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HOW TO TRAIN OUR CELLS TO BECOME YOUNGER – QUANTITATIVE BIOPHYSICS OF HUMAN TELOMERASE AND ITS GUARD SHELTERIN

The result's identifiers

  • Result code in IS VaVaI

    <a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00216224%3A14740%2F18%3A00101393" target="_blank" >RIV/00216224:14740/18:00101393 - isvavai.cz</a>

  • Result on the web

  • DOI - Digital Object Identifier

Alternative languages

  • Result language

    angličtina

  • Original language name

    HOW TO TRAIN OUR CELLS TO BECOME YOUNGER – QUANTITATIVE BIOPHYSICS OF HUMAN TELOMERASE AND ITS GUARD SHELTERIN

  • Original language description

    Telomere maintenance is a highly coordinated process that controls cell aging. Misregulation of telomere maintenance is linked to cancer and telomere-shortening syndromes. Recent studies have shown that the TEL-patch is a cluster of amino acids onthe surface of the shelterin component TPP1 that is essential for the recruitment of telomerase to the telomere in human cells. The Cech laboratory (Colorado University Boulder) and our laboratory (Masaryk University) optimized an in vitro assay to quantitatively measure binding of the TEL-patch to telomerase and extension of the first telomeric repeat. We quantified how the TEL-patch contributes to the translocation and stabilizes the association between telomerase and telomeric DNA substrates, providing a molecular explanation for its contributions to telomerase recruitment and action. Additionally, we quantitatively described interactions of TRF2 - central shelterin subunit that folds human telomeres into loops to prevent unwanted DNA repair and chromosome end joining. We found that the basic B-domain of TRF2 stabilizes the displacement loop (D-loop) and thus reduces unwinding by RPA and BLM helicase, whereas the formation of the RAP1–TRF2 complex restores DNA unwinding. To understand how the B-domain of TRF2 affects DNA binding and D-loop processing, we analyzed DNA binding of full-length TRF2 and a truncated TRF2 construct lacking the B-domain. We found that the Bdomain improves TRF2’s binding to DNA via enhanced long-range electrostatic interactions. We determined a structural envelope model revealing that the B-domain is flexible in solution but becomes rigid upon binding to telomeric DNA. We propose a mechanism for how the Bdomain stabilizes the D-loop and contributes to improved DNA affinity of TRF2 in general. Additionally, we suggest how human RAP1 regulates TRF2 attraction and specificity to DNA and thus degree of telomere protection by shelterin.

  • Czech name

  • Czech description

Classification

  • Type

    D - Article in proceedings

  • CEP classification

  • OECD FORD branch

    10403 - Physical chemistry

Result continuities

  • Project

    Result was created during the realization of more than one project. More information in the Projects tab.

  • Continuities

    P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)

Others

  • Publication year

    2018

  • Confidentiality

    S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Data specific for result type

  • Article name in the collection

    15 th International Interdisciplinary Meeting on Bioanalysis - Conference Proceedings

  • ISBN

    9788090495975

  • ISSN

  • e-ISSN

  • Number of pages

    5

  • Pages from-to

    59-63

  • Publisher name

    Institute of Analytical Chemistry of the CAS, v. v. i., Brno, Czech Republic

  • Place of publication

    Česká republika

  • Event location

    Česká republika

  • Event date

    Jan 1, 2018

  • Type of event by nationality

    WRD - Celosvětová akce

  • UT code for WoS article