リボソームタンパク質遺伝子の内部にあるイントロンは,酵母リボソームの生産と機能を調節する
Julie Parenteau1, Mathieu Durand, Geneviève Morin
1Laboratoire de génomique fonctionnelle de l'Université de Sherbrooke, Département de microbiologie et d'infectiologie, Faculté de médecine et des sciences de la santé, Université de Sherbrooke, Québec, Canada.
Cell
|October 18, 2011
まとめ
酵母におけるリボソームタンパク質 (RP) 遺伝子イントロンのスプライシングは,細胞のフィットネスとストレス反応に極めて重要です. 複製されたRP遺伝子のイントロンは相互に調節し,リボソームの生産と機能に影響を与えます.
科学分野:
- 分子生物学は分子生物学である.
- イースト遺伝学 イースト遺伝学
- 遺伝子規制 遺伝子規制
背景:
- リボソームタンパク質 (RP) は,リボソーム生体生成に不可欠です.
- プレメッセンジャーRNA (プレ-mRNA) のスプライシングは,遺伝子発現における重要なステップです.
- 芽生えた酵母におけるRP遺伝子は,高度にスプライスされ,細胞機能にとって極めて重要です.
研究 の 目的:
- イーストにおけるリボソームタンパク質 (RP) 遺伝子のイントロンの役割を調査する.
- RNA発現,rRNA前処理,細胞成長,およびストレス反応に対するイントロン除去の影響を決定する.
- スプライシングによって媒介される複製されたRP遺伝子の間の規制関係を探求する.
主な方法:
- 芽生えた酵母におけるすべてのRP遺伝子からのイントロンの系統的削除.
- RNA発現,rRNA前処理,および細胞成長フェノタイプの分析.
- 様々なストレス状態に対する細胞の反応の評価.
- 複製されたRP遺伝子ペアの遺伝子発現パターンの検査.
主要な成果:
- RP遺伝子イントロンのほとんどは,細胞の最適な健康状態とストレス下での成長に不可欠です.
- 複製されたRP遺伝子の一つのコピーのイントロン削除は,しばしば他のコピーの発現に非互換的に影響した.
- 複製されたRP遺伝子の約70%は非対称的な発現を示した.
- イントロンと遺伝子消去は,コピー特異的なフェノタイプ効果を示した.
結論:
- イーストのRP遺伝子のイントロンのスプライシングは,インターゲン調節において重要な役割を果たします.
- イントロンが影響する複製されたRP遺伝子の発現比は,リボソーム機能の調節に関与しています.
- イントロン媒介による調節は,酵母における細胞の恒常性およびストレス適応の維持に不可欠である.
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