サイクルADPリボースイソマー:生産,化学構造,免疫シグナル伝達
Mohammad K Manik1,2, Yun Shi3, Sulin Li1,2
1School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD 4072, Australia.
まとめ
循環性アデノシン二酸化物 (ADP) -リボス (cADPR) イソメアは,細菌および植物TIRドメインによって生成されます. これらの分子には,
科学分野:
- 生物化学
- 分子生物学
- 微生物学
背景:
- 循環性アデノシン二酸化物 (ADP) -リボース (cADPR) のイソメアはシグナル伝達分子である.
- バクテリアと植物のトール/インタールイキン-1受容体 (TIR) ドメインは,ニコチナミドアデニン・ディヌクレオチド (酸化形態) (NAD+) の水解によってcADPRイソマーを生成する.
研究 の 目的:
- TIRドメインによるcADPR同位体生成の分子メカニズムを解明する.
- バクテリアと植物のシステムにおけるcADPRイソメアの生物学的な役割を調査する.
主な方法:
- 2'cADPRを生成するTIR領域の構造分析
- サイト・ディレクテッド・ミュータジェネシスで,サイクライゼーションの鍵となる残基を特定する.
- 3'cADPRの活性を決定する生化学的測定.
主要な成果:
- v-cADPR (2'cADPR) とv2-cADPR (3'cADPR) のイソメアは,ADPRにおけるリボース分子の間のO-グリコシド結合形成によって形成される.
- TIRドメインの構造は,アクティブアセンブリにつながる形状の変化を明らかにします.
- 保存されたトリプトファンの残留はcADPRサイクリングに不可欠です.
- 3'cADPRは,トエリス系におけるバクテリアのThsAエフェクタータンパク質を活性化する.
- 3'cADPRは,HopAM1エフェクタによって生成される植物免疫を抑制する.
結論:
- この研究は,TIRドメインによるcADPR同位体合成の分子基盤を明らかにしている.
- 3'cADPRは細菌における抗ウイルス信号分子として機能する.
- 3'cADPRは植物免疫抑制剤として作用する.
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