一个RNA5'-三酸酶与蛋白质氨酸酸酶相关
1Department of Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA.
Cell
|June 13, 1997
概括
研究人员确定了C. elegans封闭酶 (CEL-1),揭示了其N端RNA三酸酶域与蛋白质氨酸酸酶 (PTP) 有相似之处,扩大了PTP类酶超级家族.
科学领域:
- 分子生物学分子生物学
- 酶学 是一种酶学.
- 遗传学 是一个遗传学.
背景情况:
- mRNA封闭对于基因表达至关重要,涉及RNA三酸酶,瓜尼利转移酶和甲基转移酶活动.
- 已经研究了C. elegans封闭酶 (CEL-1) 的酶功能.
研究的目的:
- 描述CEL-1基因及其编码的蛋白质.
- 阐明C. elegans封闭酶的酶活性和结构域.
主要方法:
- 对CEL-1的基因表征.
- 对CEL-1域进行序列分析.
- 酶分析以确定RNA三酸酶和蛋白质氨酸酸酶活动.
主要成果:
- CEL-1 具有与酵母和疫苗病毒酶相同的C端 guanylyl-transferase 域.
- CEL-1的N端域表现出RNA三酸酶活性.
- 这种RNA三酸酶域与蛋白质氨酸酸酶 (PTPs) 具有序列相似性,但缺乏PTP活性.
- RNA三酸酶机制涉及一种保存的核性氨酸,类似于PTPs.
结论:
- CEL-1是C. elegans的封闭酶,具有不同的N端RNA三酸酶和C端瓜尼利转移酶域.
- CEL-1的RNA三酸酶活性扩大了已知的PTP类酸酶超级家族,包括作用于RNA基质的酶.
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