生虫学とは,寄生虫学である.
- 遺伝学 遺伝学とは
背景:
- RNA編集は,Trypanosoma brucei.の遺伝子発現に不可欠である.
- ミニサークルは,T. bruceiの染色体外DNA要素であり,その機能は完全に理解されていません.
- サイトクローム酸化酵素III (COIII) mRNAは,トライパノソームで広範なRNA編集を受けます.
研究 の 目的:
- COIII mRNA編集に関与する潜在的なガイドRNA (gRNA) を特定する.
- これらの推定gRNAsの起源と特徴を調査する.
- gRNA発現に関与する規制要素を解明する.
主な方法:
- T. bruceiのミニサークルのシーケンス分析.
- ミニサークルのトランスクリプトを検出するためのノース・ブロット・ハイブリダイゼーション.
- 転写開始部位を決定するためのRNA 5'エンド分析.
主要な成果:
- 編集されたCOIII mRNAを補完する4つのミニサークル配列が特定されました.
- これらのミニサークル配列の3つのトランスクリプトが検出されました.
- これらのトランスクリプトはガイドRNA (gRNA) として機能し,55〜70のヌクレオチドから,異質な配列と5'トリホスファートを持つ.
- gRNA遺伝子は,不完全な18bpのリピートに囲まれており,保存された5'-RYA-YA-3'配列の中で転写が開始されます.
結論:
- ミニサークルのトランスクリプトは,T. brucei. のCOIII mRNA編集のためのガイドRNA (gRNA) として機能する.
- 特定された18bpの逆転繰り返しは,gRNA遺伝子を横切っているので,その発現に重要な可能性が高い.
- この研究は,RNA処理とトライパノソームの遺伝子調節のための新しいメカニズムを明らかにしています.
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