[Reorganization of chromatin superstructure during marked changes in the rate of protein synthesis].

Autor: Shevchenko NA, Boĭkov PIa, Ivanova GI, Todorov IN
Jazyk: ruština
Zdroj: Biokhimiia (Moscow, Russia) [Biokhimiia] 1990 Aug; Vol. 55 (8), pp. 1356-61.
Abstrakt: The changes in the structure and RNA-polymerase activity of rat liver cell chromatin after a single injection of cycloheximide (3 mg/kg of body mass) were studied. The cycloheximide-induced fluctuations in protein synthesis rates are concomitant with episodes of drastic changes in the chromatin structure. The reorganization of the general protein structure is associated with an increase or a decrease of the RNA-polymerase II activity. The data obtained suggest that the activation-inactivation of RNA-polymerase II in cell nuclei is due to reorganization of chromatin infrastructures--from higher levels of the electron-dense chromatin package to the unfolded nucleosomes of the transcriptionally active protein.
Databáze: MEDLINE