伴侣们积极地防止杂乱的基质组合
Haiqing Zhao1, David Winogradoff, Minh Bui1
1Laboratory of Receptor Biology and Gene Expression, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health , Bethesda, Maryland 20892, United States.
Journal of the American Chemical Society
|July 26, 2016
概括
基因特异体CENP-A/H4二元体比H3/H4更有活力,伴随者HJURP稳定了CENP-A/H4. 这种结构灵活性对于中心蛋白A (CENP-A) 的功能至关重要.
科学领域:
- 分子生物学
- 结构生物学
- 表观遗传学
背景情况:
- 基因组蛋白组织真核生物的遗传物质.
- 中核蛋白A (CENP-A) 是一个对中核功能和染色体分离至关重要的基因组H3变体.
- 尽管具有不同的作用,但CENP-A/H4和H3/H4二极管具有结构上的相似性.
研究的目的:
- 描述CENP-A/H4和H3/H4二元体的结构动态.
- 阐明伴侣HJURP在CENP-A/H4稳定性的作用.
- 调查特定CENP-A修改的功能影响.
主要方法:
- 双分辨率分子动力学 (MD) 模拟 (明确溶剂全原子和粗粒度).
- 基因组二聚体动态和灵活性的分析.
- 在体内实验以评估CENP-A的局部化.
主要成果:
- 比H3和CENP-A更为刚性,作为一个结构元素.
- CENP-A/H4二极管表现出比H3/H4二极管更大的动力.
- 霍利代结识蛋白 (HJURP) 通过静电相互作用稳定了CENP-A/H4.
- 一个特定的CENP-A突变 (S68E) 破坏了HJURP结合和中间体定位.
结论:
- 与H3/H4相比,CENP-A/H4二极管的灵活性增加是从物理上解释的.
- 在沉积过程中,HJURP充当折叠和结合的伴侣,稳定CENP-A/H4.
- 通过 HJURP 来稳定和保护 CENP-A/H4 基结构对于中心分子向至关重要.
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