Part B: Lecture 9 + 10 + 11 Flashcards
Ahmed paper summary
-identify two gene recruitment sequences (GRS I and II) from promoter of INO1 gene to target gene to nuclear periphery
-mechanism is highly conserved over evolution
Blobel proposed the ______ which stated that _____
-gene gating hypothesis
-actively transcribed genes are tethered to NPC
silenced heterochromatin is bound to the ________ but abruptly interrupted at the nuceloplasmic face of the NPC by the ______
-inner nuclear membrane
-presence of transcriptionally active euchromatin
Nups aka ____
nucleoporin
Nups aka ____
nucleoporin
yeast is a good model organism because _____
you can change growth media/environment/nutrient source to turn on/off genes
Turned on genes move to ____
NPC
Localization of a gene in nucleus can be examined in a living cell using a ____
tattooing procedure
chromosome tattooing summary
-GFP-tag on protein that binds to gene (ex. Lac repressor -> binds to Lac O array repeats)
-real-time fluorescence
Nup49-GFP illuminates the _____
nuclear periphery
INO1 gene function? turned on/off when?
-generation of inositol, important in. lipid genesis
-turned on in inositol-depleted media
-turned off in inositol-rich media
GRS I in promoter of INO1 gene is ____
8 bp long and targets to NPC
Interestingly, introduction of the grs I mutation into the promoter of the endogenous INO1 gene did not ______. This means that there is a ______
- block targeting of the endogenous INO1 to the nuclear periphery
- second targeting sequence upstream of the INO1 promoter, termed GRS II (not related to GRS I)
upstream of GRS I is the ____
GRS II
mutant GRS I & II = _____
no association with nuclear periphery
TSA2 gene encodes an ______ that is activated by ________
-inducible thioredoxin peroxidase
-heat shock and oxidative stress
_______ were dispensable for peripheral targeting of INO1. However, most of the proteins associated with the ______ were required for peripheral localization of INO1.
-Most proteins that make up the core channel of the NPC
-nucleoplasmic face of the NPC
GRS I from INO1 and TSA2 is related to a sequence motif that was previously found to be _____
overrepresented in promoters of NPC-associated genes
INO1 mRNA levels were quantified by _______ following induction by _______ from strains having either plasmid-borne _____ integrated at URA3.
-reverse transcription-qPCR
-inositol starvation
-wildtype (WT) INO1 or grs I mutant INO1
GFP-Sec61 is a marker for ______
ER/NE
changes to nuclear envelope during metaphase
post-translational modification drive disassembly done by phosphorylation
changes to nuclear envelope during anaphase/telophase
chromatin interactions with the nuclear envelope are re-established