ゲノムスケールでのDNAメカニズム測定
Aakash Basu1,2, Dmitriy G Bobrovnikov1, Zan Qureshi3
1Department of Biophysics and Biophysical Chemistry, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA.
Nature
|December 17, 2020
まとめ
科学者は DNAの曲げを測定するために ループセックを開発し 機械的なコードを明らかにしました このコードは遺伝子調節,核子の位置付け,クロマチンのリモデラー活性に影響を与え 細胞機能に影響を与えます
科学分野:
- 分子生物学
- ゲノミクス
- バイオ物理学
背景:
- DNAの機械的性質は 細胞の機能には不可欠ですが 規模で測定するのは困難です
- DNAメカニズムを理解することは クロマチンのトランザクションと ゲノム全体の調節を解読する鍵です
研究 の 目的:
- DNAのループ化傾向と固有のサイクル性を測定するための高通量測定法 (ループセック) を開発する.
- ゲノムスケールでDNAのメカニズムをマッピングし, 配列でコードされたメカニカル特性を特定する.
主な方法:
- DNAのループ傾向を定量化するための高通量アッセイ"ループセック"を開発した.
- Saccharomyces cerevisiaeの染色体V,他のゲノム領域,およびランダムな配列から 270,806 の DNA 断片を分析した.
- コレレートされたDNAメカニズムと核子の位置付け,クロマチンのリモデラー活性,および転写開始部位.
主要な成果:
- トランスクリプション開始部位 (TSS) の上流で,低DNA曲率のシーケンスをコードした領域を特定した.
- リンカーDNAの低屈曲性は,INO80クロマチンリモデラーによって核細胞のスライディングを阻害することを実証した.
- コドン選択によって影響され,転写に影響する,ニュクレオソーム (ダイアードで高い,リンクヤーで低い) の異なるDNAの曲解性パターンを明らかにした.
結論:
- ゲノムスケールのDNAメカニズムマップは 基本的な生物学的プロセスに影響を与える"メカニカルコード"を明らかにしています
- DNAのメカニズムは,ニュクレオソームが枯渇した領域を定義し,遺伝子発現を調節する上で重要な役割を果たします.
- コドン選択の進化は,核細胞内のDNAの機械的性質によって形作られる.
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