生物仿真人造表观遗传代码用于向酸
Junichi Taniguchi1, Yihong Feng1, Ganesh N Pandian2
1Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science , Kyoto University , Sakyo, Kyoto 606-8502 , Japan.
Journal of the American Chemical Society
|May 25, 2018
概括
研究人员开发了一种双功能分子Bi-PIP, 这种工具可以将酶引入特定的DNA序列,从而实现针对性的基因激活和可编程的基因组修饰.
科学领域:
- 表观遗传学和基因调控
- 分子生物学
- 合成生物学
背景情况:
- 基因乙化对于真核生物的基因表达至关重要.
- 目前针对核酸酶的工具是有限的.
- 基蛋白调解了基因组乙化传播.
研究的目的:
- 开发一种新的设计工具,用于序列特异性基因素乙化.
- 创建一个合成系统, 模仿自然的基因素乙化机制.
- 为了实现可编程的基因表达激活.
主要方法:
- 一个双功能分子 (Bi-PIP) 的构建,该分子结合了代蛋白抑制剂和DNA结合剂.
- 生物化学测试以评估P300招募和基因素乙化.
- 在活细胞中进行体内研究以评估基因转录激活.
主要成果:
- 双PIP成功地招募了P300/CBP酶以向核体.
- 在特定的DNA序列中观察到广泛的基因组乙化加速.
- 在活细胞中,Bi-PIPs激活了具有相关DNA序列的基因转录.
结论:
- 双PIP作为合成可编程基因组代码进行乙化.
- 这种方法模拟了自然的代蛋白介导的基因酸转化传播.
- 通过向性基因乙化可以实现序列选择性基因激活.
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