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A12.2亚单元在RNA聚合酶I的酸盐释放中起着不可或缺的作用
Kaila B Fuller1, Ruth Q Jacobs2, David A Schneider2
1Department of Chemistry, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35294, USA.
Journal of molecular biology
|June 24, 2023
概括
RNA聚合酶I (Pol I) 的A12.2亚单元对于有效的核糖体RNA合成至关重要. 它的删除改变了核酸添加周期,这表明A12.2在转录期间促进了酸盐的释放.
科学领域:
- 分子生物学分子生物学
- 生物化学 生物化学
- 基因表达 基因表达
背景情况:
- 核糖体生物合成对于细胞生长至关重要,RNA聚合酶I (Pol I) 合成核糖体RNA (rRNA).
- 聚I的A12.2亚单元 (A12) 激活其外核酶活性,但其在转录延长过程中的核酸合并中的作用尚未完全理解.
研究的目的:
- 调查A12亚单元在Pol I转录延长过程中核酸结合的动力机制中的作用.
- 为了确定A12是否影响每个核酸添加周期及其对整体催化机制的影响.
主要方法:
- 对野生型 (WT) Pol I 和 Pol I 缺乏 S. cerevisiae 的 A12 子单位 (ΔA12 Pol I) 的比较动力分析.
- 评估酸盐 (PPi) 度对 WT 和 ΔA12 Pol I 的催化活性的影响.
主要成果:
- 删除A12从根本上改变了核酸添加的动力机制,引入了一个可逆的步骤,而不是在WT Pol I中观察到的不可逆的步骤.
- 与WT Pol I相比,ΔA12 Pol I变异体现出较慢的核酸合并,并且需要在活性部位保留较长的酸盐 (PPi).
- 聚合物I的活性更多地取决于酸盐度,而不是 ΔA12 聚合物I,这表明 A12 促进了 PPi 的释放.
结论:
- A12.2亚单元在Pol I的核酸添加周期期间促进酸盐释放起着重要作用.
- 除了激活外核酶活性外,A12.2在rRNA合成期间是Pol I的催化效率的组成部分.
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