循环约束引入的固体排斥调节了色素的微相分离
Jiachen Wei1, Yue Xue2,3, Yawei Liu4
1Changping Laboratory, Beijing 102206, China.
The Journal of chemical physics
|February 11, 2024
概括
细胞核中的染色体折叠是由循环域调节的. 这些循环结构的变化会影响染色质的染色质.
科学领域:
- * 生物物理 生物物理
- * 计算生物学 * 计算生物学
- * 分子生物学 * 分子生物学
背景情况:
- * 染色体在细胞核中经历复杂的折叠,形成循环,域和隔间.
- * 拓约束和相隔控制着这个复杂的折叠过程.
- *不同折叠策略之间的干扰可能发生.
研究的目的:
- * 模拟相间染色体作为一个封闭系统中具有异构层次循环的块共聚物.
- * 阐明循环域结构和分布如何影响染色体微相分离.
- * 了解循环约束在调节高阶染色体结构中的作用.
主要方法:
- * 分散粒子动力学模拟. 分散粒子动力学模拟.
- * 扩展分析.
- *将染色质建模为具有异构层次循环的块共聚物.
主要成果:
- *微相分离与循环域的长度,异质性和层次层次之间存在相关性.
- *从循环领域的固体排斥改变了链条的刚性,影响了相位分离.
- *模拟重现了通过不同的循环基组在细胞系中观察到的多种相分离模式.
结论:
- *单单是循环约束的变化可以调节更高阶的染色质结构和基因表达.
- * 结果与Hi-C数据质量一致,支持该模型的预测能力.
- *这项研究提供了对控制染色体组织的物理机制的洞察.
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