假定转录激活剂具有人类ZFX基因编码的替代异型
A Schneider-Gädicke1, P Beer-Romero, L G Brown
1Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02142.
Nature
|December 7, 1989
概括
ZFX基因与Y链接的ZFY基因相似,可能在人类的性别决定中发挥作用. 它编码具有不同功能域的转录激活蛋白,这表明它在发育过程中扮演着不同的角色.
科学领域:
- 遗传学 是一个遗传学.
- 分子生物学分子生物学
- 发展生物学 发展生物学
背景情况:
- Y染色体上的ZFY基因与人类的性别决定有关.
- 在X染色体上的ZFX基因与ZFY有相似之处,并且逃脱了X无活化.
- 无论是ZFY还是ZFX,都可能是从一个共同的祖先基因进化而来的.
研究的目的:
- 为了描述ZFX基因的蛋白质产物.
- 调查ZFX在性别决定中的潜在作用.
- 探索ZFX蛋白质异型的功能影响.
主要方法:
- 补充DNA (cDNA) 的分析.
- 蛋白质域分析.
- 对替代拼接的研究.
主要成果:
- ZFX编码了一种具有酸性氨基终端域,核定位信号和指域的蛋白质.
- 这些特征是转录激活剂的特征,类似于ZFY.
- 替代拼接产生了575和804氨基酸的ZFX异型,不同的酸域长度.
结论:
- ZFX蛋白具有典型的转录激活器特征.
- ZFX基因可能在性别确定中发挥作用,类似于ZFY.
- 替代拼接产生了功能上不同的ZFX蛋白质异型.
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