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通过Pol II重塑染色体,使得高效的Pol III转录成为原始

Carlo Yague-Sanz¹, Valérie Migeot¹, Marc Larochelle²

¹URPHYM-GEMO, The University of Namur, rue de Bruxelles, 61, Namur, 5000, Belgium.

Nature communications

|June 16, 2023

概括

RNA聚合酶II (Pol II) 对于RNA聚合酶III (Pol III) 基因表达是必不可少的,因为它保持了无核酶的区域. 这一发现揭示了Pol II在mRNA合成之外的基因调节中的新作用.

科学领域:

分子生物学分子生物学
基因规则基因规则
染色体生物学染色体生物学

背景情况:

染色体结构对转录构成了障碍.
RNA聚合酶II (Pol II) 的活性与转录的基因组修饰有关.
没有了解RNA聚合酶III (Pol III) 克服染色体抑制的机制.

研究的目的:

为了研究RNA聚合酶III (Pol III) 在染色质的背景下如何起作用.
阐明RNA聚合酶II (Pol II) 在促进Pol III转录中的作用.

主要方法:

在裂变酵母中研究了Pol III转录.
利用遗传学和分子生物学方法研究转录因子和基因素占用率.
检查了Pol II,SAGA复合体和组织蛋白修饰之间的相互作用.

主要成果:

RNA聚合酶II (Pol II) 转录是需要在Pol III目标基因中核体耗尽的.
聚合物II的活性为聚合物III开放的染色质提供原质并保持开放.
转录因子Pcr1招募Pol II,通过SAGA复合体和Pol IICTD/Mst2通路影响组织蛋白占用.

结论:

RNA聚合酶II (Pol II) 在调节RNA聚合酶III (Pol III) 转录方面发挥着至关重要的,以前未知的作用.
通过重塑染色质,Pol II促进了Pol III的招募和活动.
这些发现扩大了Pol II在基因表达中的已知功能.

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