酵母RNA聚合酶II具有5A分辨率
J Fu1, A L Gnatt, D A Bushnell
1Department of Structural Biology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Fairchild Science Center, California 94305, USA.
Cell
|September 28, 1999
概括
研究人员使用X射线衍射来确定酵母RNA聚合酶II的结构. 这揭示了移动蛋白质域在转录过程中作为DNA和RNA具.
科学领域:
- 生物化学 生物化学
- 结构生物学 结构生物学
- 分子生物学分子生物学
背景情况:
- 酵母RNA聚合酶II对于基因转录至关重要.
- 了解它的结构是解读它的功能的关键.
研究的目的:
- 为了确定酵母RNA聚合酶II的高分辨率结构.
- 阐明移动蛋白域在转录中的功能作用.
主要方法:
- 酵母RNA聚合酶II晶体的18重原子集群衍生物的X射线衍射.
- 以5A分辨率获得的相位信息.
- 与电子晶体学数据进行比较.
主要成果:
- 获得了5A分辨率的重要阶段信息.
- 一个6A电子密度图与电子晶体学中的16A分子包裹密切匹配,验证了相位.
- 确定了两个移动蛋白质域:一个下游的DNA和一个挂的RNA,围绕着转录.
结论:
- 这项研究提供了对酵母RNA聚合酶II功能的结构性见解.
- 移动蛋白域在转录过程中在DNA结合和RNA封装中发挥关键作用.
- 这些发现推动了我们对转录延长机制的理解.
相关概念视频
Bacterial RNA Polymerase
Unlike eukaryotes, bacteria use a single RNA Polymerase (RNAP) to transcribe all genes. The different subunits of bacterial RNAPhave distinct functions. The multisubunit structure of the bacterial RNAP helps the enzyme to maintain catalytic function, facilitate assembly, interact with DNA and RNA, and self-regulate its activity.
In most genes, the transcription site is a single base present upstream of the coding sequence. Though RNAP is a catalytically efficient enzyme, it does not recognize...
In most genes, the transcription site is a single base present upstream of the coding sequence. Though RNAP is a catalytically efficient enzyme, it does not recognize...
Eukaryotic RNA Polymerases
RNA Polymerase (RNAP) is conserved in all animals, with bacterial, archaeal, and eukaryotic RNAPs sharing significant sequence, structural, and functional similarities. Among the three eukaryotic RNAPs, RNA Polymerase II is most similar to bacterial RNAP in terms of both structural organization and folding topologies of the enzyme subunits. However, these similarities are not reflected in their mechanism of action.
All three eukaryotic RNAPs require specific transcription factors, of which the...
All three eukaryotic RNAPs require specific transcription factors, of which the...
RNA Polymerase II Accessory Proteins
Proteins that regulate transcription can do so either via direct contact with RNA Polymerase or through indirect interactions facilitated by adaptors, mediators, histone-modifying proteins, and nucleosome remodelers. Direct interactions to activate transcription is seen in bacteria as well as in some eukaryotic genes. In these cases, upstream activation sequences are adjacent to the promoters, and the activator proteins interact directly with the transcriptional machinery. For example, in...
Bacterial RNA Polymerase
Unlike eukaryotes, bacteria use a single RNA Polymerase (RNAP) to transcribe all genes. The different subunits of bacterial RNAPhave distinct functions. The multisubunit structure of the bacterial RNAP helps the enzyme to maintain catalytic function, facilitate assembly, interact with DNA and RNA, and self-regulate its activity.
In most genes, the transcription site is a single base present upstream of the coding sequence. Though RNAP is a catalytically efficient enzyme, it does not recognize...
In most genes, the transcription site is a single base present upstream of the coding sequence. Though RNAP is a catalytically efficient enzyme, it does not recognize...
Eukaryotic RNA Polymerases
RNA Polymerase (RNAP) is conserved in all animals, with bacterial, archaeal, and eukaryotic RNAPs sharing significant sequence, structural, and functional similarities. Among the three eukaryotic RNAPs, RNA Polymerase II is most similar to bacterial RNAP in terms of both structural organization and folding topologies of the enzyme subunits. However, these similarities are not reflected in their mechanism of action.
All three eukaryotic RNAPs require specific transcription factors, of which the...
All three eukaryotic RNAPs require specific transcription factors, of which the...
RNA Polymerase II Accessory Proteins
Proteins that regulate transcription can do so either via direct contact with RNA Polymerase or through indirect interactions facilitated by adaptors, mediators, histone-modifying proteins, and nucleosome remodelers. Direct interactions to activate transcription is seen in bacteria as well as in some eukaryotic genes. In these cases, upstream activation sequences are adjacent to the promoters, and the activator proteins interact directly with the transcriptional machinery. For example, in...


