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Stc1:RNAi和染色质修饰之间的关键联系,对于异性染色质完整性而言是必不可少的
Elizabeth H Bayne1, Sharon A White, Alexander Kagansky
1Wellcome Trust Centre for Cell Biology and Institute of Cell Biology, School of Biological Sciences, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH9 3JR, Scotland, UK.
Cell
|March 10, 2010
概括
一种新发现的蛋白质Stc1将RNA干扰 (RNAi) 与裂变酵母中的异染色素形成联系起来. Stc1将对H3K9甲基化至关重要的CLRC复合物招募到RNAi机械中,从而建立了中心静音.
科学领域:
- 表观遗传学 在表观遗传学中,表观遗传学是指表观遗传学.
- 分子生物学分子生物学
- 基因规则 基因规则
背景情况:
- 裂变酵母中的RNA干扰 (RNAi) 指导着在中心分子,端粒和交配类型位点的异染色素组合.
- 从重复元素生成的小干扰RNA (siRNA) 被纳入RNA诱导的转录沉默 (RITS) 复合体,准新生的转录.
- 该RITS复合物招募CLRC复合物,其中含有基因组甲基转移酶Clr4,以促进H3K9甲基化和异色染色体的形成.
研究的目的:
- 确定调解Clr4/CLRC招募到转录绑定RITS的因素.
- 为了研究LIM域蛋白Stc1在中心基异色素蛋白形成中的作用.
主要方法:
- 在裂变酵母中进行基因分析,以评估Stc1对中心性异质色素的需求.
- 同免疫沉试验检查了Stc1,Ago1和CLRC复合体之间的相互作用.
- 染色体免疫沉,然后进行测序 (ChIP-seq) 来分析H3K9甲基化模式.
- 局部绑定试验用于评估Stc1在异性染色素诱导中的功能.
主要成果:
- Stc1对于维护中心基异色素蛋白完整性至关重要.
- 通过RNAi,Stc1特别介导H3K9的甲基化建立.
- Stc1与Ago1 (一种RNAi效应物) 和CLRC复合物 (一种染色体修饰物) 相互作用.
- 将 Stc1 连接到一个 euchromatic 位点会诱导基因沉默和独立于 RNAi 的异染色蛋白形成.
结论:
- Stc1充当关键的桥梁,将RNAi路径与染色体修饰机制连接起来.
- Stc1与中心体转录上的RITS关联,并招募CLRC,从而将RNAi与H3K9甲基化和异色染色体建立相结合.
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