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在CRISPR-Cas中获得Cas4辅助定向间隔器的机制
Chunyi Hu1, Cristóbal Almendros2,3, Ki Hyun Nam4
1Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA.
Nature
|September 30, 2021
概括
Prokaryotes 使用 CRISPR-Cas 系统来防御外来 DNA. 一个Cas4/Cas1酶复合体确保正确的间隔DNA集成到CRISPR阵列中,保持防御系统的定向性.
科学领域:
- 微生物学
- 分子生物学
- 遗传学
背景情况:
- Prokaryotes 使用 CRISPR-Cas 系统对移动遗传元素进行适应性免疫.
- 间隔器获取涉及通过Cas1-Cas2整合酶复合体将外来DNA片段集成到CRISPR阵列中.
- 通常与Cas1-Cas2相关的Cas4核酶对于PAM识别和定向间隔器集成至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 阐明Cas4辅助的原体空间器相邻动机 (PAM) 选择,间隔器生物发生和Geobacter sulfurreducens I-G CRISPR-Cas系统中的定向集成的高分辨率机制.
- 解释化Cas4/Cas1酶在这些过程中的作用.
主要方法:
- 研究Cas4/Cas1-Cas2复合体与含有PAM序列的DNA基质的相互作用的生物化学测试.
- 高分辨率的结构和机制分析,以了解"分子便秘"的机制.
- 在体外复制实验以证明逐步整合和PAM处理.
主要成果:
- Cas4/Cas1-Cas2复合组件是由PAM嵌入的3'-overhang的DNA复合触发的.
- Cas4 特别识别并隔离了 PAM 悬浮,而没有切割它,从而阻止了它的整合.
- 主核酶修剪非PAM悬浮,促进领导侧集成,随后是PAM裂变和间隔侧集成.
结论:
- Cas4酶与Cas1-Cas2的相互作用决定了PAM选择,并阻止了含PAM的DNA链的过早整合.
- Cas4的"分子便秘"机制确保了单向间隔器的获取和集成到CRISPR阵列中.
- 这种复杂的过程确立了CRISPR-Cas免疫系统的方向性,
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