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I型CRISPR-Cas系统中的定向R循环形成和基板交付机制的结构基础

Yibei Xiao¹, Min Luo², Robert P Hayes¹

¹Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Cornell University, 253 Biotechnology Building, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA.

|July 1, 2017

概括

I型CRISPR系统使用Cascade来寻找和Cas3来降解DNA. 新的冷电子显微镜结构揭示了Cascade如何解DNA,招募Cas3,并启动目标降解.

科学领域:

分子生物学
微生物学
生物化学

背景情况:

I型的CRISPR-Cas系统在原生生物中提供适应性免疫力.
这些系统使用多个子单元的布复合物来识别目标DNA,以及用于DNA降解的Cas3核酶.

研究的目的:

通过I-E型CRISPR-Cas系统从*Thermobifida fusca*阐明DNA目标搜索和Cas3招募的分子机制.
提供高分辨率的结构见解,了解DNA解和R循环形成的动态过程.

主要方法:

使用冷电子显微镜 (cryo-EM) 来捕捉与DNA结合的*Thermobifida fusca*型I-E级联复合物的不同结构状态.
结构分析侧重于DNA解,R环形成和与Cas3招募相关的形状变化.

主要成果:

两个关键的冷电磁结构揭示了种子区域的dSDNA,用于补充性侦察和进一步解以形成一个完整的R循环.
通过PAM识别诱导DNA曲和自发解, 形成种子泡. 完全的R循环形成触发了形变化,使得Cas3结合和DNA裂变的启动.
在非目标DNA链中产生凸起,促进其转移到Cas3进行降解.

结论:

这项研究为I型CRISPR-CasDNA降解途径提供了前所未有的时间和空间分辨率.
详细介绍了Cascade的DNA解机制和Cas3的招募,强调了DNA曲,R环形成和链膨胀的作用.
这些发现强调了复杂的检查点机制,确保了I型CRISPR-Cas系统的高效和特定的DNA目标降解.

关键词:

关于CRISPR的研究其他国家连续发生没有PAM 在 R 循环其他螺旋体中核酶一个原始空间隔离器

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