在Neurospora crassa中,RPD3L脱乙复合物是必要的,以进行选择性的异染色素抑制
Colleen C Mumford1, Hideki Tanizawa1, Elizabeth T Wiles1
1Institute of Molecular Biology, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR 97403.
概括
研究人员确定SDS3,RLP1和RLP2是维持Neurospora crassa.中的任性异种染色体沉默的关键因素. 这些蛋白质是RPD3L复合体的一部分,对基因抑制至关重要,影响发育过程.
科学领域:
- 表观遗传学 在表观遗传学中,表观遗传学是指表观遗传学.
- 分子生物学分子生物学
- 发展生物学 发展生物学
背景情况:
- 选择性色素抑制对于许多物种的发育至关重要.
- 基因组H3氨酸27 (H3K27) 甲基化通过Polycomb镇压复合体2标志着可选的异染色素.
- H3K27介导的基因沉默的确切机制尚不清楚.
研究的目的:
- 为了识别基因,对于保持在Neurospora crassa的选择性异染色体沉默至关重要的基因.
- 阐明新型基因在H3K27甲基化依赖基因抑制途径中的作用.
主要方法:
- 在Neurospora crassa中采用前进的遗传学方法来选影响异性染色体沉默的基因.
- 利用分子技术来识别和表征新的沉默基因:sds3,rlp1和rlp2.
- 研究了已识别的蛋白质与已知的表观遗传综合体的关联,并分析了组蛋白修饰模式.
主要成果:
- 鉴定了三种新的基因 (sds3,rlp1,rlp2),这些基因对选择性异质染色体沉默至关重要.
- 发现SDS3,RLP1和RLP2与Rpd3L复合物的Neurospora同类物相结合.
- 证明这些基因是抑制H3K27甲基化基因子集所需的,而不会影响H3K27甲基化水平.
- 在这些因素被删除后,在上调的基因中观察到素H3 lysine 14乙化增加,这表明脱乙化在沉默中的作用.
结论:
- 作为Rpd3L复合体的组成部分,SDS3,RLP1和RLP2对于Neurospora crassa的选择性异染色体基因沉默至关重要.
- 通过RPD3L介导的脱乙基化,特别是在基因组H3 lysine14处,似乎是静止H3K27甲基基因的关键机制.
- 这些发现表明,RPD3L在真核生物中选择性异性染色质调节中起着保留的作用.
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