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嗜热栖热菌Argonaute在DNA复制中具有功能
作者:小柯机器人 发布时间:2020/8/27 14:41:04

美国马萨诸塞大学医学院Phillip D. Zamore团队发现,嗜热栖热菌Argonaute在DNA复制中的功能。这一研究成果于2020年8月25日在线发表在国际学术期刊《细胞》上。

据研究人员介绍,在许多真核生物中,由短RNA序列引导的Argonaute蛋白可以防御转座子和病毒。在真细菌嗜热栖热菌中,DNA引导的Argonaute蛋白TtAgo可以防御DNA质粒的转化。

研究人员发现,TtAgo也参与DNA复制。在体内,TtAgo结合15-至18-nt的DNA向导,这些向导来自染色体区域,而复制在这些区域终止并与已知在DNA复制中起作用的蛋白质结合。当唯一的嗜热栖热菌II型拓扑异构酶被抑制时,TtAgo可使细菌完成其环状基因组的复制。相比之下,回旋酶和TtAgo活性的丧失会减慢生长并产生长香肠状的细丝,其中单个的细菌通过DNA来连接。
 
最后,野生型嗜热栖热菌能够竞争过缺乏TtAgo的其他同基因菌株。研究人员认为,TtAgo的主要作用是帮助嗜热栖热菌解开由DNA复制产生的链接环状染色体。
 
附:英文原文

Title: Thermus thermophilus Argonaute Functions in the Completion of DNA Replication

Author: Samson M. Jolly, Ildar Gainetdinov, Karina Jouravleva, Han Zhang, Lara Strittmatter, Shannon M. Bailey, Gregory M. Hendricks, Avantika Dhabaria, Beatrix Ueberheide, Phillip D. Zamore

Issue&Volume: 2020-08-25

Abstract: In many eukaryotes, Argonaute proteins, guided by short RNA sequences, defend cellsagainst transposons and viruses. In the eubacterium Thermus thermophilus, the DNA-guided Argonaute TtAgo defends against transformation by DNA plasmids. Here,we report that TtAgo also participates in DNA replication. In vivo, TtAgo binds 15- to 18-nt DNA guides derived from the chromosomal region where replicationterminates and associates with proteins known to act in DNA replication. When gyrase,the sole T. thermophilus type II topoisomerase, is inhibited, TtAgo allows the bacterium to finish replicatingits circular genome. In contrast, loss of gyrase and TtAgo activity slows growth andproduces long sausage-like filaments in which the individual bacteria are linked byDNA. Finally, wild-type T. thermophilus outcompetes an otherwise isogenic strain lacking TtAgo. We propose that the primaryrole of TtAgo is to help T. thermophilus disentangle the catenated circular chromosomes generated by DNA replication.

DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2020.07.036

Source: https://www.cell.com/cell/fulltext/S0092-8674(20)30944-2

期刊信息
Cell:《细胞》,创刊于1974年。隶属于细胞出版社,最新IF:36.216
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