Project description:Spacer acquisition from RNA mediated by a natural reverse transcriptase-Cas1 fusion protein associated to a type III-D CRISPR-Cas System in Vibrio vulnificus
Project description:Transcriptome sequencing was carried out on an Illumina HiSeq platform to investigate the activation of CRISPR-Cas and DNA repair systems by Csa3a in Sulfolobus islandicus Rey15A. We compared the differently expressed genes in Sulfolobus islandicus Rey15A strain with csa3a overexpression vs. Sulfolobus islandicus Rey15A strain carrying an empty expression vector, cas1 deletion strain with csa3a overexpression vs. cas1 deletion strain carrying an empty expression vector, as well as interference-deficient strain with csa3a overexpression vs. interference-deficient strain carrying an empty expression vector. We find that cas genes (SiRe_0760, SiRe_0761, SiRe_0762, SiRe_0763), nucleotidyltransferase domain of DNA polymerase beta (SiRe_0459), chromosome segregation protein (SMC)-related ATPase (SiRe_0649), SMC-related protein (SiRe_1142) and three HerA helicases involved in DNA double break repair (encoded by SiRe_0064 and SiRe_0095 of nurA-herA operons, and SiRe_1857) were significantly up-regulated. Our data indicated that the Csa3a regulator couples transcriptional activation of spacer acquisition genes, CRISPR RNA transcription, DNA repair and genome stability genes.
2017-10-31 | GSE99099 | GEO
Project description:Adaptive immunity of type VI CRISPR-Cas systems associated with reverse transcriptase-Cas1 fusion proteins
| PRJNA1086847 | ENA
Project description:Mechanisms used for cDNA synthesis and site-specific integration of RNAs into DNA genomes by a reverse transcriptase-Cas1 fusion protein
Project description:Key to CRISPR-Cas adaptive immunity is maintaining an ongoing record of invading nucleic acids that are encountered, a process carried out by the Cas1-Cas2 complex that integrates short segments of foreign genetic material (spacers) into the CRISPR locus. It is hypothesized that Cas1 evolved from casposases, a novel class of transposases. We show here that casposase integration in vitro recapitulates several properties of CRISPR-Cas integrases. The X-ray structure of Methanosarcina mazei casposase bound to DNA representing the product of integration reveals a tetramer with target DNA bound snugly between two dimers in which single-stranded casposon end binding resembles that of spacer 3'-overhangs. The differences between transposase and CRISPR-Cas integrase are largely architectural, and it appears that evolutionary change involved changes in protein-protein interactions to favor Cas2 binding over tetramerization and the separation of Cas1 dimers. This, in turn, led to preferred integration of single spacers over two transposon ends.
Project description:CRISPR loci are found in bacterial and archaeal genomes where they provide the molecular machinery for acquisition of immunity against foreign DNA. In addition to the cas genes fundamentally required for CRISPR activity, a second class of genes is associated with the CRISPR loci, of which many have no reported function in CRISPR-mediated immunity. Here, we characterize MM_0565 of Methanosarcina mazei Gö1 associated to the type I-B CRISPR-locus providing evidence for its relevance in regulating this system. We show that MM_0565 is composed of a modified Rossmann-like fold and a winged helix-turn-helix domain and forms a dimer in solution. While direct effects on CRISPR-Cas transcription were not detected by genetic approaches, binding to the leader region of both CRISPR-Cas systems was observed by microscale thermophoresis and electromobility shift assays. Overexpression of MM_0565 however, strongly induced transcription of the cas1-solo gene located in the recently reported casposon, the gene product of which shows high similarity to classical Cas1 proteins. Based on our findings we hypothesize that Cas1-solo is involved in the adaptation of CRISPR-mediated immunity in M. mazei, and that MM_0565 modulates the activity of the CRISPR systems amongst potential other hypnotized actions by activating the transcription of the cas1-solo gene.
Project description:Prokaryotic Cas1-Cas2 protein complexes generate adaptive immunity to mobile genetic elements (MGEs), by capture and integration of MGE DNA in to CRISPR sites. De novo immunity relies on Cas1-Cas2 targeting MGE DNA, without the aid of pre-existing immunity complexes, through mechanisms of ‘naive adaptation’ that are not clear. Using E. coli we show that the chaperone DnaK inhibits Cas1-Cas2 from DNA binding and integration, and that DnaK expression prevents naïve adaptation from chromosomal self-targeting. We show that that inhibition of naïve adaptation is reversible by eliminating DnaK from cells, by mutation of the DnaK substrate binding domain, and by expression of an MGE (phage )protein. We show that a fluorescently labelled Cas1 fusion can be visualised in living cells. Formation of foci depends on active DNA replication, and that the number of foci per cell is much increased in cells lacking DnaK. We discuss a model in which DnaK provides a mechanism for restraining naïve adaptation from self-targeting. This restraint is released once MGE DNA is present in the cell.
2023-05-18 | PXD042090 | Pride
Project description:Measurements of RNA polymerase and reverse transcriptase fidelity