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转子编码CRISPR-Cas系统的DNA向的结构基础

Tyler S Halpin-Healy¹, Sanne E Klompe¹, Samuel H Sternberg²

¹Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA.

|December 20, 2019

概括

细菌CRISPR-Cas系统,用于DNA转换,涉及TniQ-Cascade复杂的协作. 结构洞察力揭示了这种复杂的向DNA,并促进了插入,为基因组工程应用铺平了道路.

科学领域:

微生物学
分子生物学
结构生物学

背景情况:

细菌利用CRISPR-Cas系统对外来遗传元素进行适应性免疫.
I型CRISPR-Cas系统通常会降解DNA,但缺乏核酶的变体被用于Tn7类转位子的RNA导向转位.
在DNA向和插入过程中,CRISPR和转子机械之间的精确协作机制以前是未知的.

研究的目的:

阐明CRISPR-Cas机制与转子相关蛋白之间的功能合的结构基础.
了解TniQ-Cascade复合体如何调解DNA向和插入.
为设计可编程DNA插入的系统提供基础.

主要方法:

使用冷电子显微镜 (cryo-EM) 来确定TniQ- Cascade复合物的结构.
转换蛋白TniQ的新建建模和改进.
结合到目标DNA的复合物的结构分析.

主要成果:

确定了TniQ- Cascade复合物的结构,揭示了TniQ作为合物与合物复合物的结合.
Cas8-Cas5融合蛋白通过灵活的插入域与TniQ二元体相互作用.
一个目标DNA结合结构确定了与原空间体相邻的基因识别和R循环形成的关键相互作用.

结论:

这项研究揭示了CRISPR-Cas和转子机械之间的功能合的机制基础.
这些发现提供了对TniQ- Cascade复合体介导的DNA向和插入的结构理解.
这项工作将指导这些系统在基因组工程中进行可编程DNA插入.

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