一个专门的核细胞组调节转录因子访问C. glabrata金属响应促进体的访问
1Department of Biological Chemistry, The University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor 48109-0606, USA.
Cell
|November 1, 1996
概括
在Candida glabrata中,快速的铜排毒依赖于Amt1转录因子,该转录因子与金属反应元素结合. 这种结合是由核体结构和DNA扭曲促进的,使金属稳态的基因迅速激活.
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:
- 转录因子必须访问基因调节的DNA促进元件.
- 快速的转录反应对于细胞防御和恒常状态至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 研究Candida glabrata中Amt1转录因子快速转录自激活的机制.
- 了解DNA结构和核细胞定位在调节Amt1功能中的作用.
主要方法:
- 在体内足迹测定试验.
- 染色体映射实验 染色体映射实验
- 对DNA序列元素和核细胞组定位的分析.
主要成果:
- Amt1介导的快速转录自主激活取决于铜诱导的DNA与金属反应元件 (MRE) 的结合.
- MRE和一个相邻的同聚合物 (dA x dT) 元素被包装成一个定位的核酶体.
- 核相关的DNA扭曲,取决于 (dA x dT) 元素,对于Amt1结合和转录至关重要.
结论:
- AMT1促进体利用一种新的核细胞体结构来促进对铜的快速转录反应.
- 这种专门的结构将金属稳态和Candida glabrata中的排毒机制联系在一起.
- 核细胞体内的局部DNA扭曲是转录因子结合和快速基因激活的关键调节特征.
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