泛基改造简化了热调节的核糖体表体的跨进化剖析
Miguel A Garcia-Campos1, Joe Georgeson1, Ronit Nir1
1Department of Molecular Genetics, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 7610001, Israel.
Cell
|October 23, 2025
概括
新的Pan-Mod-seq技术揭示了极端热性有机体中的动态核糖体RNA修饰. 这些修改增强了核糖体的稳定性,对于高温下生长至关重要.
科学领域:
- 分子生物学
- 基因组学
- 生物化学
背景情况:
- 核糖体RNA (rRNA) 是核糖体结构和功能的核心.
- 对rRNA的化学修饰是普遍存在的,但对其进行系统研究是具有挑战性的.
- 了解rRNA修饰的动态对于细胞生物学来说至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 开发一种高通量分析rRNA修饰的方法.
- 在各种生命形式中研究rRNA修饰的可塑性和动力学.
- 阐明特定修改在热适应中的作用.
主要方法:
- 开发Pan-Mod-seq用于并行推断16种不同的rRNA修饰.
- 在所有生命领域对14种物种的应用.
- 电子显微镜 (cryo-EM) 和生物物理研究以确定结构和功能作用.
主要成果:
- Pan-Mod-seq可对许多rRNA修饰进行并行分析.
- 极端的高热恋者表现出动态的rRNA修饰 (∼50%),与中热恋者不同.
- 一个受热诱导的m5C-ac4C修饰的保存模块稳定了核糖体,在高温下生长是必不可少的.
结论:
- 随着环境条件,特别是温度的变化,rRNA修饰的可塑性发生显著变化.
- 特定的rRNA修饰在赋予核糖体热稳定性方面起着至关重要的作用.
- 这项工作为研究rRNA表写体在包括健康和疾病在内的各种生物背景提供了基础.
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