翻译和特定时间酸化的替代启动产生了必需时钟蛋白频率的多种形式
N Y Garceau1, Y Liu, J J Loros
1Department of Biochemistry, Dartmouth Medical School, Hanover, New Hampshire 03755-3844, USA.
Cell
|May 2, 1997
概括
基因的频率 (FRQ) 是基因的频率.
科学领域:
- 分子生物学分子生物学
- 时间生物学 时间生物学
背景情况:
- 频率 (frq) 基因是神经的昼夜振荡器的核心.
- 循环节律是由转录/翻译反循环调节的.
研究的目的:
- 研究FRQ复杂的转录后调节.
- 为了阐明FRQ合成和酸化的时间动态.
主要方法:
- 通过替代翻译启动生成的FRQ蛋白质异型的分析.
- 在整个昼夜周期中监测FRQ酸化模式.
主要成果:
- 通过替代翻译启动,产生了两个FRQ蛋白质形式.
- FRQ经历渐进的酸化,产生暂时不同的产品.
- 翻译调节和FRQ对frq转录的反发生得很快,其次是较慢的翻译后调节.
结论:
- 复杂的转录后调节,包括翻译控制和酸化,微调神经的昼夜钟.
- 这些调节层有助于FRQ的周转和frq基因的循环再激活.
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