死亡盒ATPases是相分离器官的全球调节者
Maria Hondele1, Ruchika Sachdev1, Stephanie Heinrich1
1Institute of Biochemistry, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.
Nature
|August 23, 2019
概括
依赖于RNA的DEAD-box ATPases (DDXs) 通过液相分离来调节细胞区. 这些蛋白质控制了无膜有机体的组装,循环和成分流,影响RNA处理.
科学领域:
- 细胞生物学
- 分子生物学
- 生物化学
背景情况:
- 液态相分离 (LLPS) 对于形成无膜有机体至关重要.
- 基于LLPS的器官组装,周转率和组件选择性的监管仍然不清楚.
- 依赖RNA的DEAD-box ATPases (DDXs) 是大量参与RNA代谢的蛋白质.
研究的目的:
- 研究DDXs在调节含有RNA的相分离器官中的作用.
- 阐明DDXs控制这些细胞区的动态机制.
- 了解DDX如何通过空间和时间控制影响RNA处理.
主要方法:
- 在体外溶解测定以观察相分离和循环.
- 在原生细胞和真核细胞中进行体内实验.
- 用于分析ATP水解和RNA结合的生物化学测试.
主要成果:
- 在它们的ATP结合状态下,DDXs促进LLPS,形成区间.
- 通过DDX的ATP水解触发了隔间分解和RNA释放.
- DDXs积极控制RNA的流入和流出分相器官.
- 这种调节机制在从细菌到人类的各个物种中都存在.
结论:
- DDXs是含有RNA的无膜细胞的关键调节者.
- 一个涉及DDX介导相分离和循环的保存机制控制了细胞组织.
- 动态DDX控制的区间作为RNA处理的生物化学反应中心,影响核蛋白颗粒的命运.
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