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Molecular Mechanisms of Gene Regulation: The Operon (Ch7) Operon- set of genes that are coordinately controlled by a regulatory protein AND transcribed as a single polycistronic message Regulon- set of related genes that are transcribed as separate units but are controlled by the same regulatory protein The Lactose Operon lacZ : b-galactosidase lacY : lactose (galactoside) permease lacA : galactoside transacetylase Diauxic growth Bi-phasic; cells grow on one carbon source until depleted & then grow on the other Francois Jacob Jaques Monod 1. Diauxic growth is dependent upon the carbon (sugar) source used. 2. In E. coli: two classes of sugar sources (i) glucose, mannose, fructose (ii) lactose, maltose 3. Growth on class (i) combinations, i.e. glucose + mannose no diauxic growth; same with class (ii) mixtures. 4. Diauxy is observed when cells are grown in mixtures containing (i) + (ii). Induction of the lac operon Negative Regulation of transcription Inducible Negative Regulation Repressible Positive Regulation The lac Operon The nature of the lac inducer Complementation 1. Restoration of phenotype 2. Different types: genetic material 3. Mutation with phenotype add DNA (gene product) restores phenotype Typical conclusion: mutation & complementing DNA encode-for or are the same gene Alternate conclusions: compensatory affects Complementation using two (recessive) mutants Interpretations very different Mutant Repressor Gene (no repressor made) Lac product? + inducer - inducer Y/N Y/N Y/N Y/N Conclusion: Both lac operons are repressible recessive Mutant Operator (Oc) Lac product? Y/N Y/N Conclusion: One lac operon non-repressible cis-dominant Mutant Repressor Gene (cannot bind inducer) Lac product? Y/N Y/N Conclusion: Both lac operons are uninducible cis and trans dominant Mutant Repressor Gene Lac (cannot bind operator sequence) product? Y/N Y/N Conclusion: Both lac operons are nonrepressible dominant-negative Repression & Activation Binding between lac Operator & lac Repressor Non-metabolizable analogue of lactose The lac control region 1. 3 operators (O1, O2, O3); region where regulatory proteins bind 2. RNA polymerase binding site (promoter) 3. cAMP-CRP complex binding site (CAP) b-Galactosidase Activity 1. Recall that the first gene in the lac operon is lacZ (b-galactosidase) 2. Enzyme activity can easily be measured using X-Gal or p-nitrophenol-galactoside (colorimetric assays that can be quantified) 3. Therefore effects on regulation can be monitored by measuring b-galactosidase activity. Effects of Mutations in the 3 lac Operators Positive Control of the lac Operon 1. Removal of repressor is NOT enough to activate the operon. 2. The lac operon has a mechanism for reponding to glucose levels. Why? – (i) When glucose levels are high, the cell wants to repress transcription of other operons (lactose) (ii) When glucose levels are low & lactose present upregulate lac operon Catabolite repression selection in favor of glucose metabolism -cAMP responds to glucose conc. ATP Inhibited by glucose Adenylcyclase - glucose uptake lowers the quantity of cAMP by inhibiting the enzyme adenylcyclase. Cyclic AMP 1. Addition of cAMP overcomes catabolite repression. 2. The activator is a complex between cAMP and a protein: catabolite activator protein (CAP) aka cAMP receptor protein (CRP) gene crp. 3. A mutant CRP protein with 10 lower affinity for cAMP: if cAMP-CRP complex important for activation then mutant should have reduced production of b-galactosidase The Molecular Mechanism of c-AMP-CRP Action 1. cAMP-CRP complex stimulates transcription by binding to (activator) site adjacent to promoter. 2. cAMP-CRP recruits and helps RNA polymerase to bind to the promoter. 3. Recruitment has two steps: -formation of closed promoter complex -conversion of closed promoter complex to open promoter complex increases rate of open promoter complex formation Rifampicin-inhibits RNA polymerase Only if added before RNA polyermase has initiated transcription rifampicin resistant complex + rifampicin + nucleotides + rifampicin + nucleotides Conclusion- cAMP-CRP (CAP) promotes open promoter complex formation How does cAMP-CRP binding to the activator site facilitate binding of polymerase to the promoter? 1. cAMP-CRP complex “touches” the polymerase cooperative binding 2. cAMP-CRP causes the DNA to bend. Direct Interaction Model Evidence: (1) co-sedimentation (2) chemical cross-linking (3) Dnase footprinting (4) mutations in CRP that decrease activation but NOT DNA binding interface that interacts with polymerase. DNA Looping -cooperative binding between proteins to remote sites Measuring DNA bending 1. cut DNA fragment with different restriction enzymes 2. Bind protein Relationship between electrphoretic mobility and bent DNA (w/protein) Bend center protein binding site DNA bending model for cAMP-CRP activation -bend facilitates polymerase binding (exposes promoter) Mechanism of Repression 1. Assumption: repressor blocks polymerase access to promoter. 