YY1 是增强器-促进器循环的结构调节器
Abraham S Weintraub1, Charles H Li1, Alicia V Zamudio1
1Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research, Cambridge, MA 02142, USA; Department of Biology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02142, USA.
Cell
|December 12, 2017
概括
转录因子阴阳1 (YY1) 形成连接增强剂和促进剂的DNA循环,调节基因表达. 这种YY1介导的相互作用对哺乳动物的基因控制至关重要.
科学领域:
- 分子生物学
- 遗传学
- 表观遗传学
背景情况:
- 染色体结构对基因控制至关重要,但调解增强剂-促进剂相互作用的蛋白质仍然不明朗.
- 虽然CTCF-CTCF相互作用形成大型DNA循环,但大多数增强剂-促进剂相互作用使用不同的机制.
研究的目的:
- 研究阳1 (YY1) 转录因子在基因促进剂和增强剂之间的结构相互作用中的作用.
- 阐明YY1促进增强剂-促进剂循环的机制及其对基因表达的影响.
主要方法:
- 研究了YY1与活性增强剂和促进剂近位元素的结合.
- 分析了YY1结合部位缺失和YY1蛋白质耗尽对增强剂-促进剂循环的影响.
- 评估破坏循环对基因表达的影响.
主要成果:
- 证明阴阳1 (YY1) 与活性增强剂和促进剂近位元素结合.
- 显示YY1形成双元,促进增强剂和促进剂之间的DNA循环.
- 发现删除YY1结合点或减少YY1蛋白质会破坏增强剂-促进剂循环和基因表达.
结论:
- 阴阳1 (YY1) 在增强剂和促进剂之间建立结构相互作用方面发挥着关键作用,类似于CTCF.
- YY1介导的增强剂-促进剂循环是哺乳动物基因调节的一个重要机制.
- 这一发现扩大了我们对通过染色体结构控制基因的蛋白质的理解.
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