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Substrate Generation for Endonucleases of CRISPR/Cas Systems
Published on: September 8, 2012
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広範囲にわたるCRISPR-Cas阻害剤のタイプIとタイプVの発見
Nicole D Marino1, Jenny Y Zhang1, Adair L Borges1
1Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA.
まとめ
研究者らは,タイプV-AのCRISPR-Casシステムの阻害剤を含む12の新しいアンチCRISPR (Acr) 遺伝子を発見しました. AcrVA1はCas12a酵素を広く抑制し,バイオテクノロジーの新しいツールを提供します.
科学分野:
- 微生物学
- 分子生物学
- 遺伝学
背景:
- バクテリアのCRISPR-Casシステムは,ファージのような外来遺伝子に対する適応免疫を提供します.
- CRISPR-Casの免疫に対抗する抗CRISPR (Acr) タンパク質をコードするモバイル遺伝要素.
- 既知のAcrタンパク質はタイプIとタイプIIのCRISPR-Casシステムを標的にしているが,他のものは特徴づけられていない.
研究 の 目的:
- 新しいアンチCRISPR (Acr) 遺伝子とその標的となるCRISPR-Casシステムを発見する.
- 特にタイプV-Aシステムに対する,新たに特定されたAcrタンパク質の抑制活性を特徴づける.
- これらのACR遺伝子の バイオテクノロジーの応用を探求する
主な方法:
- 細菌とファグのゲノムにおける潜在的なacr遺伝子を特定するためのバイオ情報分析.
- 人体細胞を含む,in vitroおよびin vivoアッセイを用いた,特定されたacr遺伝子の機能的特徴化.
- AcrVA1の抑制スペクトルを様々なCas12a (Cpf1) オートログに対してテストする.
主要な成果:
- 12つの新しい遺伝子の発見と特徴付け
- タイプV-AとタイプI-CのCRISPR-Casシステムを標的とする阻害剤の特定
- AcrVA1は,ヒト細胞における複数のCas12a (Cpf1) オーソログ (MbCas12a,Mb3Cas12a,AsCas12a,LbCas12a) の広範な阻害を示した.
結論:
- この研究は,タイプV-AのCRISPR- Casシステムのための新しい阻害剤を含む,既知の抗CRISPRタンパク質のレパートリーを拡張します.
- AcrVA1は様々なCas12aオートログの強力な阻害剤であり,遺伝子工学とバイオテクノロジーの貴重なツールです.
- バクテリアとファグの特定された
ロシは,宿主防衛と移動要素逃避の間の進行中の進化的軍拡競争を強調しています.
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