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Bacterial Delivery of RNAi Effectors: Transkingdom RNAi
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在RNAi作用因子复合体中的微菌核酶同类物
Amy A Caudy1, René F Ketting, Scott M Hammond
1Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, Watson School of Biological Sciences, 1 Bungtown Road, Cold Spring Harbor, New York 11724, USA.
Nature
|September 26, 2003
概括
图多-SN蛋白是跨物种RNA诱导沉默复合体 (RISC) 的一个关键组成部分. 这一发现在RISC中确定了一个新的核酶域,可能解释RNA干扰 (RNAi) 中的RNA降解.
科学领域:
- 分子生物学分子生物学
- 遗传学 是一个遗传学.
- 生物化学 生物化学
背景情况:
- RNA干扰 (RNAi) 是一种调节基因表达的生物过程.
- RNAi效应是由RNA诱导的沉默复合体 (RISC) 介导的.
- 之前的研究已经确定了四种参与mRNA降解的Drosophila RISC成分.
研究的目的:
- 为了识别RISC酶的新成分.
- 为了研究Tudor-SN在RNA干扰中的作用.
- 描述Tudor-SN的酶活性.
主要方法:
- 蛋白质的识别和净化.
- 核酶活动测定.
- 酶抑制研究.
主要成果:
- 图多-SN被确定为RISC在Caenorhabditis elegans,Drosophila和哺乳动物中的一个组成部分.
- 纯化的Tudor-SN表现出与葡萄球菌核酶相当的核酶活性.
- 纯化的Tudor-SN和RISC都被微球菌核酶抑制剂抑制.
结论:
- 图多-SN是第一个具有可识别的核酶域的RISC子单元.
- 图多-SN可能有助于RNAi中观察到的RNA降解.
- 这一发现为RNA干扰的机制提供了新的见解.
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