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High-throughput Purification of Affinity-tagged Recombinant Proteins
Published on: August 26, 2012
PCF4编码了一个RNA聚合酶III转录因子,同类于TFIIB
A López-De-León1, M Librizzi, K Puglia
1Department of Biochemistry, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York 10461.
Cell
|October 16, 1992
概括
研究人员确定PCF4是酵母中关键的RNA聚合酶III转录因子. PCF4中的突变增强了转录启动复合体的形成,揭示了它在基因调节中的作用.
科学领域:
- 分子生物学分子生物学
- 酵母遗传学 酵母遗传学
- 转录条例 转录条例 转录条例
背景情况:
- RNA聚合酶III (pol III) 转录重要的非编码基因,包括tRNA.
- 转录启动需要特定的启动因子和促进元件.
- PCF4基因在酵母转录中的作用以前没有被描述.
研究的目的:
- 为了研究PCF4基因在Saccharomyces cerevisiae中的功能.
- 阐明PCF4在RNA聚合酶III转录启动中的作用.
- 描述PCF4影响转录复合体形成的分子机制.
主要方法:
- 隔离PCF4作为tRNA基因促进基因突变的抑制剂.
- 在体外生化测试以确定PCF4对转录启动的要求.
- 基因分析和PCF4-1突变等位基因的特征.
- 生物化学和尺寸分析以确定PCF4作为TFIIIB子单元同类.
主要成果:
- PCF4是对RNA聚合酶III进行转录的固体测量所需的转录启动因子.
- PCF4-1突变增加了对转录有能力的预启动复合体.
- PCF4作用于受TFIIIC水平影响的限制性活动.
- PCF4是TFIIB的同源,并且与TFIIIB的70kDa子单位一致.
结论:
- PCF4是酵母RNA聚合酶III转录机制的关键组成部分.
- PCF4-1突变通过调节预启动复合组合来增强转录.
- 对于PCF4的TFIIB同质性提供了对聚合酶特异性决定的见解.
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