细胞分裂过程中的组蛋白H3磷酸化

组蛋白是染色质中主要的蛋白质组分,经过复杂的翻译后修饰,主要包括乙酰化、甲基化、磷酸化、泛素化和ADP-核糖基化后,会改变染色质的结构及功能特性。组蛋白H3的磷酸化是高度保守的,发生在有丝分裂和减数分裂中特定的时期和染色体部位。在真核生物的不同物种中,组蛋白的磷酸化在染色体上的分布和起始时期是不同的,但常在中期磷酸化水平达到最高。在有丝分裂或减数分裂将结束的时候,H3普遍发生去磷酸化现象。不同组蛋白的共价修饰有不同的表观遗传学效应。     

组蛋白翻译后修饰技术研究进展

翻译后修饰调控着真核生物大部分蛋白质的活性,这些修饰的解读对研究生物功能是必不可少的。组蛋白翻译后修饰是蛋白质翻译后修饰中研究的较好一类小分子碱性蛋白,易被各种生物大分子修饰,尤其易发生在N-末端的尾部。不同组合式修饰构成了"组蛋白密码",在细胞的发育、生长、分化和动态平衡中,组蛋白密码影响着染色体的结构状态,进而调控基因的表达状态。组蛋白翻译后修饰的研究可作为一种模式来解析蛋白质复杂的修饰状态及研究其分子功能。翻译后修饰分析技术的发展对组蛋白密码的解析是至关重要的。重点讨论组蛋白修饰分析技术的发展和应用。     

蛋白质翻译后修饰研究进展

翻译后修饰在蛋白质加工、成熟的过程中发挥着重要的作用,它可以改变蛋白质的物理、化学性质,影响蛋白质的空间构象、立体位阻及其稳定性,进而对蛋白质的生物学活性产生作用,引起蛋白质的功能改变。修饰基团自身的结构特性对蛋白质的性质、功能也会产生深远的影响。在已有的研究基础上,综述蛋白质翻译后修饰的主要类型以及各修饰作用潜在的生物学功能。     

五彩缤纷的蛋白质翻译后修饰

<正>蛋白质翻译后修饰是指蛋白质在翻译后的化学修饰.它包含磷酸化、乙酰化、泛素化和甲基化等类型[1],在调节蛋白质活性、结构和功能等方面发挥着重要的作用,其重要性已被人们广泛认知[2~5].随着许多新的翻译后修饰类型的出现,蛋白质翻译后修饰这一研究领域变得越来越复杂而有趣.对于科研人员来说,从经典的磷酸化、泛素化,到新型的甲基化、SUMO化,各种蛋白质翻译后修饰无不散发着诱人的魅力,期待着人们     

非限制翻译后修饰鉴定方法的研究进展

蛋白质翻译后修饰在真核生物细胞内广泛存在,对蛋白质的结构和功能有着十分重要的影响.串联质谱技术的快速发展为翻译后修饰鉴定提供了高通量、高灵敏度和高分辨率的分析平台,但传统搜索引擎鉴定修饰的方法无法满足数据分析的需求,非限制翻译后修饰鉴定已成为目前蛋白质组修饰分析的重要手段之一.非限制翻译后修饰鉴定不需要在分析前指定修饰类型,可以直接从样品中找出大量已知或未知的修饰,对提高质谱图谱解析率以及揭示蛋白质的生物学功能具有十分重要的意义.本文首先介绍了非限制翻译后修饰鉴定的定义和发展历程,然后从序列匹配和谱图匹配两个方面详细综述了目前非限制翻译后修饰鉴定的主流算法,分析了非限制翻译后修饰鉴定的质量控制问题,最后结合非限制翻译后修饰鉴定的实际应用讨论了修饰鉴定算法的不足和发展方向.     

细菌中常见的蛋白翻译后修饰

蛋白质的翻译后修饰在生物体生命活动中发挥着重要作用,大部分蛋白质都会经历翻译后修饰。对这些修饰的了解和掌握非常重要,因为这些修饰可能会改变蛋白质的物理及化学性质,如折叠、构象、稳定性及活性,从而改变蛋白的功能。此外,修饰基团本身也可能具有某些功能。因此,分析研究蛋白质翻译后修饰具有重要意义。细菌中常见的翻译后修饰过程有糖基化、磷酸化和乙酰化,我们简要综述了这几种修饰过程。     

