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CRISPRに関連したDNA分裂酵素Cpf1は,CRISPRの前駆体RNAを処理する
Ines Fonfara1,2,3, Hagen Richter2,3, Majda Bratovič2,3,4
1The Laboratory for Molecular Infection Medicine Sweden (MIMS), Umeå Centre for Microbial Research (UCMR), Department of Molecular Biology, Umeå University, Umeå 90187, Sweden.
Nature
|April 21, 2016
まとめ
CRISPR-Casシステムについて
科学分野:
- 微生物学
- 分子生物学
- 遺伝学
背景:
- CRISPR-Casシステムは 移動性遺伝子要素に対する バクテリアとアーカイアの防御を提供します
- よく研究されたタイプI,II,IIIのCRISPR-Casシステムは,crRNAの成熟と核酸干渉のために異なるタンパク質を使用しています.
- 異なるタイプは,RNAまたはDNAの分裂のためにCas6,Cas5d,RNase III,Cas9のような特定のヌクレアスを使用します.
研究 の 目的:
- CRISPR-Cas免疫における 新しいメカニズムの実証です
- フランセッラ・ノビシダのタイプV-A Cpf1の二重核酸活性を特徴付ける.
- crRNA 生成と標的DNA 干渉における Cpf1 の役割を解明する.
主な方法:
- Cpf1の酵素活性を調べた
- 前駆体CRISPRRNAs (pre-crRNAs) のCPF1の処理を分析した.
- Cpf1のDNA割れメカニズムを調査し,ターゲット認識とプロトスペーサー隣接モチーフ (PAM) の相互作用を含む.
主要な成果:
- Cpf1は二重核酶として作用し,crRNAの成熟と標的DNAの分裂に不可欠です.
- Cpf1は,ヘアピン構造の上流にあるcrRNAを割って,成熟したCRISPRRNA (crRNA) を生成する.
- Cpf1は5'-YTN-3'-PAMを認識するcrRNAによって誘導される5'-オーバーハングの二重鎖DNA断裂を導入する.
結論:
- タイプV-A Cpf1は,エンドロビヌクレアゼとエンドヌクレアゼの双重活性を持つ新しい酵素のクラスを表しています.
- Cpf1媒介免疫は,これまでで最も最小限のCRISPR-Casシステムである.
- この発見は,CRISPR-Casの適応免疫の既知の多様性とメカニズムを拡大します.
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