tRNAリガゼは,展開されたタンパク質応答における調節されたmRNAスプライシングに必要です
C Sidrauski1, J S Cox, P Walter
1Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of California School of Medicine, San Francisco 94143-0448, USA.
Cell
|November 1, 1996
まとめ
tRNAリガゼの突然変異は,HAC1 mRNAのスプライシングを阻害することによって,酵母における展開タンパク質応答 (UPR) を破壊する. これは,HAC1 mRNA処理のための新しい,スプライソーム独立の経路を示唆しています.
科学分野:
- 分子生物学は分子生物学である.
- 細胞生物学 細胞生物学
- イースト遺伝学 イースト遺伝学
背景:
- 展開タンパク質応答 (UPR) は,エンドプラズマ網膜 (ER) ストレスによって活性化される重要な細胞経路です.
- UPRの活性化には,トランスクリプション因子Hac1pが関与し,その活動はmRNAスプライシングによって調節されます.
- UPRの調節を理解することは,細胞のストレス反応を理解するために不可欠です.
研究 の 目的:
- Hac1pの活性を調節する分子メカニズムを調査する.
- HAC1 mRNAの特定のスプライシングに関与する要因を特定する.
- Saccharomyces cerevisiaeの展開タンパク質応答を制御する経路を解明する.
主な方法:
- UPRに影響を与える突然変異を特定するための遺伝子スクリーニング.
- 変異酵母菌株におけるHAC1 mRNAのスプライシングの分析.
- HAC1 mRNAスプライシングとカノニカル・スプライソーム媒介スプライシングの比較.
- HAC1 mRNAにおけるスプライス結合配列の特徴.
主要な成果:
- tRNAリガゼの突然変異がHAC1 mRNAのスプライシングを特異的にブロックし,UPRを妨害することが判明しました.
- HAC1 mRNAのスプライシングは,スプライセソーム媒介のスプライシングが欠けている酵母変異体では影響を受けませんでした.
- HAC1 mRNAのスプライス結合は,他の酵母前mRNAに見られるコンセンサス配列から逸脱する.
- これらの発見は,HAC1 mRNAのための新しいスプライシング経路を示しています.
結論:
- HAC1 mRNAの調節されたスプライシングは,tRNAリガゼを含む新しい経路によって媒介されます.
- この経路は,従来のスプライソーム機構を回避する.
- 発見は,酵母におけるERストレス中に遺伝子発現を制御するユニークなメカニズムを明らかにしています.
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