增强剂结合蛋白的分子克隆:通过对表达库的选进行隔离,具有识别站点DNA的DNA
H Singh1, J H LeBowitz, A S Baldwin
1Center for Cancer Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge 02139.
Cell
|February 12, 1988
概括
研究人员发现了一种新的DNA结合域,其特性类似于哺乳动物转录因子H2TF1和NF-kappa B. 这一发现有助于理解基因调节和蛋白质分析.
科学领域:
- 分子生物学分子生物学
- 遗传学 是一个遗传学.
- 生物化学 生物化学
背景情况:
- 像H2TF1和NF-kappa B这样的哺乳动物转录因子通过DNA结合来调节基因表达.
- 这些因素在基因增强剂中识别特定的DNA序列,例如主要基因相容性复合体 (MHC) I类和免疫球蛋白卡帕链基因中的特定DNA序列.
- 细胞类型分布和结合亲缘关系的差异区分这些转录因子.
研究的目的:
- 开发一种新的策略来分离编码DNA结合域的cDNA克隆.
- 描述一种新发现的DNA结合域,其与已知的转录因子重叠的识别特性.
- 为了研究已识别的DNA结合域的基因表达模式.
主要方法:
- 使用MHC增强器的DNA结合位点探针选一个兰巴巴菌体表达库.
- 描述菌体编码的融合蛋白的结合特异性,以增强序列.
- 分析分离的cDNA克隆的基因拷贝数和mRNA表达.
主要成果:
- 一个编码DNA结合域的新型cDNA克隆被成功分离出来.
- 编码的蛋白质表现出对MHC和kappa基因增强剂的特定结合.
- 该cDNA对应于一个单拷贝基因,表达为B细胞和非B细胞中的10kbmRNA.
- 已识别的DNA结合域与H2TF1和NF-kappa B.共享识别属性.
结论:
- 这种新的策略对于克隆和分析特定序列的DNA结合蛋白质是有效的.
- 隔离的DNA结合域代表了基因表达的潜在重要的调节器.
- 了解这个域的功能可以提供对转录因子识别机制的见解.
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