隔离与调解转录激活的TATA结合蛋白相关联的辅激剂
B D Dynlacht1, T Hoey, R Tjian
1Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley 94720.
Cell
|August 9, 1991
概括
在Drosophila中转录因子NTF-1的激活需要与TFIID相关的因子 (TAF),而不仅仅是TBP. TAFs是NTF-1定向转录的重要协活性剂,与基底活性不同.
科学领域:
- 分子生物学分子生物学
- 发展生物学 发展生物学
- 遗传学 是一个遗传学.
背景情况:
- 转录调节对于发育至关重要.
- 促剂选择性因素与转录机制相互作用.
- NTF-1 是Drosophila的一个关键的发育调节转录因子.
研究的目的:
- 阐明通过NTF-1进行转录激活的要求.
- 为了确定参与NTF-1功能的转录器的特定组件.
主要方法:
- 使用分成的Drosophila基因因子进行重建的转录试验.
- 糖醇梯度沉积分析TFIID复合物的组成.
- 免疫沉以隔离和表征TBP相关因子 (TAFs).
主要成果:
- NTF-1的激活需要TFIID分数中的不同于纯化的TATA结合蛋白 (TBP) 的因素.
- TFIID是TBP和至少六个TBP相关因子 (TAF) 的综合体.
- 缺乏TAF的TBP支持基底转录,但不支持NTF-1激活;添加TAF可以恢复激活.
结论:
- 与TBP相关的因子 (TAFs) 是NTF-1-介导的转录激活的重要协活性剂.
- 特定的TAF多赋予了协激活器功能,突出显示了它们在基底转录之外的作用.
- 这项研究阐明了Drosophila.在发育转录因子激活的分子机制.
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