Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois 60611, USA.
Cold Spring Harb Perspect Biol. 2010 Nov;2(11):a000547. doi: 10.1101/cshperspect.a000547. Epub 2010 Sep 8.
The nuclear lamins are type V intermediate filament proteins that are critically important for the structural properties of the nucleus. In addition, they are involved in the regulation of numerous nuclear processes, including DNA replication, transcription and chromatin organization. The developmentally regulated expression of lamins suggests that they are involved in cellular differentiation. Their assembly dynamic properties throughout the cell cycle, particularly in mitosis, are influenced by posttranslational modifications. Lamins may regulate nuclear functions by direct interactions with chromatin and determining the spatial organization of chromosomes within the nuclear space. They may also regulate chromatin functions by interacting with factors that epigenetically modify the chromatin or directly regulate replication or transcription.
核纤层蛋白是 V 型中间丝蛋白,对核的结构特性至关重要。此外,它们还参与许多核过程的调节,包括 DNA 复制、转录和染色质组织。核纤层蛋白的发育调控表达表明它们参与了细胞分化。它们在整个细胞周期中的组装动态特性,特别是在有丝分裂中,受到翻译后修饰的影响。核纤层蛋白可以通过与染色质的直接相互作用以及确定染色体在核空间内的空间组织来调节核功能。它们还可以通过与表观遗传修饰染色质或直接调节复制或转录的因子相互作用来调节染色质功能。