トランスクリプション駆動型DNAのスーパーコイリング: in vitro研究からの直接的な生化学的証拠
1Department of Biological Chemistry, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland 21205.
Cell
|January 13, 1989
まとめ
トランスクリプションは,DNAの重要なスーパーコイリングを生成します. この研究では,双子の超巻きドメインモデルが確認され,RNAポリメラーゼの動きが細胞内DNA超巻きに影響を及ぼすトルション波を生成することを示した.
科学分野:
- 分子生物学は分子生物学である.
- バイオケミストリー バイオケミストリー
- 遺伝学 遺伝学とは
背景:
- トランスクリプション中のRNAポリメラーゼの動きは,DNAにスーパーコイリングドメインを作成すると仮定されています.
- ツイン・スーパーコイルドメインモデルは,正のスーパーコイルを前面に,負のスーパーコイルをトランスクリプション複合体の後ろに提案する.
研究 の 目的:
- 複写の双子の超巻きドメインモデルを in vitro で生化学的にテストする.
- 転写誘発型スーパーコイリングにおけるDNAトポイソメラーゼIの役割を調査する.
主な方法:
- 単一のプロモーターを用いたインビトロ転写アッセイ.
- プロカリオットDNAトポイソメラーゼIを用いて,負のスーパーコイルを特異的に除去する.
- RNAポリメラーゼトランスロケーション中のDNAスーパーコイリングのダイナミクスの監視.
主要な成果:
- DNAトポイソメラーゼIの存在下での転写は,DNAテンプレートの迅速かつ広範なポジティブなスーパーコイリングにつながった.
- 陽性スーパーコイルの蓄積は,継続的な延長複合体の動きと新生RNA鎖の長さに依存していた.
- トランスクリプション誘発のDNAスーパーコイリングの大きさは,これまで予想されていたよりも大きかった.
結論:
- in vitroの結果は,トランスクリプションのツインスーパーコイルドメインモデルに直接的な生化学的サポートを提供します.
- トランスクリプションは,発生する重要なトルション波のために,細胞内DNAのスーパーコイリングに大きく貢献します.
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