TRF1 and TRF2 use different mechanisms to find telomeric DNA but share a novel mechanism to search for protein partners at telomeres.
TRF1 and TRF2 use different mechanisms to find telomeric DNA but share a novel mechanism to search for protein partners at telomeres.
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DOI:
10.1093/nar/gkt1132
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发表时间:
2014-02
影响因子:
14.9
通讯作者:
Wang H
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作者:
Lin J;Countryman P;Buncher N;Kaur P;E L;Zhang Y;Gibson G;You C;Watkins SC;Piehler J;Opresko PL;Kad NM;Wang H
Human telomeres are maintained by the shelterin protein complex in which TRF1 and TRF2 bind directly to duplex telomeric DNA. How these proteins find telomeric sequences among a genome of billions of base pairs and how they find protein partners to form the shelterin complex remains uncertain. Using single-molecule fluorescence imaging of quantum dot-labeled TRF1 and TRF2, we study how these proteins locate TTAGGG repeats on DNA tightropes. By virtue of its basic domain TRF2 performs an extensive 1D search on nontelomeric DNA, whereas TRF1’s 1D search is limited. Unlike the stable and static associations observed for other proteins at specific binding sites, TRF proteins possess reduced binding stability marked by transient binding (∼9–17 s) and slow 1D diffusion on specific telomeric regions. These slow diffusion constants yield activation energy barriers to sliding ∼2.8–3.6 κBT greater than those for nontelomeric DNA. We propose that the TRF proteins use 1D sliding to find protein partners and assemble the shelterin complex, which in turn stabilizes the interaction with specific telomeric DNA. This ‘tag-team proofreading’ represents a more general mechanism to ensure a specific set of proteins interact with each other on long repetitive specific DNA sequences without requiring external energy sources.
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影响因子:
14.9
作者:
Dunn AR;Kad NM;Nelson SR;Warshaw DM;Wallace SS
通讯作者:
Wallace SS
影响因子:
16.8
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影响因子:
1.6
作者:
Bosco N;de Lange T
通讯作者:
de Lange T
DOI:
10.1038/nrg3246
发表时间:
2012-10
期刊:
Nature reviews. Genetics
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影响因子:
3.4
作者:
Destainville, N;Salomé, L
通讯作者:
Salomé, L