クロマチン改造器ISWIの構造と調節
Lijuan Yan1,2, Li Wang1,2, Yuanyuan Tian1,2
1MOE Key Laboratory of Protein Science, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China.
Nature
|December 6, 2016
まとめ
この研究は,AutoNドメインが,その核に結合することによってISWI (Imitation Switch) 染色体リモデラー活性を抑制することを明らかにしています. ヒストンH4ペプチド結合は,この抑制を解放し,ISWIの活性化とクロマチン調節におけるその役割を説明する.
科学分野:
- 分子生物学
- クロマチン生物学
- 構造生物学
背景:
- ISWI (イミテーション・スイッチ) は,DNA複製や転写などのプロセスに不可欠なクロマチンリモデラーです.
- その活動は,ヒストンH4尾とDNA長さに影響される抑制性AutoNとNegCドメインによって調節される.
- AutoNとNegCの抑制とISWIの規制の正確なメカニズムは以前は不明でした.
研究 の 目的:
- そのAutoNドメインによるISWI阻害の構造的基礎を解明する.
- ヒストンH4ペプチド結合がISWIを活性化する方法を理解する.
- ISWI規制における NegC ドメインの役割を調査する.
主な方法:
- ミセリオフトーラ・サーモフィラのISWIの構造を決定するために,X線結晶学を用いた.
- ISWI単体およびヒストンH4ペプチドとの複合体の構造を分析した.
- 機能的調節を理解するために生化学的測定が暗示的に使用された.
主要な成果:
- AutoNドメインには,コア2ドメインを結合し,ISWIを不活性状態に保つ2つの抑制要素が含まれています.
- ヒストンH4ペプチドがコア2ドメインに結合し,AutoN結合部位を重なり,ISWIの活性化を説明する.
- NegCドメインは,核細胞外DNA長さに応じてISWIをアロステリックに調節する.
結論:
- AutoNドメインは,ISWIの触媒核の直接的阻害剤として作用する.
- ヒストンH4結合は,コア2ドメインへの競争的結合によって媒介されるISWIの主要な活性化剤である.
- ISWIの規制ドメイン (AutoN,NegC) とDNA/ヒストンの相互作用は,クロマチンの正確な制御に不可欠です.
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