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Fusion of Secretory Vesicles with the Plasma Membrane
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核受容体共活性化剤ACTRはヒストンアセチルトランスフェラーゼの新型であり,P/CAFとCBP/p300と多重メリク活性化複合体を形成する
1Howard Hughes Medical Institute, School of Medicine, University of California at San Diego, La Jolla 92037, USA.
Cell
|August 8, 1997
まとめ
新しいコファクターであるACTRは,核受容体と直接結合し,その活動を強化します. ACTRはヒストンアセチルトランスフェラーゼとしても作用し,ホルモンシグナル伝達に不可欠なコアクティベーター複合体を形成します.
科学分野:
- 分子生物学は分子生物学である.
- バイオケミストリー バイオケミストリー
- 遺伝学 遺伝学とは
背景:
- 核受容体は,リガンドによって活性化される転写因子である.
- ホルモンのシグナル伝達経路は,細胞機能にとって極めて重要です.
- コアクティベーター複合体は,遺伝子転写において重要な役割を果たします.
研究 の 目的:
- 核受容体の転写活動に関与する新しいコファクターを特定する.
- 特定されたコファクターの作用メカニズムを解明する.
- コファクターの酵素活性と進化的意義を特徴づける.
主な方法:
- ACTRを特定するためのタンパク質浄化および結合測定法.
- タンパク質とタンパク質の相互作用を研究するための共免疫プレシピテーション.
- ヒストンアセチルトランスフェラーゼ (HAT) アッセイは,酵素活性を決定する.
主要な成果:
- 核受容体と結合する新しいコファクターであるACTRの識別.
- ACTRはCBPとP/CAFを募集し,マルチサブユニットコアクティベーター複合体を形成します.
- 浄化されたACTRは強力なヒストンアセチルトランスフェラーゼ活性を示し,HATsの新しいファミリーを示唆しています.
結論:
- ACTRは核受容体共活性化複合体の重要な構成要素である.
- ホルモンの活性化には,複数のヒストンアセチルトランスフェラーゼの共同作用が含まれます.
- ACTRのHAT活性により,ヒストン脱酸化酵素媒介による抑制が逆行する可能性があります.
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