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类型III的CRISPR-Cas系统产生循环基乙烯酸第二信使

Ole Niewoehner¹, Carmela Garcia-Doval¹, Jakob T Rostøl²

¹Department of Biochemistry, University of Zurich, Winterthurerstrasse 190, CH-8057 Zurich, Switzerland.

|July 20, 2017

概括

类型III的CRISPR-Cas系统使用循环基乙酸二信件来激活Csm6 RNase. 这一发现揭示了CRISPR干扰的新型调节机制,

科学领域:

微生物学
分子生物学
免疫学

背景情况:

第三种CRISPR-Cas系统提供了对侵入性遗传元素的细胞原体免疫力.
在III型CRISPR干扰中,Csm6蛋白作为一个独立的RNase,但其激活机制是未知的.

研究的目的:

阐明Csm6活性在III型CRISPR-Cas系统中的调节机制.
确定连接入侵者检测到Csm6激活的信号通路.

主要方法:

使用生物化学测定和基因操纵III型CRISPR-Cas组件进行了CSM6激活的研究.
分析了Cas10子单元和CRISPR相关的罗斯曼折叠 (CARF) 域在Csm6调节中的作用.
使用体内测试来评估特定突变的功能后果.

主要成果:

证明Csm6是由III型干扰复合体产生的循环基酸第二信使激活的.
在目标RNA结合时确定了Cas10子单元为第二个信使的生产者.
表明Csm6的CARF域与循环基酸盐结合,从而导致基激活.
在Cas10和Csm6的CARF域中发生的突变证实了这种信号通路的重要性.

结论:

通过第二个信使调节CRISPR干扰的前所未有的机制.
由Cas10生成的循环基酸会以异质方式激活Csm6,将目标识别与RNA降解联系起来.
这种信号通路与哺乳动物天生的免疫系统中的基酸信号通路具有概念上的相似性.

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