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TFIIHとメディエーターによるトランスクリプションの前開始複合体の構造
S Schilbach1, M Hantsche1, D Tegunov1
1Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry, Department of Molecular Biology, Am Fassberg 11, 37077 Göttingen, Germany.
Nature
|November 2, 2017
まとめ
Cryo-EM構造は,転写因子IIH (TFIIH) とメディエーター複合体が RNAポリメラーゼII (Pol II) の転写を開始するためにどのように組み合わされるかを明らかにする. これらの発見は,TFIIHを明らかにします.
科学分野:
- 分子生物学
- 構造生物学
- 生物化学
背景:
- RNAポリメラーゼII (Pol II) は,プロモーターDNAに一般的な転写因子を持つ前始動複合体 (PIC) を形成することによって転写を開始する.
- PICの組立と機能の構造的基礎を理解することは,遺伝子調節を解読するために不可欠です.
研究 の 目的:
- 高解像度冷凍電子顕微鏡 (Cryo-EM) によるSaccharomyces cerevisiae PICとPICコアメディエーター複合体の構造を決定する.
- 転写因子IIH (TFIIH) の核とキナーゼモジュールのプロモーターDNA開きとPolIIリン酸化における役割を解明する.
主な方法:
- クリオ電子顕微鏡 (cryo-EM) を使用して,PICとPICコアメディエーター複合体の構造を得ました.
- PICとPICコアメディエーター複合体の名目解像度はそれぞれ4. 7 Åと5. 8 Åであった.
主要な成果:
- 構造は,TFIIHサブユニット,Ssl2を含む,PIC内の正確な位置を明らかにし,TFIIEが刺激したDNA開封と一致します.
- TFIIHキナーゼモジュールサブユニットTfb3は,移動性があるが,好ましくはメディエーター複合体の近くに位置するキナーゼKin28 (CDK7) を固定する.
- メディエーター複合体内の開いた空間は,Kin28がPol IIのC端域をリン酸化するための潜在的なアクセスルートを示唆する.
結論:
- この研究は,Saccharomyces cerevisiae PICとそのコアメディエーター複合体に関する前例のない構造的な洞察を提供します.
- 発見は,プロモーターDNA解とPol II C末端ドメインのリン酸化におけるTFIIHモジュールの機能的役割を明らかにする.
- この研究は,真核転写の開始を制御する複雑なメカニズムの理解を進める.
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