2. Experimental evidence, however, has shown that RNA polymerase can STILL bind to promoter in the presence of repressor Rifampicin no transcription unless open promoter complex has formed Experiment 1: DNA, polymerase, repressor add inducer, nucleotides, & rifampicin Result : Transcription occurred repressor had not prevented formation of open complex Experiment 2: 1. DNA + repressor (5-10 min) 2. + RNA polymerase (20 min) 3. Add heparin -Blocks any further complex formation + all reaction components except CTP 4. Add CTP +/- inducer (IPTG) -sulfated glycosoaminoglycan (chain) -joints, vitreous humor -viscosity increasing agent, anti-coagulant -binds RNA polymerase inhibiting association with promoter Further evidence showed that repressor and polymerase can bind together to lac operator. If lac repressor does not inhibit transcription of the lac operon by blocking access to promoter, how does it function? Alternate theory: repressor locks RNA polymerase into a non-productive state. Evidence: formation of abortive transcripts HOWEVER… More recent studies have shown that repressor/polymerase : operator interactions are in equilibrium. Ratio of: polymerase-promoter complex and free polymerase/free promoter And that previous experiments were simply shifting or locking this equilibrium association Experiment: 1. Add RNA polymerase + lac promoter (used fluorescent labeled UTP analog) 2. (1) no addition (3) + repressor (2) + heparin (4) no DNA Analysis: (i) heparin known to prevent polymerase (re)-association (ii) If repressor does not block access to polymerase it should not inhibit polymerase association with promoter Result: both heparin and repressor inhibits (re)association of polymerase with promoter. Analysis: (1) heparin binds polymerase preventing association with DNA (2) repressor does the same by binding to the operator adjacent to the promoter and blocking access to the promoter by RNA polymerase. Conclusion: Original competition hypothesis may be correct! Maltose Operon 1. mal regulon regulated by CRP 2. MalT also regulates the mal promoters -requires ATP -activated by inducer (maltotriose) -Some mal promoters malEp & malKp use both CRP and MalT malEp The malEp & malKp region (divergent operons) -2 operons transcribed in opposite directions (3 genes each) -3 CRP binding sites & 5 MalT binding sites The MalT Binding Sites -each site consists of 2 6-bp overlapping binding regions -the third site DNA footprinting showing 3-bp shift in MalT binding after CRP (CAP) binding -MalT has higher affinity for sites 3, 4, and 5 than for sites 3’, 4’, and 5’. -sites 3,4, and 5 are exactly 3-bps short of maximal spacing for promoting RNA polymerase binding. Arabinose Operon DNA Looping -protein with DNA binding domain (yellow) & protein-protein interaction domain (blue) -loop occurs if proteins can interact because intervening sequence can loop out without twisting 1. insertions which disrupt the ability of the proteins to bind to the same face of DNA inhibit loop formation -one double helical turn 10.5 bp 1. Arabinose operon consists of 4 genes, 3 together transcribed in one direction (araPBAD), the fourth araC divergent (araPc) 2. AraC is the control protein, acts as repressor or activator depending upon binding conditions. Map of the ara Control Region Absence of Arabinose Negative control- monomers of AraC bind to O2 and I1 looping out the intervening sequence (210 bp) & blocking access to the promoter by RNA polymerase Positive Control 1. Arabinose binds to AraC results in conformational change in AraC. 2. Arabinose-AraC complex preferentially binds to I2/I1 sequences (over O2/I1 sequence) 3. Promoter accessible to RNA polymerase 4. cAMP-CRP present (glucose absent) bind to Pc site transcription stimulated Experimental Evidence of Looping 1. Observed by electron microscopy 2. Looped DNA migrates differently than unlooped on agarose gel. -competition experiment: (labeled) DNA + AraC -add excess unlabeled DNA -can use info to determine ½ life of protein-DNA interaction Binding of AraC to O2 site -in mutant O2 site, dissociation of AraC from site occurred at faster rate than WT. Binding of AraC to I site Addition of Arabinose Breaks Loop between araO2 and araI Notes on Regulation of the Arabinose Operon 1. Looping/unlooping is reversible. Add AraC loop forms, add arabinose loop breaks, remove arabinose (dilution) loop reforms (in presence of AraC 2. AraC contacts I2 in the unlooped state but not in the looped complex. 3. A single dimer of AraC is sufficient for loop formation AraC autoregulates its Own Transcription araC araO2 araO1 …… araI I1 I2 araPBAD araPc Note: presumably this can occur +/arabinose (with control region looped or unlooped). Conclusions I. Maltose Operon. 1. Mal operon controlled by CRP & MalT (transcription factor) 2. CRP stimulates transcrption by shifting MalT from one set of binding sites to another (only 3 bp away) 3. Initial binding site of MalT is poorly aligned with (enhancing transcription from) the promoters 4. The “secondary” sites are better aligned with respect to the promoters and hence can facilitate transcription. I. Arabinose Operon. 