暂停转录复合物 Pol II-DSIF-NELF 的结构
Seychelle M Vos1, Lucas Farnung1, Henning Urlaub2,3
1Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry, Department of Molecular Biology, Göttingen, Germany.
Nature
|August 24, 2018
概括
研究人员使用冷EM可视化暂停的RNA聚合酶II (Pol II). 负延长因子 (NELF) 抑制了Pol II的移动性,防止转录延长和暂停基因调节.
科学领域:
- 分子生物学
- 结构生物学
- 基因调控
背景情况:
- 甲基动物基因调节经常涉及RNA聚合酶II (Pol II) 在促进物近位区域暂停.
- 蛋白质复合体DRB感应因子 (DSIF) 和负延伸因子 (NELF) 稳定了暂停的Pol II.
- 了解Pol II暂停的分子机制对于解读基因表达控制至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 确定暂停转录延长复合物的高分辨率冷电子显微镜 (cryo-EM) 结构.
- 阐明NELF和DSIF维持Pol II停滞状态的分子相互作用和机制.
- 为了解NELF在促进器近位基因调节中的作用提供结构基础.
主要方法:
- 使用冷电子显微镜 (cryo-EM) 来确定暂停转录延长复合物的结构.
- 这种复杂的物种包括Sus scrofa Pol II和Homo sapiens DSIF和NELF.
- 该结构的分辨率为3.2 Å.
主要成果:
- 冷-EM结构显示了倾斜的DNA-RNA混合体,阻碍了核三基质的结合.
- 观察到NELF结合了聚合酶漏斗,桥梁移动聚合酶模块,并接触触发环,限制了Pol II的移动性.
- 据证明,NELF可以阻止转录延长因子IIS (TFIIS) 的结合,并且具有与DSIF和RNA相互作用的灵活"触角".
结论:
- 该研究定义了暂停RNA聚合酶II状态的结构特征.
- 这些发现为NELF如何抑制Pol II并防止暂停释放提供了分子解释.
- 这种结构洞察对于理解NELF在调节基因表达中的作用至关重要.
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