TFIIIC可以缓解染色体对U6 snRNA转录的抑制
A F Burnol1, F Margottin, J Huet
1Département de Biologie Cellulaire et Moléculaire, Centre d'Etudes de Saclay, Gif-sur-Yvette, France.
Nature
|April 1, 1993
概括
酵母U6小核RNA基因转录需要转录因子 (TF) IIIC,当组装成染色质时. 这一发现解释了之前的差异,并揭示了TFIIIC在基因激活中的新作用.
科学领域:
- 分子生物学分子生物学
- 基因规则 基因规则
- 染色体结构 染色体结构
背景情况:
- 酵母U6小核 (sn) RNA基因 (SNR6) 是由RNA聚合酶III转录的.
- 它具有TATA盒和下游B块元素,这对于RNA聚合酶III转录的基因来说是不寻常的.
- 实验室转录研究表明,TFIIIC对于U6 snRNA合成并不重要.
研究的目的:
- 研究染色质结构在U6 snRNA基因转录中的作用.
- 解决关于TFIIIC的必要性在体外和体内发现之间的差异.
- 在色素的背景下阐明B块元素的功能.
主要方法:
- 核细胞复合和染色体组装实验.
- 在体外转录测试使用纯化的转录因子.
- 对U6 snRNA合成依赖TFIIIC和B块完整性的分析.
主要成果:
- 在核细胞重组或染色体组合后,U6 snRNA合成变得依赖转录因子 (TF) IIIC.
- 下游B块元素的完整性对于在组装的染色体环境中转录至关重要.
- 这些结果与之前的体外和体内观察结果一致.
结论:
- 染色体组合赋予了TFIIIC在U6 snRNA基因转录中的要求.
- TFIIIC在染色体环境中的U6 snRNA基因激活中起着至关重要的作用.
- 这项研究强调了TFIIIC在基因调节中通过染色质结构调节的新功能.
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