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Genome-wide Analysis using ChIP to Identify Isoform-specific Gene Targets
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転写因子Sp1をコードするcDNAを分離し,DNA結合ドメインの機能分析を行った
J T Kadonaga1, K R Carner, F R Masiarz
1Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Department of Biochemistry, University of California, Berkeley 94720.
Cell
|December 24, 1987
まとめ
遺伝子活性化に不可欠な転写因子Sp1は,C端の亜鉛指を通してDNAを結合する. この研究では,DNA結合ドメインを特定し,Sp1変種のための細菌検査を開発しています.
科学分野:
- 分子生物学は分子生物学である.
- 遺伝学 遺伝学とは
- バイオケミストリー バイオケミストリー
背景:
- Sp1は哺乳類の転写因子で,GC豊富なプロモーター元素と結合する.
- 特定の遺伝子のmRNA合成を活性化するのに重要な役割を果たします.
研究 の 目的:
- 人間のSp1.1のDNA結合領域を分離し,特徴づけること.
- Sp1 DNA結合における亜鉛 (Zn(II)) の役割を調査する.
- 障害のあるDNA結合を持つSp1変異体を特定するための細菌検査を開発する.
主な方法:
- 人間のSp1のC端696アミノ酸をコードするcDNAの分離.
- DNA結合活性をマッピングするために,E. coliの断片化されたSp1断片の発現.
- Sp1の浄化とDNA結合のためのZn (II) の要件の評価.
- Sp1-DNA結合検出のためのバクテリアコロニーアッセイの開発.
主要な成果:
- Sp1のDNA結合活動は,C端の168アミノ酸に局限していた.
- この領域には3つの連続した亜鉛 (Zn(II)) 指のモチーフが含まれています.
- 精製されたSp1は,配列特異的なDNA結合のためにZn{\displaystyle {Zn}{\displaystyle {Zn}{\displaystyle {Zn}{\displaystyle {Zn}}{\displaystyle {Zn}{\displaystyle {Zn}}{\displaystyle {Zn}{\displaystyle {II}}}}} } を必要とし,Zn{\displaystyle {Zn}{\displaystyle {Zn}{\displaystyle {II}}} } の指を通して相互作用することを示唆している.
- Sp1 DNA結合を検出するための細菌コロニーアッセイが成功裏に開発されました.
結論:
- Sp1のC端亜鉛指領域は,そのDNA結合活動に不可欠である.
- 亜鉛イオンは,Sp1の配列特異的なDNAとの相互作用に不可欠です.
- 開発されたバクテリアアッセイは,Sp1 DNA結合変異体を研究するための貴重なツールです.
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