Girard F, Bello B, Laemmli U K, Gehring W J
Department of Cell Biology, Biozentrum, University of Basel, Klingelbergstrasse 70, 4056 Basel, Switzerland.
EMBO J. 1998 Apr 1;17(7):2079-85. doi: 10.1093/emboj/17.7.2079.
Scaffold-associated regions (SARs) were studied in Drosophila melanogaster by expressing a synthetic, high-affinity SAR-binding protein called MATH (multi-AT-hook), which consists of reiterated AT-hook peptide motifs; each motif is known to recognize a wide variety of short AT-rich sequences. MATH proteins were expressed specifically in the larval eye imaginal discs by means of the tetracycline-regulated transactivation system and tested for their effect on position effect variegation (PEV). MATH20, a highly potent SAR ligand consisting of 20 AT-hooks, was found to suppress whitemottled 4 variegation. This suppression required MATH20 expression at an early larval developmental stage. Our data suggest an involvement of the high AT-rich SARs in higher order chromatin structure and gene expression.
通过表达一种名为MATH(多AT钩)的合成高亲和力支架相关区域(SAR)结合蛋白,在黑腹果蝇中研究了SAR。MATH由重复的AT钩肽基序组成;已知每个基序可识别多种短的富含AT的序列。借助四环素调控的反式激活系统,MATH蛋白在幼虫眼成虫盘中特异性表达,并测试其对位置效应斑驳(PEV)的影响。发现由20个AT钩组成的高效SAR配体MATH20可抑制白色斑驳4的斑驳现象。这种抑制需要在幼虫发育早期表达MATH20。我们的数据表明,富含AT的高SAR参与了高阶染色质结构和基因表达。