均衡に依存するレトロウイルスのmRNAスイッチは,翻訳再コーディングを調節する
Brian Houck-Loomis1, Michael A Durney, Carolina Salguero
1Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Columbia University, New York, New York 10032, USA.
Nature
|November 29, 2011
まとめ
レトロウイルスは,RNAの再コーディングを使用して,精密にタンパク質レベルを制御します. ネズミ白血病ウイルスのRNAのプロトネーション依存スイッチは,このプロセスを調節し,Gag to Gag-Polタンパク質の比率を決定的に維持します.
科学分野:
- 分子生物学は分子生物学である.
- ウイルス学 ウイルス学 ウイルス学
- 構造生物学 構造生物学とは
背景:
- レトロウイルスには,精密なGagとGag-Polのタンパク質比が組み立てられる必要があります.
- リボソームのフレームシフトまたはストップコドンの読み通しによる翻訳再コーディングにより,この比率は達成されます.
- 再コーディング周波数を制御するメカニズムは未だに曖昧である.
研究 の 目的:
- レトロウイルス翻訳再コーディングの背後にあるメカニズムを解明する.
- シスRNAモチーフがガグからガグ-ポルタンパク質の比率をどのように調節するかを決定する.
- ネズミ白血病ウイルスの再コーディングの構造的基礎を調査するために.
主な方法:
- 核磁共振 (NMR) スペクトロスコーピーは,RNAの構造を決定する.
- プロトネーション依存型構成スイッチの分析.
- RNA構成とインビボタンパク質発現レベルとの相関.
主要な成果:
- ネズミ白血病ウイルスの再コーディング信号のNMR構造が解明されました.
- プロトネーションに依存するスイッチは,アクティブで読み通し可能な容認型コンフォームを誘導します.
- この活発な形状は,生理学的pHで約6%で満たされ,in vivoタンパク質比に匹敵します.
- RNAは,正確な読み込み周波数制御のために,化学-機械的結合を使用します.
結論:
- 新しい均衡に基づくメカニズムは,レトロウイルスにおける翻訳再コーディングを統制する.
- 陽子化に依存するRNAの構成の変化は,Gag/Gag-Pol比を維持する鍵となる.
- このメカニズムは,フレームシフトを含む他の翻訳再コーディングイベントにも広く適用される可能性があります.
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