細胞内でのアクティブ・トランスレーション・エキスプレソームの構造
Francis J O'Reilly1, Liang Xue2,3, Andrea Graziadei1
1Bioanalytics Unit, Institute of Biotechnology, Technische Universität Berlin, 13355 Berlin, Germany.
まとめ
研究者は細胞内エクスプレソーム構造をマッピングし,RNAポリメラーゼとリボソームが NusA 経由でトランスクリプションとトランスレーションを組み合わせる方法を明らかにしました. この複合体は両方のプロセスが 細胞内で活性化し組み立てられることを要求します
科学分野:
- 構造生物学
- 分子機構
- 細胞のプロセス
背景:
- 原生細胞環境での 分子機械の研究は その機能を理解するために 極めて重要です
- 以前は 生物の細胞内の複雑な相互作用を 視覚化するための解像度や文脈が 欠けていました
研究 の 目的:
- バクテリア発現体の構造を決定するために,統合的な細胞内構造アプローチを開発し,適用する.
- 生きた細胞内の転写と翻訳の機械の空間的組織を 高解像度で視覚化します
主な方法:
- ゲノムを縮小した病原体 *Mycoplasma pneumoniae* をモデルシステムとして利用した.
- 細胞冷凍電子トモグラフィー (冷凍ET) と結合した全細胞クロスリンクマッサスペクトロメトリ (CL-MS).
- 細胞内発現体構造を再構築するために統合モデルを使用した.
主要な成果:
- 転写および翻訳エクスプレソームのサブナノメートル解像度の細胞内構造を決定した.
- RNAポリメラーゼ (RNAP),リボソーム,転写延長因子NusGとNusAを主要成分として特定した.
- RNAPとリボソームの間のインターフェイスにNusaAを局所化し,転写-翻訳カップリングにおけるその役割を示唆しています.
結論:
- アクティブ・エクスプレソームの構造は,トランスクリプションとトランスレーションの連携によって維持されます.
- 翻訳の障害は,ある種の解離につながります.
- 転写の阻害は,この複合体のダイナミックな性質を強調して,エクスプレソームの停滞と再配置を引き起こす.
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