产品结合强制执行酵母复合体抑制复合体的基因组特异性
Phillip A Dumesic1, Christina M Homer1, James J Moresco2
1Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94158, USA.
Cell
|December 24, 2014
概括
在Cryptococcus neoformans中的Polycomb系统建立了压制性的H3K27me域. 破坏Ccc1的行为
科学领域:
- 染色体生物学 染色体生物学
- 表观遗传学 在表观遗传学中,表观遗传学是指表观遗传学.
- 分子微生物学分子微生物学
背景情况:
- 聚抑制复合体2 (PRC2) 对于确定H3K27甲基化 (H3K27me) 和基因沉默至关重要.
- 了解PRC2功能和基质识别的机制是破译表观遗传调节的关键.
- 新型菌提供了一个模型系统来研究保存的表观遗传途径.
研究的目的:
- 为了描述Cryptococcus neoformans中类似PRC2的复合体.
- 研究染色体蛋白Ccc1在H3K27me沉积和识别中的作用.
- 为了阐明不同的染色体域是如何通过基因素修饰酶建立的.
主要方法:
- 从Cryptococcus neoformans中净化PRC2类蛋白质复合体.
- 关键子单元的遗传破坏,包括EZH,EED和Ccc1的正义.
- 使用染色体免疫沉和其他分子技术分析H3K27me和H3K9me模式.
- 调查Ccc1和H3K27me标记之间的相互作用.
主要成果:
- 类似于PRC2的Cryptococcus neoformans复合体含有动物PRC2组件和一个染色体蛋白质Ccc1.1,Ccc1.1,Ccc2.
- Ccc1可以直接识别H3K27me.
- 干扰Ccc1导致H3K27me的重新分配,使其与H3K9me异色素蛋白域相吻合.
- H3K9甲基转移酶Clr4的损失也导致重新分配的H3K27me.me的损失.
结论:
- Ccc1亚单元对H3K27me的识别对于将压制性域限制在特定的染色质类型中至关重要.
- 将染色质修饰复合物固定在它们的产物上可以防止与其他染色质状态的交叉交谈.
- 这种机制解释了具有产品识别模块的酶如何能够建立不同的染色质域,尽管具有共同的基质.
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