相互转换的RNA聚合酶通过路障击中路障.
Jin Qian1, Allison Cartee1, Wenxuan Xu1
1Physics Department, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA.
Nature communications
|April 12, 2024
概括
大肠杆菌RNA聚合酶导航蛋白质路障,与力量影响通道. 相反的力量可以通过促进回溯和分离来令人惊地帮助过境,特别是在GreA因子.
科学领域:
- 分子生物学分子生物学
- 生物物理学的生物物理.
背景情况:
- RNA聚合酶 (RNAP) 必须克服蛋白质障碍,以合成全长RNA转录.
- 了解RNAP转位动态对于基因表达调节至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 为了研究大肠杆菌RNAP通过蛋白质路障转移的实时动态.
- 确定外部力量和GreA因子在RNAP通过路障中的作用.
主要方法:
- 实时单分子力测量RNAP通过lack抑制器路障转移.
- 使用光学子来施加受控的力量.
- 进行计算模拟以建模RNAP-路障相互作用.
主要成果:
- 辅助力量促进RNAP通道,而相反的力量阻碍它在低幅度 (0.2 pN).
- 反对力量的影响在转录裂变因子GreA的存在下被废除.
- 当RNAP回溯率超过路障解离率时,相反的力量促进了通道,特别是与GreA.
结论:
- 通过路障的RNAP通道可以通过路障解离或回溯,恢复和冲撞的循环发生.
- 反复运动可能有助于在促进体逃逸和延长过程中破坏蛋白质-DNA接触.
- 这些机制可能会在体内增强生产性转录.
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