染色体特异性转录延长因子FACT包括人类的SPT16和SSRP1蛋白质
G Orphanides1, W H Wu, W S Lane
1Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Department of Biochemistry, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Piscataway 08854, USA.
Nature
|July 27, 1999
概括
染色体结构调节了基因表达. 含有Spt16/Cdc68和SSrp1的FACT复合体通过与核细胞相互作用并促进其在延长过程中分解,从而促进染色体转录.
科学领域:
- 分子生物学分子生物学
- 基因法规 基因法规
- 染色体生物学 染色体生物学
背景情况:
- 基因表达调节严重依赖于染色体结构.
- 虽然裸体DNA转录使用最小的因子是有效的,但染色体模板转录需要辅助因子.
- 依赖ATP的染色体重塑剂和基酸转移酶促进转录的启动.
研究的目的:
- 为了识别FACT (促进染色体转录) 综合体的组成部分.
- 阐明FACT在染色体转录中的作用.
- 研究FACT促进转录延长的机制.
主要方法:
- 生物化学净化和FACT复合物的表征.
- 酵母遗传学研究Spt16/Cdc68.8的体内功能.
- 使用染色质模板进行体外转录试验.
- 分析了FACT与核细胞和基因组二次体的相互作用.
主要成果:
- 事实包括人类Spt16/Cdc68同类物和SSrp1.
- 酵母SPT16/CDC68是必不可少的,并且参与了体内的转录延长.
- FACT与核细胞和素H2A/H2B二元体相互作用.
- 通过交叉链接的核细胞组组蛋白来抑制FACT的活性.
结论:
- 事实是关键的染色体特异延长因子.
- 事实上,它可能通过在转录过程中促进核细胞分解来起作用.
- 在体内,Spt16/Cdc68在转录延长中起着至关重要的作用.
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