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与CRISPR相关的DNA分裂酶Cpf1也可以处理CRISPR前体RNA
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
概括
这就是CRISPR-Cas系统.
科学领域:
- 微生物学 微生物学
- 分子生物学分子生物学
- 遗传学 遗传学 是一个
背景情况:
- 克里斯普尔-卡斯系统为细菌和古生物提供了对移动遗传元素的防御.
- 经过充分研究的I,II和III型CRISPR-Cas系统在crRNA成熟和核酸干扰方面使用不同的蛋白质.
- 不同类型使用特定的核酶,如Cas6,Cas5d,RNase III和Cas9用于RNA或DNA裂变.
研究的目的:
- 为了证明CRISPR-Cas免疫中的一种新机制.
- 鉴定Francisella novicida.型V-A Cpf1的双核酶活动的特征.
- 阐明Cpf1在crRNA生物发生和向DNA干扰中的作用.
主要方法:
- 研究了Cpf1.1的酶活性.
- 分析了CPF1对前体CRISPRRNAs (前crRNAs) 的处理.
- 检查了Cpf1的DNA裂变机制,包括目标识别和原空间邻基因 (PAM) 相互作用.
主要成果:
- Cpf1充当双核酶,对于crRNA成熟和目标DNA裂变至关重要.
- 在发针结构的上游,Cpf1分裂了前crRNA,产生成熟的CRISPR RNA (crRNA).
- Cpf1引入了带有5'悬浮的双链DNA断裂,由crRNA指导并识别5'-YTN-3'PAM.
结论:
- 类型V-A Cpf1代表了一种具有双重内啡核酶和内核酶活动的新型酶类.
- 通过Cpf1介导的免疫是迄今为止发现的最简单的CRISPR-Cas系统.
- 这一发现扩大了已知的CRISPR-Cas适应性免疫的多样性和机制.
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