与TBP相关的因素通常不需要用于酵母酵母的转录激活
1Department of Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA.
Nature
|September 12, 1996
概括
TFIID TBP相关因子 (TAF) 对于酵母生长至关重要,但通常不需要激活转录. TAF 枯竭会影响一些没有 TATA 的促进体,揭示了它们在基因调节中的特定作用.
科学领域:
- 分子生物学分子生物学
- 遗传学 是一个遗传学.
- 生物化学 生物化学
背景情况:
- TFIID是真核RNA聚合酶II (Pol II) 转录的一个关键转录因子.
- 它由TATA结合蛋白 (TBP) 和TBP相关因子 (TAF) 组成.
- 虽然TBP的作用是明确的,但TAF的功能,特别是在体内,仍然不太了解.
研究的目的:
- 研究TAFs在酵母中的特定体内转录功能.
- 确定TAFs对于基底转录和特定因子激活的必要性.
主要方法:
- 利用一种新的双关闭方法在酵母中创建TAF耗尽条件等位基因.
- 评估TAF枯竭对各种促进者的转录的影响,包括那些没有TATA的促进者.
- 评估了TAF枯竭对已知激活剂转录增强的作用.
主要成果:
- 由于TAF的枯竭,某些缺乏TATA元素的促进体的转录减少了.
- 令人惊的是,TAF枯竭对几个激活剂对转录增强的影响很小.
- 这表明TAF在酵母中转录激活并不普遍需要TAF.
结论:
- TAFs在调节特定的TATA-less促进体的转录中发挥作用.
- 对TAFs在酵母中激活剂介导的转录的一般要求不如以前所认为那么重要.
- 需要进一步的研究来阐明个别TAFs在酵母转录中的精确作用.
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