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Lecture 9 Chapter 6 Gene expression and regulation II

Lecture 9 Chapter 6 Gene expression and regulation II. Neal Stewart. Focus questions. How important are cis-regulatory elements and trans-acting factors in gene regulation? What are the control points that can regulate gene expression?. Transcription revisited.

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Lecture 9 Chapter 6 Gene expression and regulation II

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  1. Lecture 9 Chapter 6Gene expression and regulation II Neal Stewart

  2. Focus questions • How important are cis-regulatory elements and trans-acting factors in gene regulation? • What are the control points that can regulate gene expression?

  3. Transcription revisited

  4. Promoter elements not required for transcription initiation • CAAT box – usually located at -70 to -80 within the promoter • GC box • Other gene-specific elements (light-responsive, nutrient-responsive, etc.) • Enhancer elements

  5. What are some biological roles of transcription factors? • Basal transcription regulation – general transcription factors • Development • Response to intercellular signals • Response to environment • Cell cycle control

  6. The CRT/DRE response element responds to dehydration and cold-induced transcription factors (CBF)

  7. Figure 6.7 Transcription factors

  8. Figure 6.8

  9. Enhancer can work from downstream and upstream region

  10. Enhancers • Their location is not fixed. Location could be in the upstream or downstream DNA, in intron, exon or in the untranslated region. • They enhance transcription by acting on promoter in cis (typically) • Each enhancer has its own binding protein. These proteins are trans-regulatory activating factors • Sequence of enhancers is variable. • Enhancers regulate tissue-specific and temporal expression of genes.

  11. TATA binding protein (TBP) transcription factor Wikipedia.com

  12. DNA-binding domains allow transcription factors to bind directly to a cis-regulatory element Helix-loop-helix Zinc finger domain Leucine zipper domain

  13. Extreme trans-acting effectors of transcription: TAL effectors • From plant pathogenic bacteria Xanthomonas • Secreted by bacteria when they infect • Transcriptional activator-like (TAL) effectors bind with plant promoters to express genes beneficial for the bacteria

  14. http://www.sciencemag.org/content/333/6051/1843/F2.large.jpg

  15. Repression of transcription TFs that act as repressors

  16. Some trans-acting elements prevent transcription

  17. Introducing RNAi http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H5udFjWDM3E&feature=related

  18. What is a microRNA (miRNA)?Controlling gene expression post-transcriptionally. microRNA is an abundant class of newly identified small non-coding regulatory RNAs. • Major characteristics of miRNAs: • 18-26 nt in length with a majority of 21-23 nt • non-coding RNA • derived from a precursor with a long nt sequence • this precursor can form a stem-loop 2nd hairpin structure • the hairpin structure has low minimal free folding energy (MFE) and high MFE index Slide courtesy of Baohong Zhang, East Carolina Univ

  19. miRNA regulates plant development miRNA 156 increasing leaf initation, decreasing apical dominance, and forming bushier plant. miRNA 164 stamens are fused together. miRNA 172 sepal and petal disappeared. miRNA 319 Leaf morphology WT miRNA Slide courtesy of Baohong Zhang, East Carolina Univ

  20. Small interfering RNAs inhibit expression of a homologous gene

  21. Biogenesis of miRNAs Plant Animal Bartel, 2004. Cell.

  22. Mechanisms of miRNA-mediated gene regulation Post-transcriptional gene regulation Two major molecular mechanisms Zhang et al. 2006. Developmental Biology Slide courtesy of Baohong Zhang, East Carolina Univ

  23. Mary-Dell Chilton • Undergrad and PhD University of Illinois • Postdoc with Gene Nester and Milt Gorgon Univ Washington • One of the first plant transformation Washington University • Career at CibaNovartisSyngenta

  24. Pre-transcriptional gene regulation by methylation of DNA and acetylation of histones

  25. Special proteins (e.g. chromomethylases) maintain methylation patterns

  26. Switching a gene on and off through DNA methylation and histone modification

  27. Arabidopsis MET1 Cytosine Methyltransferase MutantsKankel et al. 2003. 163 (3):1109 Genetics Plants mutant for MET1 show late-flowering phenotypes

  28. Histone acetyl transferases and chromatin remodeling allows promoters to be accessible to RNAPII

  29. Histone tails are modified and can be studied easily

  30. Figure 6.9

  31. Phosphorylation Biotinylation Glycosylation Acetylation Alkylation Methylation Glutamylation Glycylation Isoprenylation Lipoylation Phosphopantetheinylation Sulfation Selenation C-terminal amidation Some post-translational modifications

  32. Phosphorylation is important for intracellular signalling http://www.scq.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/2006/07/phosphocascades.gif

  33. Protein glycosylation in the ER

  34. The central dogma revisited • The order of the DNA template or coding strand is 3’ to 5’ • This determines the order of the mRNA strand (5’ to 3’) because DNA template is complementary to the mRNA strand.

  35. TF TF TF TF TF RNA polymerase II AAAAA Eukaryotic gene structure and transcription of DNA into mRNA Figure 6.5

  36. Manipulating gene expression • Can be done at several levels • Promoters, enhancers, transcription factors • Post-transcriptional • Translational • Methylation • Biotechnology typically manipulates promoter • Post-transcriptional gene silencing (RNAi) increasingly important

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