1. Ara operon controlled by AraC. 2. AraC rpresses operon by looping out the DNA between sites araO2 and araI1 (210 bp apart) 3. Arabinose derepresses the operon by causing AraC to loosen its attachment to araO2 and to bind to araI2 instead. (beaks loop, allowing transcription) 4. cAMP-CRP further stimulates transcription by binding to a site upstream of araI. 5. AraC regulates its own transcription by binding to araO1 and preventing (leftward) transcription of the araC gene. Tryptophan Operon Tryptophan biosynthesis (anabolic pathway) - 5 structural genes (a-e) - promoter/ operator region (p,o) -regulator gene (trpR) Tryptophan: Effect on Negative Control Low Tryptophan no repression Repression: tryptophan is a co-repressor binds (inactive) apo-repressor converting it to active repressor 1. Operator site lies within the promoter 2. Allosteric transition Allosteric protein-protein whose shape is changed upon binding of a particular molecule In the new conformation the protein’s ability to react to a second molecule is altered 3. Trp operon has another level of control attenuation 4. Repressor lowers transcription 70-fold (as compared to derepressed state) attentuation permits another 10-fold control total dynamic range of control = 700-fold Attenuator Region of Trp Operon … … Low tryptophan: transcription of trp operon genes RNA polymerase reads through attenuator. High tryptophan: attenuation, premature termination attenuator causes premature termination of transcription 1. Attenuator region contains transcription stop signal (terminator) not STOP codon! 2. The terminator consists of an inverted repeat followed by string of eight A-T pairs. 3. The inverted repeat forms a hairpin loop. 4. When RNA polymerase reaches string of U’s… …the polymerase pauses, the hairpin forms Transcript is released Termination occurs before transcription reaches the trp (structural) genes Attenuation gives some insight into how the operon is shut down, but how does the cell activate trp operon expression (i.e. defeat attenuation)? preventing hairpin formation would destroy termination signal transcription would proceed Mechanism of Attenuation … … Key insight: mRNA produced from attenuator region can fold into two different secondary structures Stem loops: 1-2, 3-4 Stem loop: 2-3 1. Formation of stem loop structures; 1-2 and 3-4 is more stable and results in the formation of a termination (hairpin loop) structure/signal. 2. Formation of stem loop structure 2-3 would result in the disruption of stem loops 1-2/3-4. 3. The stem loop structure formed between 2-3 does not result in termination signal transcription would proceed. Q. becomes: How does the less stable structure (stem-loop 2-3) form? The Importance of the Leader Region -the 14 amino acid peptide formed from the leader sequence has 2 tryptophans. -trp is a “rare” amino acid 1. Recall that in bacteria, translation typically occurs almost simultaneously with transcription. 2. Thus, as soon as trp leader region is transcribed, translation begins. Consider LOW Trp Conditions 3. During low tryptophan concentration, ribosome will stall at trp sites. 4. The trp site is right in the middle of region 1 of the attenuator Meanwhile RNA polymerase continues to transcribe The stalled ribosome prevents the formation of stem loops 1-2/3-4 and promote the formation of stem loop structure 2-3 1. Stem loop structure 2-3 does not result in transcriptional termination whole operon mRNA made. 2. What happens to the stalled ribosome? (i) Since the genes in the operon have their own start sites other ribosomes can come and translate those proteins (ii) Stalled ribosome can eventually either incorporate trp-tRNA (+ 3 more a.a. before reaching stop codon) or dissociate from mRNA At HIGH Trp Conditions 1. When high levels of Trp-tRNA are present the two tryptophan codons do not represent a barrier translation ribosome breezes through. 2. Ribosome continues through element 1 (no stalling) and reaches stop signal (UGA) 3. With no ribosome stem loops 1-2/2-3 form on the mRNA halting transcription before polymerase has chance to reach trp structural genes. Effect on ribosome and transcription at HIGH Trp levels Note: the 14 amino acid leader peptide is synthesized -This mechanism involves: transcriptionaltranslational coupling. -Relies on rate of transcription & translation to be comparable if RNA polymerase >> ribosome, it might pass through attenuator region before ribosome had a chance to stall at the tryptophan codons. The Trp Operon of Bacillus subtilis -mRNA secondary structure controlled by TRAP not by ribosome 1. Attenuation response controlled by trp RNAbinding attenuation protein (TRAP) 2. Protein assists in translational termination. Absence of trp transcription proceeds 2. Trp-TRAP binds leader sequences by recognizing 11 triplet codons. 3. Blocks anti-termination formation. 4. Allows formation of termination loop 5. Result: translational termination occurs 1. TRAP binds 11 tryptophan residues.