在酶上重新折叠允许由CCA添加酶监测小RNA和tRNA
Claus-D Kuhn1, Jeremy E Wilusz2, Yuxuan Zheng3
1W.M. Keck Structural Biology Laboratory, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, 1 Bungtown Road, Cold Spring Harbor, NY 11724, USA.
Cell
|February 3, 2015
概括
添加CCA的酶通过感知它们对其机械作用的反应来区分稳定和不稳定的RNA. 稳定的RNA被弹出,而不稳定的RNA则经历第二次催化周期的降解.
科学领域:
- 分子生物学分子生物学
- 在RNA生物学,RNA生物学.
- 生物化学 生物化学
背景情况:
- 细胞转录产生长非编码RNA (lncRNAs),包括MALAT1和Menβ.
- 一些lncRNAs产生与tRNA类似的小RNA与成熟的转录一起.
- 增加CCA的酶调节tRNA和tRNA类RNA的稳定性.
研究的目的:
- 阐明CCA添加酶区分稳定和不稳定RNA的机制.
- 了解tRNA类RNA和真正的tRNA是如何处理的.
主要方法:
- 对不同RNA基质上的CCA添加酶活性的表征.
- 对RNA重新折叠和催化循环的分析.
- 研究酶-RNA相互作用和机械力.
主要成果:
- 添加CCA的酶将第二个CCA重复添加到不稳定的RNA中,从而启动降解.
- 稳定的RNA和tRNA样转录在初始CCA添加后被弹出.
- 酶诱导的核酸结合会触发螺丝运动,产生扭矩,使RNA命运发生差异.
结论:
- RNAs通过对CCA添加酶的机械询问的差异反应来自我检查它们的稳定性.
- 添加CCA的酶作为一个分子子,区分RNA基质基于他们的结构反应.
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