申请人:Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg
公开号:EP1580273A1
公开(公告)日:2005-09-28
The present invention relates a method for monitoring the expression level of a gene in a host cell by modulating the activity of a regulatory biomolecule, comprising the steps of: (a) transforming a cell expressing a regulatory biomolecule with a nucleic acid molecule comprising an open reading frame encoding an interaction partner of said biomolecule in expressible form, wherein (i) said regulatory biomolecule is either a nucleic acid binding molecule that effects its regulatory activity upon binding or an allosterically controlled ribonucleic acid molecule; and (ii) the interaction partner of the biomolecule is encoded by a nucleic acid molecule comprising: (1) a nucleic acid sequence encoding a tagged (poly)peptide, or (2) a nucleic acid sequence encoding a tagged (poly)peptide or a peptide tag, a selectable marker gene and additional nucleotide sequences for site specific, in-frame integration of said nucleic acid molecule into the coding sequence of at least one host (poly)peptide of interest, wherein said tag comprises the interacting residues of the interaction partner and (b) assessing the expression level of the gene. Furthermore, the present invention relates to a method of producing and/or selecting a compound capable of modulating the activity of a nucleic acid binding protein comprising the steps of: (a) conducting a selection of compounds with the nucleic acid binding target protein under conditions allowing an interaction of the compound and the nucleic acid binding protein; (b) removing unspecifically bound compounds; (c) detecting specific binding of compounds to the nucleic acid binding target protein; (d) expressing in a cell, the nucleic acid binding protein and providing in trans the coding sequence of at least one indicator gene, wherein said coding sequence is under control of the target sequence of the nucleic acid binding protein; (e) adding a candidate compound to the cell of step (d); (f) determining the amount or activity of the indicator protein, wherein a reduced or increased amount of indicator protein is indicative of compounds, capable of modulating the activity of the nucleic acid binding protein; (g) selecting compounds capable of modulating the activity of the nucleic acid binding protein. Moreover, the present invention relates to nucleic acid molecules, polypeptides, expression vectors, host cells, ensembles of host cells and a non-human animal comprising said host cells. Finally, the present invention relates to a kit comprising the nucleic acid molecule, the (poly)peptide, the vector, the host cell or the ensemble of host cells of the present invention in one or more containers.
本发明涉及一种通过调节调控生物分子的活性来监测宿主细胞中基因表达水平的方法,包括以下步骤:(a) 用包含开放阅读框的核酸分子转化表达调控生物大分子的细胞,该开放阅读框以可表达的形式编码所述生物大分子的相互作用伙伴,其中(i) 所述调控生物大分子是一种核酸结合分子,结合后可影响其调控活性,或者是一种异位控制的核糖核酸分子;以及(ii) 生物大分子的相互作用伙伴由核酸分子编码,该核酸分子包含:(1)编码标记(多)肽的核酸序列,或(2)编码标记(多)肽或肽标签的核酸序列、可选择标记基因和附加核苷酸序列,用于将所述核酸分子定点、框内整合到至少一种感兴趣的宿主(多)肽的编码序列中,其中所述标签包括相互作用伙伴的相互作用残基;以及(b)评估基因的表达水平。此外,本发明还涉及一种生产和/或筛选能够调节核酸结合蛋白活性的化合物的方法,包括以下步骤:(a) 在允许化合物与核酸结合蛋白相互作用的条件下,对与核酸结合靶蛋白结合的化合物进行筛选; (b) 去除非特异性结合的化合物; (c) 检测化合物与核酸结合靶蛋白的特异性结合; (d) 在细胞中表达核酸结合蛋白,并反式提供至少一个指示基因的编码序列,其中所述编码序列受核酸结合蛋白靶序列的控制;(e) 向步骤(d)的细胞中加入候选化合物; (f) 确定指示蛋白的量或活性,其中指示蛋白量的减少或增加表明化合物能够调节核酸结合蛋白的活性; (g) 选择能够调节核酸结合蛋白活性的化合物。此外,本发明还涉及核酸分子、多肽、表达载体、宿主细胞、宿主细胞组合以及包含所述宿主细胞的非人类动物。最后,本发明涉及一种试剂盒,该试剂盒包含本发明的核酸分子、(多)肽、载体、宿主细胞或宿主细胞组合,装在一个或多个容器中。