德洛索菲拉74EF早期囊含有E74,这是一个复杂的ecdysone诱导基因,编码两个ets相关蛋白质
K C Burtis1, C S Thummel, C W Jones
1Department of Biochemistry, Stanford University School of Medicine, California 94305-5307.
Cell
|April 6, 1990
概括
研究人员在Drosophila中确定了E74基因,发现它有三个嵌套的转录单元. 这种基因结构产生了两个不同的E74蛋白质,具有共享和独特的域,由ecdysone调节.
科学领域:
- 发育生物学 发展生物学
- 分子遗传学 分子遗传学
- 昆虫遗传学 昆虫遗传学
背景情况:
- 埃克迪松是一种关键的昆虫激素,调节发育过渡.
- 昆虫发育期间的基因调节涉及复杂的转录控制.
- 多基因染色体在Drosophila提供了一个研究基因表达模式的模型.
研究的目的:
- 为了隔离和表征Drosophila.的ecdysone诱导性E74基因.
- 阐明E74位点的转录组织和调控机制.
- 为了识别来自E74基因的蛋白质产品.
主要方法:
- 从Drosophila聚烯染色体中分离了E74基因.
- 对转录单元,促进体和多基化位点的分析.
- mRNA的表征,包括大小和领导序列.
- 蛋白质域分析和对已知的基因家族进行比较.
主要成果:
- E74基因由三个嵌套的转录单元 (E74A,E74B) 组成,这些转录单元来自独特的促进体.
- E74A是由ecdysone直接诱导,产生6.0 kb的mRNA,具有长5'领头和17个短ORF.
- 在E74A内,两个E74B促进体产生4.8和5.1千克的mRNA,导致两个E74蛋白具有共享的C终端和独特的N终端域.
- 该C终端域与ETS原型瘤基因超级家族具有相似性.
结论:
- E74位点表现出由ecdysone调节的复杂的嵌套基因结构.
- 替代转录启动和处理产生多个E74转录和蛋白质.
- 具有独特和保存的域的E74蛋白质可能在ecdysone介导的发育过程中发挥重要作用.
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