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抗CRISPRウイルスのリングヌクレアスは,CRISPR型免疫を低下させる
Januka S Athukoralage1, Stephen A McMahon1, Changyi Zhang2,3
1Biomedical Sciences Research Complex, School of Biology, University of St Andrews, St Andrews, Fife, UK.
Nature
|January 17, 2020
まとめ
ウイルスは,サイクルテトラアデニラート (cA4) 信号分子を分解する新しい酵素であるAcrIII-1を使用して,細菌のCRISPR免疫を回避することができます. この発見は CRISPR 防御システムを無効にする 新しいウイルスの戦略を明らかにしています
科学分野:
- 微生物学
- 分子生物学
- ウイルス学
背景:
- CRISPR-Casシステムは,プロカリオットの移動性遺伝子要素に対する適応免疫を提供します.
- タイプIIIのCRISPRシステムは,ウイルスRNAを検出するためにCas10タンパク質を利用し,循環性オリゴアデニラートを合成するためにニュクレアゼとサイクラゼドメインを活性化します.
- 循環性オリゴアデニラートは下流の防御酵素を活性化し,強力な抗ウイルス反応を形成し,ウイルスの絶滅につながる可能性があります.
研究 の 目的:
- タイプIIIのCRISPR-Casシステムを標的とする新しいウイルス抗CRISPR (Acr) メカニズムを特定する.
- サイクルテトラアデニラート (cA4) を分解する新しいウイルス酵素の家族を特徴づける.
主な方法:
- ウイルスゲノムにおけるAcrIII-1の分布を特定するためのバイオ情報分析.
- AcrIII-1の基質特異性と酵素活性を決定する生化学的測定
- AcrIII-1の結合および触媒メカニズムを明らかにするための構造分析
主要な成果:
- アクリIII-1の発見,アーカイアルおよびバクテリアウイルスに広く分布するウイルスのリングヌクレアゼ.
- AcrIII- 1は,タイプIIIのCRISPR免疫における重要なシグナリング分子であるサイクルテトラエデニラート (cA4) を特異的に結合し,急速に分解する.
- AcrIII-1は,cA4結合のための新しい折りたたみと,その分裂のための保存された活性部位を有し,CRISPR防御を効果的に中和する.
- AcrIII-1ファミリーは,特定のエフェクタタンパク質ではなく,シグナリング分子をターゲットにすることで,幅広いホスト範囲を示しています.
結論:
- AcrIII-1は,タイプIIIのCRISPRシステムに対する重要なウイルス防護メカニズムを表しています.
- cA4のAcrIII-1による分解により,ウイルスはCRISPR媒介の免疫を逃れることができます.
- サイクリックヌクレオチドシグナル伝達は ウイルスと宿主との共同進化の軍拡競争で 重要な役割を果たします
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