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基于RNA构造和TCAB1的人类端粒酶活动开关
Lu Chen1, Caitlin M Roake1, Adam Freund1
1Department of Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 94305, USA; Department of Biochemistry, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 94305, USA; Stanford Cancer Institute, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 94305, USA.
Cell
|May 29, 2018
概括
端粒酶的活性依赖于控制人类端粒酶RNA (hTR) 的蛋白TCAB1. 这揭示了调节端粒酶催化和TERT结合的开关,影响癌症和干细胞生物学.
科学领域:
- 分子生物学
- 生物化学
- 遗传学
背景情况:
- 核糖蛋白酶需要动态RNA结构进行催化.
- 人类端粒酶 (hTR) 具有核心和CR4/5结,通过未知的机制刺激催化.
研究的目的:
- 阐明TCAB1在人类端粒酶活性中的作用.
- 了解TCAB1如何影响hTR的CR4/5域的构造.
- 研究CR4/5形状,TERT结合和端粒酶催化之间的联系.
主要方法:
- 在缺乏TCAB1的细胞中研究了端粒酶活性.
- 在TCAB1无活化时分析了CR4/5螺旋体的构造变化.
- 研究了患者衍生CR4/5突变对端粒酶功能的影响.
主要成果:
- TCAB1对于端粒酶催化是必不可少的,独立于酶组合.
- TCAB1的耗尽导致CR4/5螺旋的展开,损害了TERT的关联.
- CR4/5 突变模仿了对催化和TERT结合的TCAB1 失活作用.
结论:
- TCAB1通过控制hTR CR4/5形状,作为端粒酶的关键调节剂.
- 在hTR中,一个构造性切换控制着端粒酶催化和TERT参与.
- 两个不同的端粒酶催化状态表明与癌症和原生细胞相关的分子内调节.
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