黑素皮质素受体-2基因表达调控相关因子研究进展

黑素皮质素受体-2（melanoeortin2-receptor,MC2R）属于A类七个跨膜α螺旋G蛋白受体,具有通过CA／cAMP／PKA信号转导途径调节类固醇激素分泌的昼夜节律和应激引起变化的功能。MC2R基因表达障碍可导致一种常染色体隐性遗传疾病,即家族性糖皮质激素缺陷（FGD）。黑素皮质素受体-2（melanocortin2-receptor,MC2R）基因在特定组织中是否表达,表达丰度的高低是由多种调控因子相互作用决定的。本文就参与其表达调控的类固醇转录因子-1（steroidogenic factor-1,SF-1）、过氧化物增值物激活受体γ（PPARγ）、视黄酸X受体α（RXRα）、活化激活蛋白1（activatorproteinl,AP-1）DAX-1（dosage-sensitive sexreversal adrenal hypoplasia gene on the X chromosome,gene-1）和E-盒结合蛋白等因子做一综述。     

Complex Distribution of Avian Color Vision Systems Revealed by Sequencing the SWS1 Opsin from Total DNA

doi:10.1093/molbev/msg108 Mol. Biol. Evol. 20: 855–861. 2003 Table     

Structure of Nucleophosmin DNA-binding Domain and Analysis of Its Complex with a G-quadruplex Sequence from the c-MYC Promoter

Nucleophosmin (NPM1) is a nucleocytoplasmic shuttling protein, mainly localized at nucleoli, that plays a key role in several cellular functions, including ribosome maturation and export, centrosome duplication, and response to stress stimuli. More than 50 mutations at the terminal exon of the NPM1 gene have been identified so far in acute myeloid leukemia; the mutated proteins are aberrantly and stably localized in the cytoplasm due to high destabilization of the NPM1 C-terminal domain and the appearance of a new nuclear export signal. We have shown previously that the 70-residue NPM1 C-terminal domain (NPM1-C70) is able to bind with high affinity a specific region at the c-MYC gene promoter characterized by parallel G-quadruplex structure. Here we present the solution structure of the NPM1-C70 domain and NMR analysis of its interaction with a c-MYC-derived G-quadruplex. These data were used to calculate an experimentally restrained molecular docking model for the complex. The NPM1-C70 terminal three-helix bundle binds the G-quadruplex DNA at the interface between helices H1 and H2 through electrostatic interactions with the G-quadruplex phosphate backbone. Furthermore, we show that the 17-residue lysine-rich sequence at the N terminus of the three-helix bundle is disordered and, although necessary, does not participate directly in the contact surface in the complex.     

小麦HMW-G12亚基基因启动子克隆及序列分析

为了研究高分子量谷蛋白基因启动子在种子中的特异性表达,以小麦品种“东农7742”的基因组DNA为模板,根据已发表序列设计并合成引物,用PCR的方法克隆了小麦贮藏蛋白中高分子量谷蛋白12亚基基因的上游调控序列。序列测定结果表明：所克隆的启动子片段大小为424bp与Thomspon报道的序列比较,同源性为97.9%,有9个核苷酸发生了改变。推测的TATA box位于-27— -30bp,Prolamin-box位于-175— -181bp,认为该元件可能与转录速率的调控有关。