Korean Journal of Microbiology (미생물학회지)

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Effects of Paf1 complex components on H3K4 methylation in budding yeast

출아효모에서 Paf1 복합체의 구성원들이 H3의 네번째 라이신의 메틸화에 미치는 영향

  • Oh, Jun-Soo (Department of Molecular Bioscience, College of Biomedical Science, Kangwon National University) ;
  • Lee, Jung-Shin (Department of Molecular Bioscience, College of Biomedical Science, Kangwon National University)
  • 오준수 (강원대학교 의생명과학대학 분자생명과학과) ;
  • 이정신 (강원대학교 의생명과학대학 분자생명과학과)
  • Received : 2016.11.17
  • Accepted : 2016.12.12
  • Published : 2016.12.31
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Abstract

In Saccharomyces cerevisiae, Paf1 complex consists of five proteins, and they are structurally and functionally well conserved in yeast, fruit fly, plants, and human. With binding to RNA polymerase II from transcription start site to termination site, Paf1 complex functions as a platform for recruiting many types of transcription factors to RNA polymerase II. Paf1 complex contributes to H2B ubiquitination and indirectly influences on H3K4 di- and tri-methylation by histone crosstalk. But the individual effects of five components in Paf1 complex on these two histone modifications including H2B ubiquitination and H3K4 methylation largely remained to be identified. In this study, we constructed the single-gene knockout mutants of each Paf1 complex component and observed H3K4 mono-, di-, and trimethylation as well as H2B ubiquitination in these mutants. Interestingly, in each ${\Delta}paf1$, ${\Delta}rtf1$, and ${\Delta}ctr9$ strain, we observed the dramatic defect in H3K4 monomethylation, which is independent of H2B ubiquitination, as well as H3K4 di- and trimethylation. However, the protein level of Set1, which is methyltransferase for H3K4, was not changed in these mutants. This suggests that Paf1 complex may directly influence on H3K4 methylation by directly regulating the activity of Set1 or the stability of Set1 complex in an H2B ubiquitination independent manner.

출아 효모에서의 Paf1 복합체는 총5개의 단백질로 구성되어있고, 구성성분들은 출아효모, 초파리, 식물들, 그리고 인간에 이르기까지 구조적으로, 기능적으로 잘 보존되어 있다. RNA 중합효소 II와 결합한 상태로 전사 개시부위부터 종결부위까지 함께 이동하며, 여러 전사인자들의 유입을 위한 매개체로 작용하여, 유전자 발현 조절의 핵심적인 역할을 수행한다. Paf1 복합체는 H2BK123 monoubiquitination에 기여하고, histone crosstalk에 의해 간접적으로 H3K4의 di-, tri-methylation에 기여하는 것이 알려져 있다. 하지지만, Paf1 복합체 구성요소들의 개별적인 기능에 대해서는 연구가 되어있지 않다. 이 연구에서는, Paf1 복합체 구성요소들의 단일 결핍 돌연변이 균주를 만든 후, 이들의 H2BK123 monoubiquitination 및 H3K4 mono-, di-, tri-methylation에 미치는 영향을 관찰했다. 놀랍게도, ${\Delta}paf1$, ${\Delta}rtf1$, ${\Delta}ctr9$ 돌연변이 균주에서는 H2Bub에 영향을 받는 H3K4me2와 H3K4me3뿐 아니라, H2B monoubiquitination에 영향을 받지 않는 H3K4 monomethylation의 심각한 감소를 관찰했다. 그러나, methyl기 전달 효소인 Set1의 발현 정도는 이 돌연변이 균주들에서 변하지 않았다. 이러한 결과로부터, Paf1 복합체가 Set1의 활성이나 Set1 복합체의 안정성을 직접 조절함으로써 H3K4 methylation을 조절할 수 있음을 제시한다.

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