柔軟 な 仲介 者 は 促進 者 と 強化 者 の 間 の 架構 的 な 橋渡し で は なく,機能 的 な 橋渡し の 役割 を 果たす
Laila El Khattabi1, Haiyan Zhao2, Jens Kalchschmidt1
1Lymphocyte Nuclear Biology, NIAMS, NIH, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA.
Cell
|August 13, 2019
まとめ
哺乳類メディエーター (mMED) は遺伝子転写に不可欠です. この研究では,mMEDは建築的ではなく機能的な橋渡しとして機能し,適応可能な構造を通じて規制信号を統合しています.
科学分野:
- 分子生物学
- 遺伝学
- 構造生物学
背景:
- メディエーター複合体は真核転写に不可欠ですが,その正確な作用機構は十分に理解されていません.
- メディエーターの役割を理解することは 遺伝子調節プロセスを解読する鍵です
研究 の 目的:
- 哺乳類のメディエーター (mMED) の機能と構造を明らかにする.
- 転写とDNA組織における特定のメディエーターサブユニットの役割を調査する.
主な方法:
- CRISPR-Cas9遺伝子スクリーニング
- デグロンの測定
- ゲノム全体の相互作用のためのHi-C
- 構造分析のための冷凍電子顕微鏡 (冷凍EM)
主要な成果:
- ゲノム全体でPol IIの募集に必要なメディエーターサブユニットを特定した.
- 調整DNAを物理的に結びつけるのに メディアターが必要でないことを証明した.
- クリオ・エムで 保存されたコアと 尾部モジュールの構造を調整する 欠かせないサブユニットを発見した
- 尾部モジュールの構造の変化は,Pol IIとキナーゼモジュールとの相互作用に影響します.
結論:
- 哺乳類のメディエーターは信号統合器と送信機として機能し,制御要素と転写機構の間の機能的な橋渡しとして機能する.
- DNA組織ではなく,遺伝子調節におけるメディエーターの構造的可塑性は極めて重要です.
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