通过INHAT调节素乙化和转录,INHAT是一种含有组合基蛋白的人类细胞复合体
1Department of Pharmacology, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA.
Cell
|February 13, 2001
概括
一种新型的细胞复合物,乙转移酶抑制剂 (INHAT),阻断了基因素乙化和转录调节. 这种复合物结合了基质子,使其与乙转移酶相遮,提供了一种新的调节机制.
科学领域:
- 分子生物学分子生物学
- 表观遗传学 在表观遗传学中,表观遗传学是指表观遗传学.
- 基因规则 基因规则
背景情况:
- 通过像p300/CBP和PCAF这样的酶对基因转录至关重要.
- 调节组织素乙化和转录的细胞机制仍然不完全理解.
研究的目的:
- 识别和表征调节氨酸转移酶 (HAT) 活性的细胞因子.
- 阐明细胞活动控制转录的机制.
主要方法:
- 多蛋白细胞复合体的净化和表征.
- 在复合体内的新型乙转移酶抑制域的映射.
- 在体内与染色素的相关性研究.
- 在转染细胞中进行功能性检测,以评估转录调节.
主要成果:
- 确定了一种称为乙转移酶抑制剂 (INHAT) 的多蛋白质复合物,该复合物能够强烈抑制p300/CBP和PCAF HAT活性.
- 在INHAT中绘制了一种新的抑制域,该域与组织蛋白结合,并阻止其乙化.
- 内源INHAT子单元,包括Set/TAF-Ibeta蛋白,在体内定位到染色质中.
- 细胞中的INHAT表达阻断了辅激剂介导的转录.
结论:
- INHAT作为一种新型的素乙转移酶的抑制剂.
- 通过INHAT进行的质子掩盖代表了调节染色质修饰的新机制.
- 这种组质素掩盖机制在转录调节中起着重要作用.
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Constitutive heterochromatin: It is a highly compact region of chromatin that is mostly concentrated in the centromere and telomere. Unlike euchromatin, the amino acid at 9th...
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The histone proteins have a flexible N-terminal tail extending out from the nucleosome. These histone tails are often subjected to post-translational modifications such as acetylation, methylation, phosphorylation, and ubiquitination. Particular combinations of these modifications form “histone codes” that influence the chromatin folding and tissue-specific gene expression.
Acetylation
The enzyme histone acetyltransferase adds acetyl group to the histones. Another enzyme, histone deacetylase,...
Acetylation
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