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Novel RNA-Binding Proteins Isolation by the RaPID Methodology
Published on: September 30, 2016
概括
研究人员确定了Saccharomyces cerevisiae多A结合蛋白的基因,揭示了一个产生独特转录的单拷贝基因. 核蛋白是细胞质前体裂变的结果,DNA测序显示保存的多A结合域和潜在的翻译反调节.
科学领域:
- 分子生物学分子生物学
- 酵母遗传学 酵母遗传学
- 基因表达规范 基因表达规范
背景情况:
- 多A结合蛋白 (PABPs) 对于真核生物的mRNA调节至关重要.
- 了解PABP的功能需要描述它们的编码基因和蛋白质结构.
研究的目的:
- 孤立和描述编码Saccharomyces cerevisiae中核和细胞质多A结合蛋白的基因.
- 研究核和细胞质PABP之间的关系及其潜在的调节作用.
主要方法:
- 从酵母中净化核和细胞质中的多A结合蛋白.
- 基于抗体的查以隔离编码基因.
- 基因的DNA测序和基因及其转录的分析.
- 生物化学测试以评估RNA结合亲缘关系.
主要成果:
- 在5号染色体上发现了一种编码PABP的单拷贝基因,产生2.1kb的未拼接转录.
- 核PABP很可能是细胞质形式的蛋白质分解分离产物,产生相关的53和17kd多.
- DNA序列分析揭示了四个并列的90氨基酸同质区域,表明了多元A结合域.
- 在mRNA中的上游A丰富区域显示出显著的多A结合蛋白亲和力,表明潜在的翻译反.
结论:
- 该研究提供了Saccharomyces cerevisiae poly(A) 结合蛋白基因及其产品的全面表征.
- 有证据表明,核和细胞质PABP之间存在前体分裂关系.
- 这些发现突出显示了聚A结合的结构域,并提出了通过mRNA结合元件进行翻译调节的新机制.
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