ISWIの調節には,核群のエピトープによって敵対される抑制モジュールが含まれています
Cedric R Clapier1, Bradley R Cairns
1Howard Hughes Medical Institute and Department of Oncological Sciences, Huntsman Cancer Institute, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, Utah 84112, USA. cedric.clapier@hci.utah.edu
Nature
|November 13, 2012
まとめ
染色体改造者は,核細胞の滑り方を制御するために,規制領域を使用します. 新しい発見は,ISWIリモデラーが特定のDNAとヒストン信号によってどのように活性化され,正確な遺伝子調節を確実にすることを明らかにしています.
科学分野:
- 分子生物学は分子生物学である.
- エピジェネティクス エピジェネティクス
- バイオケミストリー バイオケミストリー
背景:
- 染色体改造複合体 (CRC) は,核細胞を動員することによって遺伝子調節に不可欠です.
- CRCは,触媒性ATPase/DNA-トランスロカゼサブユニットと,ヌクレオソームのエピトープを結合する規制的側面領域を有しています.
- これらの隣接する領域がCRCの活性を調節する方法を理解することは,遺伝子のアクセシビリティを解読する上で極めて重要です.
研究 の 目的:
- ISWI-ファミリークロマチンリモデラー内の新しい規制領域を特定し,特徴づけること.
- ヌクレオソームのエピトープがISWI活動を調節するメカニズムを調査する.
- 規制領域とISWIの触媒コアとの機能的関係を明らかにする.
主な方法:
- ATPの水解とDNAの転位率を測定するための生化学分析.
- ドロソフィラISWIの特定された調節領域 (AutoNとNegC) を破壊または除去するためのサイト指向変異.
- 特定の核染色体エピトープ (H4テイルベーシックパッチ,エクストラヌクレオソームDNA) の存在または欠如における核染色体スライディングアッセイ.
主要な成果:
- Drosophila ISWI.で2つの新しい保存された規制領域,AutoNとNegCが特定されました.
- AutoNはATPの水解を否定的に調節し,NegCは水解とDNA転位の結合を阻害する.
- AutoNとNegCの除去により,ISWIは活性化エピトープとHSSドメインに独立して核細胞をスライドし,SWI/SNF ATPaseの活動を模倣することができます.
結論:
- ISWI ATPaseの触媒核は本質的に活性であり,AutoNとNegCは抑制モジュールとして作用する.
- 核群のエピトープは,AutoNとNegCによって課される抑制を緩和することによって,ISWI活動を促進します.
- このメカニズムは,ISWIファミリーのリモデラーが適切なクロマチンの風景に選択的に作用することを保証し,クロマチンのリモデラーの専門化に貢献します.
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