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トランスクリプションの精度とRNAポリメラーゼIIによる校正
M J Thomas1, A A Platas, D K Hawley
1Institute of Molecular Biology, Department of Biology, University of Oregon, Eugene 97403, USA.
Cell
|May 30, 1998
まとめ
人間のRNAポリメラーゼII (pol II) は,本質的な校正能力を持っています. タンパク質SIIの助けを借りて,polIIはトランスクリプション中に誤った核酸を効果的に除去し,RNAの精度を保証します.
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:
- RNAポリメラーゼII (pol II) は,遺伝子転写に不可欠である.
- トランスクリプション中のpol IIの内在的な校正能力は完全に理解されていません.
- SIIタンパク質は,ヌクレアース活性を調節することが知られている.
研究 の 目的:
- トランスクリプション中の校正のために,ヒトポルIIの3'-->5'核酵素活性を調べる.
- ポリII校正の強化におけるタンパク質SIIの役割を決定する.
- ポールIIによる核酸差別のメカニズムを理解する.
主な方法:
- ヒトRNAポリメラーゼIIを用いたインビトロ転写アッセイ.
- タンパク質SIIを用いて,3'->5'-核酵素の活性を刺激する.
- 新生RNAトランスクリプトから誤って組み込まれた核酸の除去を評価する.
- 核酸添加キネティクスを探査するために,イノシンモノフォスファートの組み込みを採用する.
主要な成果:
- ヒューマンポルIIは,SII.IIの存在下で,誤って組み込まれたヌクレオチドの定量的な除去を実証した.
- 正しい塩基と誤った塩基の区別は,その後のヌクレオチド添加率に基づいて行われました.
- イノシン・モノフォスファート (IMP) の組み込みは,不一致の塩基に類似して,次の核酸添加を著しく抑制しました.
- 正確な (GMP) ヌクレオチド組み込みを不正な (IMP) ヌクレオチド組み込みよりも好む,SII変化したRNA塩基組成を加えた.
結論:
- ヒューマンRNAポリメラーゼIIは,その3'->5'-核酶活性によって媒介される固有の校正メカニズムを有しています.
- タンパク質SIIは,転写中にこの校正能力を大幅に強化します.
- ヌクレオチド添加率は,不適切な塩基を識別し,除去し,RNAの忠誠性を確保するpol IIの能力の重要な要因です.
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