新型ATM相关蛋白TRRAP是c-Myc和E2Fcoproteins的一个重要辅因子
S B McMahon1, H A Van Buskirk, K A Dugan
1Department of Molecular Biology, Princeton University, New Jersey 08544-1014, USA.
Cell
|August 26, 1998
概括
研究人员确定了TRRAP,一种与c-Myc和E2F-1相互作用的蛋白质. 阻止TRRAP功能会抑制瘤转化,这表明它在这些途径中作为辅助因子的重要作用.
科学领域:
- 分子生物学分子生物学
- 细胞循环规则 细胞循环规则
- 瘤发生的发生因子.
背景情况:
- c-Myc和E2F转录因子是细胞周期进展的关键调节者.
- 了解参与其途径的共因子对于理解瘤转化至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 隔离和描述与c-Myc和E2F-1相互作用的新型蛋白质.
- 研究这些相互作用蛋白在瘤转化中的作用.
主要方法:
- 蛋白质的分离和表征.
- 同免疫沉试验用于研究蛋白质相互作用.
- 使用跨主导突变体和反意义RNA的功能研究.
主要成果:
- 发现了一种新的,保存434kDa的蛋白质TRRAP.
- 具体来说,TRRAP与c-Myc的N终端和E2F-1事务激活域进行交互.
- TRRAP与ATM/PI3-激酶家族表现出同质性.
- 抑制TRRAP功能阻断了c-Myc和E1A介导的瘤转化.
结论:
- TRRAP是一种新型的,对于c-Myc和E1A/E2F转录因子通路都是必要的辅因子.
- TRRAP在调节细胞循环进展和防止瘤转化方面发挥着关键作用.
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