配列特異的転写因子NF-Yはヒストン型DNA結合とH2B型ユビキチネーションを示す
Marco Nardini1, Nerina Gnesutta, Giacomo Donati
1Dipartimento di BioScienze, Università degli Studi di Milano, Via Celoria 26, 20133 Milano, Italy.
Cell
|January 22, 2013
まとめ
転写因子NF-Yは,ヒストン折りドメインを持つNF-YAおよびNF-YB/NF-YCサブユニットで構成され,DNAをヌクレオソームのように結合します. この結合は,CCAATプロモーターにおけるクロマチンの改変を促進し,他のヒストン折りドメインタンパク質の同様の機能を示唆する.
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
- 構造生物学 構造生物学とは
背景:
- CCAATボックス (CCAAT box) は,真核生物の常見のプロモーター要素である.
- NF-Yは配列特異の転写因子であり,遺伝子調節に不可欠である.
- NF-YはNF-YAおよびNF-YB/NF-YCサブユニットで構成され,後者はヒストン折りドメイン (HFD) を含む.
研究 の 目的:
- CCAATボックスにNF-Yの結合の構造的基礎を明らかにする.
- NF-Yの核細胞のような性質の機能的意味を理解するために.
- NF-YBのユビキチネーションとトランスクリプションの活性化との関係を調査する.
主な方法:
- CCAATオリゴヌクレオチドに結合したNF-Yの構造を決定するX線結晶学.
- 特定のアミノ酸残留物の役割を調査するための変異分析.
- 生物化学的測定は,ユビキチン化と転写活性を評価する.
主要な成果:
- NF-YのHFDダイマーは,DNAの糖-リン酸原骨に結合し,核細胞組成を模倣する.
- NF-YAは,配列特異的なCCAATボックスの認識のために,DNAマイナー・グリューブにアルファヘリクスを挿入します.
- Lys138におけるNF-YBのユビキチネーションは,構造的にも機能的にも,H2BのLys120のモノビキチネーションと同等であり,トランスクリプションの活性化における重要なステップである.
結論:
- NF-Yは配列特異の転写因子として機能し,ヌクレオソームのようなDNA結合特性を持っています.
- NF-Y結合は,CCAATプロモーターにおける許容性クロマチンの改変を確立するのに寄与する.
- 他のHFDを含むタンパク質は,DNA結合および遺伝子調節のための同様のメカニズムを使用する可能性があります.
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