| Literature DB >> 17706299 |
Rudo Kieft1, Verena Brand, Dilrukshi K Ekanayake, Kate Sweeney, Courtney DiPaolo, William S Reznikoff, Robert Sabatini.
Abstract
Synthesis of the modified thymine base, beta-d-glucosyl-hydroxymethyluracil or J, within telomeric DNA of Trypanosoma brucei correlates with the bloodstream form specific epigenetic silencing of telomeric variant surface glycoprotein genes involved in antigenic variation. In order to analyze the function of base J in the regulation of antigenic variation, we are characterizing the regulatory mechanism of J biosynthesis. We have recently proposed a model in which chromatin remodeling by a SWI2/SNF2-like protein (JBP2) regulates the developmental and de novo site-specific localization of J synthesis within bloodstream form trypanosome DNA. Consistent with this model, we now show that JBP2 (-/-) bloodstream form trypanosomes contain five-fold less base J and are unable to stimulate de novo J synthesis in newly generated telomeric arrays.Entities:
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Year: 2007 PMID: 17706299 PMCID: PMC4735730 DOI: 10.1016/j.molbiopara.2007.06.010
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Mol Biochem Parasitol ISSN: 0166-6851 Impact factor: 1.759