蛋白质的甲基化研究进展

蛋白质翻译后修饰是调控蛋白质生物学功能的重要步骤之一。甲基化修饰作为蛋白质翻译后修饰的一种重要形式,参与了真核生物和原核生物的多种细胞进程。本文综述了目前蛋白质甲基化的研究进展,包括真核生物、原核生物,组蛋白和非组蛋白,以及多种氨基酸位点的甲基化修饰。这些发现丰富了人们对蛋白质甲基化修饰的认识,对深入了解蛋白质翻译后修饰的功能具有重要意义。     

原核生物的蛋白质翻译后修饰

蛋白质翻译后修饰是调节蛋白质生物学功能的关键步骤之一,是蛋白质动态反应和相互作用的一个重要分子基础,同时,它也是细胞信号网络调控的重要靶点.目前,蛋白质翻译后修饰已经成为国际上蛋白质研究的一个极其重要的热点.在原核生物生命活动中,蛋白质的翻译后修饰具有十分重要的作用,如参与细胞信号传导、物质的代谢、蛋白质的降解、致病微生物的致病过程等.综述了经典原核生物蛋白质翻译后修饰的种类、机制和功能,同时介绍了最近发现的原核生物的全局性乙酰化修饰以及结核分枝杆菌中类泛素化修饰.     

组蛋白磷酸化修饰与精子发生

组蛋白磷酸化是组蛋白氨基酸残基的磷酸化修饰,是一类重要的翻译后修饰,与有丝分裂和减数分裂的染色质压缩、染色质功能调节、转录的激活与抑制、DNA损伤修复以及物质代谢等多种机制相关。文章对国内外近10年多种代表性生物精子发生(孢子形成)的相关文献进行总结,论述了组蛋白磷酸化在精子发生中调控蛋白质作用因子的结合位点、调控减数分裂过程中的DNA复制与重组、保障正确的染色质重塑、对减数分裂后的成熟精子核的完全包装等重要功能。这些发现加深了人们对于组蛋白及其翻译后修饰在精子发生及分化中作用的理解。     

翻译后修饰蛋白质组学研究的技术策略

 蛋白质组学早期研究的绝大部分工作是在关注细胞不同生长时期或是疾病、分裂素刺激下的蛋白质表达水平变化.然而,许多至关重要的生命进程不仅由蛋白质的相对丰度控制,更重要的是被那些时空特异分布的可逆翻译后修饰控制的,揭示翻译后修饰发生规律是理解蛋白质复杂多样的生物功能的一个重要前提.由于翻译后修饰蛋白质在样本中含量低且动态范围广,其相关研究极具挑战性,亲和富集、多维分离等技术与生物质谱的结合为翻译后修饰蛋白质组学的发展提供了契机,目前,已进行规模化研究的蛋白质翻译后修饰主要有四大类,其中磷酸化和糖基化研究较多.本文针对大规模翻译后的修饰蛋白质的分析策略和技术路线,如蛋白质的磷酸化修饰, 糖基化修饰, 泛素化修饰,基于蛋白质氧化还原状态进行的氧化还原修饰和其它修饰像乙酰化、甲基化、脂基化修饰等进行了综述.     

Functional genomics of histone modification and non-histone chromosomal proteins using the polytene chromosomes of Drosophila

Knowing the genomic distribution of chromosomal proteins and of histone modifications provides essential insight into function. The giant polytene chromosomes of the Drosophila larval salivary glands provide a high-resolution genomic map with a resolution exceeded only by chromatin immunoprecipitation. Immunofluorescence localization of chromosomal proteins and specific post-translational modifications of histones is a simple and rapid tool for the functional genomics of chromosomal proteins.     

Selective isolation of polypeptide chains bearing multiple types of postsynthetic modifications. Recovery of simultaneously acetylated and phosphorylated forms of histone H2A and high mobility group proteins 14 and 17

In order to study coordinate or simultaneous modifications of chromosomal proteins by phosphorylation and acetylation, duck erythrocytes were incubated with [32P]orthophosphate and the thiol-containing acetate analogue, 2-mercaptoacetate. Enzymatic transfer of the analogue to the epsilon-amino groups of lysine residues permits the selective recovery of the newly thio-derivatized polypeptide chains by Hg-affinity chromatography, and this acetylated subpopulation can then be analyzed for [32P]phosphate uptake. The histones and high mobility group proteins were extracted from cell nuclei, purified, and finally analyzed for incorporation of [32P]phosphate and 2-mercaptoacetate. Several of the nuclear proteins, in particular histone H2A and the high mobility group proteins HMG-14 and HMG-17, were subjected to organomercurial-agarose chromatography. Significant amounts of these cysteine-free proteins were retained on the affinity column, and by this criterion were shown to have incorporated mercaptoacetate. The mercaptoacetylated proteins were further analyzed and found to contain the 32P label as well. These observations provide incontrovertible evidence that individual molecules of chromosomal proteins can carry postsynthetic modifications in the form of phosphorylation and acetylation at the same time, and also establish that both types of modification must have occurred during the short period in which the cells were exposed to the two precursors.     

