细菌抗终结剂对RNA发针的特定序列识别需要一个保存的富含氨酸的动机
D Lazinski1, E Grzadzielska, A Das
1Department of Microbiology, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington 06032.
Cell
|October 6, 1989
概括
像N蛋白一样的菌体抗终结剂特别结合于坚果部位的BoxBRNA针头. 这种相互作用会改变RNA聚合酶,防止转录终止并确保基因组的特异性.
科学领域:
- 分子生物学分子生物学
- 遗传学 是一个遗传学.
- 病毒学 病毒学
背景情况:
- 转录性抗终结剂对于细菌的基因表达调节至关重要.
- 菌体lambda,21,和P22的N基因产物是必不可少的抗终结剂.
- 这些抗终结剂与特定的识别位点 (坚果位点) 相互作用,以克服转录终结.
研究的目的:
- 为了确定控制抗终结者-操作者特异性的蛋白质和核酸元素.
- 为了阐明抗终结剂修改RNA聚合酶的分子机制.
- 了解蛋白质-RNA相互作用中保存图案的作用.
主要方法:
- 蛋白质和核酸决定因素的剖析.
- 对N蛋白与坚果之间相互作用的分析.
- 保存蛋白质图案的比较分析.
主要成果:
- 坚果部位内的一个独特的针头序列 (boxB) 赋予了基因组特异性.
- boxB 与同源蛋白N的小氨基末端域相互作用.
- 一个富含氨酸的子域,在N蛋白和其他RNA结合蛋白中保存,对于这种相互作用至关重要.
结论:
- 盒子B针头RNA相互作用是抗终结剂特异性的主要决定因素.
- 保存的富含氨酸的基因在RNA结合和抗终结中起着关键作用.
- 这个图案在功能上与HIV Tat蛋白中的一个域相似,突出显示了基因调节中的保存机制.
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