人类葡萄糖皮质体受体的多个和合作的转激活域
1Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Salk Institute for Biological Studies, La Jolla, California.
Cell
|December 2, 1988
概括
研究人员在人类葡萄糖皮质体受体 (hGR) 中确定了两个激活域. 这些序列,tau2和另一个在氨基末端,对于受体功能和激素诱导性至关重要.
科学领域:
- 分子生物学分子生物学
- 内分泌学 在内分泌学.
- 遗传学 是一个遗传学.
背景情况:
- 人类葡萄糖皮质体受体 (hGR) 是一个关键的核受体,调节基因表达.
- 激活域对于核受体的转录活性至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 识别和表征hGR内的功能激活域.
- 研究这些激活域的属性和定位.
主要方法:
- 使用酵母GAL4融合蛋白进行体映射和功能测试.
- 对序列特征和功能模块化的分析.
主要成果:
- 在hGR的炭末端的一个30氨基酸 (tau2) 作为一个强大的激活域.
- 当与GAL4融合时,Tau 2赋予了激素诱导的转录活性.
- 在hGR的氨基末端确定了第二个独立的激活域.
- 这两个域都具有酸性,并且独立于它们的位置运行.
结论:
- 该hGR至少含有两个不同的激活域,一个在炭基末端 (tau2) 和另一个在氨基末端.
- 这些域对于hGR作为激素诱导转录因子的作用至关重要.
- 这些域的酸性可能是酵母激活器序列的共同特征.
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