| RRC ID |
16062
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| 著者 |
Mitsunobu H, Izumi M, Mon H, Tatsuke T, Lee JM, Kusakabe T.
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| タイトル |
Molecular characterization of heterochromatin proteins 1a and 1b from the silkworm, Bombyx mori.
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| ジャーナル |
Insect Mol Biol
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| Abstract |
Heterochromatin protein 1s (HP1s) are nonhistone chromosomal proteins that play a direct role in the formation and maintenance of heterochromatin structure. Similarly to Caenorhabditis elegans, silkworms possess holocentric chromosomes, in which diffused kinetochores extend along the length of each chromosome. We have isolated two silkworm HP1 homologues, BmHP1a and BmHP1b. Cytological analysis showed a unique localization of BmHP1s during cell division, in which these proteins first appear to dissociate from the chromosomes, but then return to enclose the chromosomes during metaphase. BmHP1s formed homo- and hetero-dimers and interacted with BmSu(var)3-9, which is a methyltransferase for histone H3 lysine 9 (H3K9). We further showed, using a silkworm cell-based reporter system, that BmHP1b had higher transcriptional repression activity than BmHP1a, whereas BmHP1a interacted more strongly with BmSu(var)3-9 than did BmHP1b. These results suggest that silkworm HP1a and HP1b may play different roles in heterochromatin formation in holocentric silkworm chromosomes.
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| 巻・号 |
21(1)
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| ページ |
9-20
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| 公開日 |
2012-2-1
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| DOI |
10.1111/j.1365-2583.2011.01115.x
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| PMID |
22142192
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| MeSH |
Amino Acid Sequence
Animals
Bombyx / metabolism*
Cell Line
Chromobox Protein Homolog 5
Chromosomal Proteins, Non-Histone / metabolism*
Cloning, Molecular
Gene Expression Regulation
Histone Methyltransferases
Histone-Lysine N-Methyltransferase / metabolism
Histones / metabolism
Insect Proteins / metabolism*
Molecular Sequence Data
Sequence Homology, Amino Acid
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| IF |
2.533
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| 引用数 |
9
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WOS 分野
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ENTOMOLOGY
BIOCHEMISTRY & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY
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