编码区域的多基化产生了一个截断的tRNA合成酶,可以抵消翻译抑制
Peng Yao1, Alka A Potdar, Abul Arif
1Department of Cell Biology, The Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH 44195, USA.
Cell
|March 6, 2012
概括
研究人员发现了一种控制蛋白质合成的新机制,其中一个截断的酶 (EPRS(N1) 通过防止翻译抑制来调节基因表达. 这一发现揭示了细胞微调蛋白质生产的一种新方式.
科学领域:
- 分子生物学分子生物学
- 基因规则 基因规则
- 转录后控制 转录后控制
背景情况:
- 基因转录提供了基因转录.
- 开启 - 关闭
- 用于基因表达的开关.
- 后转录机制为蛋白质合成提供了更精细的控制.
研究的目的:
- 研究mRNA水平与蛋白质合成之间的联系.
- 阐明玛干扰素激活转化抑制剂 (GAIT) 复合体对VEGF-A合成的调节背后的机制.
主要方法:
- 使用了计算建模和实验验证.
- 识别GAIT复杂组件及其相互作用.
- 对mRNA和蛋白质表达水平的分析.
主要成果:
- 不管mRNA水平如何,GAIT复合物保持低,恒定的VEGF-A合成率.
- 鉴定出一种截断形式的谷氨基烯基tRNA合成酶 (EPRS(N1) 是与GAIT元素相互作用的因子.
- EPRS(N1) 抑制GAIT复合体,允许目标蛋白的基底水平的翻译.
结论:
- 这种PAY () 机制产生了像EPRS (N1) 这样的截断蛋白,它们调节翻译.
- 这种机制允许特定蛋白质的"翻译滴水".
- 全基因组分析表明,这是产生调节性蛋白质的一般机制.
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