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促进器R-循环招募U2AF1以调节其相分离和RNA分割
Xiaomei He1, Jun Yuan2, Zi Gao1
1Department of Chemistry, University of California Riverside, Riverside, California 92521-0403, United States.
Journal of the American Chemical Society
|September 21, 2023
概括
分离因子U2AF1在基因促进体中结合R环和G4s,影响RNA聚合酶II的分布和mRNA前分离. 这种相互作用促进了U2AF1相分离,影响了转录.
科学领域:
- 分子生物学
- 遗传学
- 生物化学
背景情况:
- R环和关氨酸四重复体 (G4s) 是基因促进体区域中发现的核酸二次结构.
- 像U2AF1这样的剪接因子对于mRNA前处理至关重要.
- 了解蛋白与这些结构的相互作用是基因调节的关键.
研究的目的:
- 研究拼接因子,特别是U2AF1与R环和DNAG4s的结合.
- 探索U2AF1结合这些结构的功能后果.
- 阐明U2AF1-R循环相互作用在相分离和mRNA前拼接调节中的作用.
主要方法:
- 转录因子ChIP-seq数据的生物信息分析.
- 在体外结合测试以确定U2AF1对核酸结构的亲和力.
- 阶段分离测试.
- 在人体细胞中U2AF1结合和RNA聚合酶II分布的体内研究.
主要成果:
- U2AF1在基因促进物中的内源R环和DNAG4位点显著丰富.
- U2AF1直接与低纳米分子亲和度的R环和DNAG4s结合.
- R环结合,但不是其他核酸相互作用,刺激U2AF1相分离.
- 对促进物R环的U2AF1结合与3'拼接位相互作用,改变RNA聚合酶II分布和调节拼接.
结论:
- U2AF1直接与R循环和DNA G4s相互作用,为其促进物占用提供了理由.
- R环相互作用促进U2AF1相分离,影响其功能.
- U2AF1通过调节转录启动和延长之间的RNA聚合酶II分离来调节mRNA前剪接.
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