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采用CRISPR-Cas的获取综合体的组装和转移
Kaylee E Dillard1, Maxwell W Brown1, Nicole V Johnson1
1Department of Molecular Biosciences and Institute for Cellular and Molecular Biology, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78712, USA.
Cell
|October 23, 2018
概括
CRISPR-Cas系统使用级和Cas3复合体来防御病毒. 这项研究揭示了原始化获取复合体 (PAC) 如何整合病毒DNA以获得适应性免疫力.
科学领域:
- 分子生物学
- 微生物学
- 遗传学
背景情况:
- 克里斯普尔-卡斯系统提供了对病毒的适应性免疫力.
- I型CRISPR-Cas系统依赖Cascade和Cas3进行间隔器获取和病毒DNA降解.
- 有效的防御需要 Cascade,Cas3 和 Cas1-Cas2 整合酶复合体之间的协调行动.
研究的目的:
- 描述Thermobifida fusca (Tfu) 预先获得复合体 (PAC) 的分子机制.
- 通过 Cascade,Cas3 和 Cas1-Cas2 阐明DNA采样和转位的动态.
- 为CRISPR-Cas适应性免疫提供长距离间隔器获取的分子基础.
主要方法:
- 蛋白质-DNA相互作用的单分子特征.
- 研究TfuCascade和Cas3的扩散和转移动态.
- 分析了Tfu PAC的组装和功能.
主要成果:
- TfuCascade通过1D扩散快速取样DNA;Cas3加载到目标连接的Cascade上.
- 级联/Cas3复合体通过循环DNA转移,并在蛋白质路障中停滞,导致DNA断裂.
- Cas1-Cas2 暂时取样DNA,并与 Cascade/Cas3 结合形成 PAC,从而使路障移位.
结论:
- 通过移除蛋白质障碍物, 促进长距离隔离器的获取.
- 这项研究揭示了CRISPR-Cas适应性免疫的分子编舞.
- 了解这些机制对于利用CRISPR技术至关重要.
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