在细菌中通过结构化的真核细胞IRESRNA启动翻译
Timothy M Colussi1, David A Costantino1, Jianyu Zhu2
11] Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, University of Colorado Denver School of Medicine, Aurora, Colorado 80045, USA [2] Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of Colorado Denver School of Medicine, Aurora, Colorado 80045, USA.
Nature
|February 6, 2015
概括
研究人员发现了一种真核细胞病毒RNA结构,可以在细菌中启动蛋白质合成. 这种RNA使用了保留的核糖体特征,绕过了域特定的机制,并弥合了转化启动的进化分歧.
科学领域:
- 分子生物学分子生物学
- 遗传学 遗传学是一种遗传学.
- 生物化学 生物化学
背景情况:
- 基因表达普遍遵循中央教条 (DNA到RNA到蛋白质),但细菌和真核生物之间的启动机制不同.
- 核糖体结构和动态在整个生命过程中都保持不变,这表明了普遍翻译调节的潜力.
- 内部核糖体进入点 (IRES) RNAs在真核细胞中启动翻译,但类似的细菌机制尚不清楚.
研究的目的:
- 调查基于RNA的信号是否可以绕过特定域的启动机制,并在细菌和真核生物中启动蛋白质合成.
- 探索真核病毒IRES在细菌中发挥作用的潜力.
主要方法:
- 结晶结构确定与细菌核糖体结合的真核病毒IRES.
- 在活细菌中进行功能性测试,以评估IRES的翻译启动.
主要成果:
- 发现一种真核病毒IRES可以在活细菌中启动翻译.
- 晶体结构显示,IRES与细菌和真核核糖体结合,占据转移RNA结合部位.
- 这种IRES的细菌翻译启动涉及核糖体重新定位,这是与真核生物不同的机制.
结论:
- 这种真核病毒IRES作为细菌中的基于RNA结构的翻译启动信号,弥合了进化分歧.
- 这一发现表明了跨域RNA介导的翻译调节的潜力.
- 这一发现为了解和操纵不同生命领域的基因表达开辟了新的途径.
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