Deciphering a global network of functionally associated post‐translational modifications

Various post‐translational modifications (PTMs) fine‐tune the functions of almost all eukaryotic proteins, and co‐regulation of different types of PTMs has been shown within and between a number of proteins. Aiming at a more global view of the interplay between PTM types, we collected modifications for 13 frequent PTM types in 8 eukaryotes, compared their speed of evolution and developed a method for measuring PTM co‐evolution within proteins based on the co‐occurrence of sites across eukaryotes. As many sites are still to be discovered, this is a considerable underestimate, yet, assuming that most co‐evolving PTMs are functionally associated, we found that PTM types are vastly interconnected, forming a global network that comprise in human alone >50 000 residues in about 6000 proteins. We predict substantial PTM type interplay in secreted and membrane‐associated proteins and in the context of particular protein domains and short‐linear motifs. The global network of co‐evolving PTM types implies a complex and intertwined post‐translational regulation landscape that is likely to regulate multiple functional states of many if not all eukaryotic proteins.     

Higher-order folding of heterochromatin: protein bridges span the nucleosome arrays.

In interphase eukaryotic nuclei, chromatin is divided into two morphologically distinct types known as heterochromatin and euchromatin. It has been long suggested that the two types of chromatin differ at the level of higher-order folding. Recent studies have revealed the features of chromatin 3D architecture that distinguish the higher-order folding of repressed and active chromatin and have identified chromosomal proteins and their modifications associated with these structural transitions. This review discusses the molecular and structural determinants of chromatin higher-order folding in relation to mechanism(s) of heterochromatin formation and genetic silencing during cell differentiation and tissue development.     

Epigenetics: monoallelic expression in the immune system

Epigenetic modifications to DNA and chromatin programme important genome functions including gene expression, chromosomal architecture and stability, and the maintenance of developmental states. Recent findings further implicate epigenetic modifications in the control of allelic choice in the immune system.     

细菌体内乙酰化修饰研究进展

翻译后修饰是指前体蛋白经过一系列加工修饰形成具有多种功能的蛋白质,其可以发生在不同的氨基酸侧链或肽键上,通常是由酶活性介导的。5%的蛋白质组组成的酶介导了超过200多种的翻译后修饰类型,其中乙酰化修饰是一种重要的翻译后修饰途径。乙酰化修饰在真核细胞中被广泛研究,其几乎参与细胞的所有生理活动并且高度保守。最近的很多研究表明,乙酰化修饰在细菌体内也广泛存在,对其生理功能的研究也取得了一定进展。本文对细菌体内的乙酰化修饰途径、功能及检测技术进行了总结。除此之外,我们分析了乙酰化修饰目前存在的问题并对其潜在的应用价值进行展望。     

Control of gene expression and assembly of chromosomal subdomains by chromatin regulators with antagonistic functions

Epigenetic regulation of higher-order chromatin structure controls gene expression and the assembly of chromosomal domains during cell division, differentiation, and development. The proposed “histone code” integrates a complex system of histone modifications and chromosomal proteins that establish and maintain distinctive types of chromatin, such as euchromatin, heterochromatin, and centromeric (CEN) chromatin. The reversible nature of histone acetylation, phosphorylation, and (most recently discovered) methylation are mechanisms for controlling gene expression and partitioning the genome into functional domains. Many different regions of the genome contain similar epigenetic marks (histone modifications), raising the question as to how they are independently specified and regulated. In this review, we will focus on several recent discoveries in chromatin and chromosome biology: (1) identification of long-elusive histone “de-methylating” enzymes that affect chromatin structure, and (2) assembly and maintenance of chromatin domains, specifically heterochromatin and euchromatin, through a dynamic equilibrium of modifying enzymes, histone modifications, and histone variants identified biochemically and genetically. Review related to the 15th International Chromosome Conference (ICC XV), held in September 2004, Brunel University, London, UK