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SRAとSETドメインを含むタンパク質は,RNAポリメラーゼV占有率をDNAメチル化と結びつける
Lianna M Johnson1, Jiamu Du2, Christopher J Hale1
1Department of Molecular, Cell and Developmental Biology, University of California at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA.
Nature
|January 28, 2014
まとめ
SUVH2およびSUVH9タンパク質はRNAポリメラーゼVをDNAメチル化部位に誘導し,植物における標的の表遺伝子遺伝子の静止を可能にします. このメカニズムは,彼らのSRAドメインがメチル化DNAと結合することを頼りにしており,触媒的活動ではありません.
科学分野:
- エピジェネティクス エピジェネティクス
- 植物分子生物学 植物分子生物学
- 遺伝子サイレンシング
背景:
- RNAによるDNAメチル化は,植物における遺伝子サイレンシングに不可欠である.
- このプロセスには,小さな干渉RNA (siRNA),RNAポリメラーゼIV (Pol IV),およびPol V.が含まれています.
- 下流段階におけるSUVH2とSUVH9の役割は,以前は不明でした.
研究 の 目的:
- RNA誘導DNAメチル化においてSUVH2とSUVH9が機能するメカニズムを解明する.
- SUVH2とSUVH9がメチルトランスファーゼ活性を持っているかどうかを判断する.
- DNAメチル化部位をターゲットにするためにPol Vがどのように採用されているかを理解するために.
主な方法:
- ゲノム全体のクロマチンの関連研究.
- SUVH9.9の結晶構造の決定
- サイト・ディレクテッド・ミュータジェネシスおよび遺伝子サイレンシング・アッセイ.
- 亜鉛指ドメインを用いたテザリング実験.
主要な成果:
- ゲノム全体にわたるPol V結合は,SUVH2とSUVH9の両方を冗長的に必要とします.
- SUVH9には,メチルトランスフェラーゼに特有の触媒活性がない.
- SUVH2とSUVH9はSRAドメイン経由でメチル化DNAを結合し,Pol V.を勧誘する.
- DNAメチル化が失われると,新しい部位でPol Vの再分布とハイパーメチル化が起こります.
- SUVH9を非メチル化DNAに結合させると,Pol Vを募集し,静止を誘導する.
結論:
- SUVH2とSUVH9はアダプタとして作用し,メチル-DNA結合を通じてDNAメチル化部位にPol Vを勧誘する.
- これらのタンパク質には内在的なメチルトランスフェラーゼ活性が欠け,代わりにリクルートメントで機能する.
- この発見は,植物における標的型エピジェネティック遺伝子サイレンシングのメカニズムを明らかにしている.
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