転写因子ペアのDNA依存的形成は,それらの結合特異性を変化させる
Arttu Jolma1, Yimeng Yin1, Kazuhiro R Nitta1
1Department of Biosciences and Nutrition, Karolinska Institutet, SE 141 83, Sweden.
Nature
|November 10, 2015
まとめ
研究者たちは,トランスクリプション・ファクター (TF) が DNA にどのように作用するかを特定しました. 遺伝子発現を制御する新しいTFペアとDNAモチーフを発見し DNAを明らかにしました
科学分野:
- 分子生物学
- 遺伝学
- バイオ情報学
背景:
- 遺伝子発現は主に特定のDNA配列に結合する転写因子 (TF) によって制御される.
- 複数のTFが近隣のDNAモチーフに協力的に結合することは,正確な遺伝子発現特異性にとって極めて重要です.
- DNA結合TF間の相互作用の体系的な特徴づけは欠けています.
研究 の 目的:
- 協力的なDNA結合を示すTFペアを体系的に識別する.
- これらの協力的なTFの相互作用の好ましい距離と方向性を特徴付ける.
- 遺伝子調節におけるTF-TFの協力性の構造的基礎を明らかにする.
主な方法:
- 9,400のTF-TF-DNAの相互作用を分析するために,指数的濃縮による連帯体の連続的な親和性浄化系統的進化 (CAP-SELEX) を採用した.
- MEIS1とDLX3複合体の新しい結晶学を含む構造分析を行った.
- 個々のTF認識モチーフと複合モチーフの重複と特徴を分析した.
主要な成果:
- 315の新しいTF-TF相互作用と,これまで記述されていない618の異体DNAモチーフを発見した.
- 多様なTF構造のファミリーで 乱れた協力性を観察した.
- DNAは主にTF-TFの相互作用を媒介し,しばしば重要なモチーフが重なり合って複合サイトを形成することを発見した.
結論:
- この研究は,既知の協調型TFの相互作用とその認識モチーフを大幅に拡張しています.
- DNAはTFの協同性を媒介し,遺伝子調節語彙を形作るのに積極的に参加する.
- これらの発見は 複雑な遺伝子調節ネットワークを理解するための基盤を提供します
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