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Using SCOPE to Identify Potential Regulatory Motifs in Coregulated Genes
Published on: May 31, 2011
在原始的真核生物中识别核心促进者的结构基础
Maria A Schumacher1, Audrey O T Lau, Patricia J Johnson
1Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR 97239, USA. schumacm@ohsu.edu
Cell
|November 19, 2003
概括
阴道菌使用启动剂结合蛋白39 kDa (IBP39) 来选择转录开始地点. IBP39通过其C端域直接招募RNA聚合酶II (RNAPII),启动转录.
科学领域:
- 分子生物学分子生物学
- 单核细胞转录 单核细胞转录
- 结构生物学 结构生物学
背景情况:
- 转录起点点 (TSS) 在真核生物中的选择依赖于像TATA,启动器 (Inr) 和下游促进元件 (DPE) 这样的促进元件.
- 古老的真核生物Trichomonas vaginalis独特地利用了Inr进行TSS选择,该选择由启动者结合蛋白39 kDa (IBP39) 识别.
研究的目的:
- 阐明IBP39在T. vaginalis中对INR识别和RNAP II招募的结构基础.
- 要了解这种古老的真核生物体中转录启动的机制.
主要方法:
- 进行X射线晶体学以确定IBP39域 (IBD和C域) 及其复合体的结构.
- 生物化学试验调查IBP39和T. vaginalis RNAP II.之间的相互作用.
主要成果:
- 晶体结构揭示了IBD的翅膀螺旋形图案,与原生生物和真核生物蛋白质共享特征.
- 证明IBP39的C域与T. vaginalis RNAP II.的C端域相互作用.
- IBP39通过IBD结合了Inr,从而促进了RNAP II的直接招募.
结论:
- 在T. vaginalis中,IBP39充当了Inr和RNAP II之间的直接桥梁.
- 这种机制突出了在真核生物中转录启动的潜在祖先途径.
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