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High-throughput Purification of Affinity-tagged Recombinant Proteins
Published on: August 26, 2012
概括
在真核生物中,RNA聚合酶I调节是关键. 在Acanthamoeba中,囊聚合酶I因促进体结合问题而非转录因子变化而非活跃,这表明聚合酶修饰控制了rRNA合成.
科学领域:
- 分子生物学分子生物学
- 欧核生物基因调节 欧核生物基因调节
- 生物化学 生物化学
背景情况:
- 核糖体RNA (rRNA) 合成对于细胞生长至关重要,并且在真核生物中受到严格调节.
- RNA聚合酶I (Pol I) 负责转录rRNA基因.
- 了解Pol I的调节机制对于理解基因表达控制至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 为了研究控制阿坎萨摩巴的rRNA合成的调节机制.
- 确定RNA聚合酶I的变化或转录启动因子是否负责囊括Acanthamoeba中的rRNA基因的沉默.
主要方法:
- 制备和表征RNA聚合酶I和转录启动因子从生长和化Acanthamoeba.
- 在体外转录试验中,使用了poly ((dl:dC) 模板和rDNA促进剂.
- DNase I足迹测试用于分析rDNA促进体中的蛋白质-DNA相互作用.
主要成果:
- 来自生长和化Acanthamoeba的RNA聚合酶I表现出相同的转录poly ((dl:dC) 的能力.
- 囊中的聚合酶,尽管rRNA基因不活跃,但不能在体外利用rDNA促进剂.
- 来自囊的转录启动因子有效地结合了促进子和指导转录.
- 足迹检测显示,由于促进体结合受损,囊聚合酶I在功能上是不活跃的,而因子结合没有受到影响.
结论:
- 细胞rRNA合成是由RNA聚合酶I的修改调节的,而不是额外的DNA结合蛋白的变化.
- 囊聚合酶I无法结合rDNA促进物是囊形成期间rRNA基因转录不活的主要原因.
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