稳定表达T_7RNA聚合酶的猪睾丸细胞系的建立

根据GenBank中登录的T7RNA聚合酶基因参考序列,设计合成了1对特异性引物扩增对T7RNA聚合酶基因进行扩增,将测序正确的T7RNA聚合酶基因和真核表达载体pIRES2-EGFP双酶切后进行连接构建pIRES2-EGFP-T7RNA RNA质粒。再将构建正确的pIRES2-EGFP-T7RNA质粒经用脂质体法转染猪睾丸细胞,通过G418筛选和单细胞克隆化,同时构建pET-32a-RED原核表达质粒载体,用其检测T7启动子控制下的红色荧光蛋白的表达。结果表明,建立的ST/T7RNA细胞系经20次传代仍然能稳定表达T7RNA聚合酶。结果显示,成功建立能稳定表达T7RNA聚合酶的猪睾丸细胞系,为猪瘟病毒反向遗传操作平台奠定了基础。     

具有绿色荧光标记的表达T7 RNA聚合酶的稳定细胞系的建立

[目的]建立具有绿色荧光标记的表达T7RNA聚合酶的稳定细胞系。[方法]从BL21（DE3）大肠杆菌中克隆出T7RNAP基因,定向克隆进质粒FG12后,构建了表达T7RNA聚合酶基因（T7）的Lenti-virus重组质粒FG12-T7RNAP。用此重组质粒转染293T细胞,WB可检测出瞬时表达的T7RNAP蛋白;利用辅助质粒对表达T7的非复制型Lenti-virus病毒进行体外包装,所获得的非复制型Lenti-virus病毒感染BHK-21细胞,利用GFP通过流式细胞分选仪筛选表达T7的细胞系,并利用WB检测基因的表达。[结果]通过WB检测出不同代次的阳性细胞中均能稳定表达目的基因T7RNA聚合酶。[结论]T7RNA聚合酶能顺利在真核细胞内表达,并在此基础上建立的稳定细胞系为RNA病毒体内拯救技术平台的建立奠定了基础。     

Structure of a transcribing T7 RNA polymerase initiation complex

The structure of a T7 RNA polymerase (T7 RNAP) initiation complex captured transcribing a trinucleotide of RNA from a 17-base pair promoter DNA containing a 5-nucleotide single-strand template extension was determined at a resolution of 2.4 angstroms. Binding of the upstream duplex portion of the promoter occurs in the same manner as that in the open promoter complex, but the single-stranded template is repositioned to place the +4 base at the catalytic active site. Thus, synthesis of RNA in the initiation phase leads to accumulation or "scrunching" of the template in the enclosed active site pocket of T7 RNAP. Only three base pairs of heteroduplex are formed before the RNA peels off the template.     

十字花科黑腐病菌编码RNA聚合酶ω亚基的基因（rpoZXcc）突变导致细胞生长减慢

ω（Omega）亚基是组成细菌RNA聚合酶（RNA polymerase,RNAP）核心酶的5个亚基（2α、β、β′andω）中最小的一个,也是5个亚基中唯一可以去除而不会导致细胞死亡的亚基。尽管ω亚基存在于所有细菌中并且序列非常保守,但迄今为止,人们对ω亚基的功能却知之甚少。基因组注释结果表明,十字花科黑腐病菌8004菌株（Xanthomonas campestris pv.campestris strain 8004,简称Xcc8004）基因组中存在一个编码ω亚基的基因rpoZXcc（ORF编号为XC0957）。为了研究Xcc RNA聚合酶ω亚基的功能,采用自杀质粒pK18mob整合突变方法,构建了rpoZXcc基因的非极性突变体NK0957。表型检测结果显示,NK0957在基本培养基MMX和丰富培养基NYG中的生长比野生型菌株Xcc8004的生长明显减慢,而且NK0957的生长缓慢表型能被rpoZXcc反式互补。这些结果说明,ω亚基在Xcc的生长过程中发挥重要作用。     

A kinetic framework for a mammalian RNA polymerase in vivo

We have analyzed the kinetics of assembly and elongation of the mammalian RNA polymerase I complex on endogenous ribosomal genes in the nuclei of living cells with the use of in vivo microscopy. We show that components of the RNA polymerase I machinery are brought to ribosomal genes as distinct subunits and that assembly occurs via metastable intermediates. With the use of computational modeling of imaging data, we have determined the in vivo elongation time of the polymerase, and measurements of recruitment and incorporation frequencies show that incorporation of components into the assembling polymerase is inefficient. Our data provide a kinetic and mechanistic framework for the function of a mammalian RNA polymerase in living cells.     

Abortive initiation and productive initiation by RNA polymerase involve DNA scrunching

Using single-molecule DNA nanomanipulation, we show that abortive initiation involves DNA "scrunching"--in which RNA polymerase (RNAP) remains stationary and unwinds and pulls downstream DNA into itself--and that scrunching requires RNA synthesis and depends on RNA length. We show further that promoter escape involves scrunching, and that scrunching occurs in most or all instances of promoter escape. Our results support the existence of an obligatory stressed intermediate, with approximately one turn of additional DNA unwinding, in escape and are consistent with the proposal that stress in this intermediate provides the driving force to break RNAP-promoter and RNAP-initiation-factor interactions in escape.