7mi9

Full integration complex of Cas1/Cas2 from Cas4-containing system

spinqualitylabelsall models 7mi9, resolution 3.89Å Show:Asymmetric Unit Biological Assembly Drag the structure with the mouse to rotate   Export Animated Image   Print3D Structural highlights 7mi9 is a 10 chain structure with sequence from Geobacter sulfurreducens PCA. Full crystallographic information is available from OCA. For a guided tour on the structure components use FirstGlance. Method: Electron Microscopy, Resolution 3.89Å Resources: FirstGlance, OCA, PDBe, RCSB, PDBsum, ProSAT Function CS4F1_GEOSL CRISPR (clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeat), is an adaptive immune system that provides protection against mobile genetic elements (viruses, transposable elements and conjugative plasmids). CRISPR clusters contain spacers, sequences complementary to antecedent mobile elements, and target invading nucleic acids. CRISPR clusters are transcribed and processed into CRISPR RNA (crRNA) (By similarity). The Cas4 region acts as a ssDNA exonuclease, while the Cas1 region acts as a dsDNA endonuclease. Involved in the integration of spacer DNA into the CRISPR cassette (By similarity).[UniProtKB:Q97TX9] Publication Abstract from PubMed Prokaryotes adapt to challenges from mobile genetic elements by integrating spacers derived from foreign DNA in the CRISPR array(1). Spacer insertion is carried out by the Cas1-Cas2 integrase complex(2-4). A substantial fraction of CRISPR-Cas systems use a Fe-S cluster containing Cas4 nuclease to ensure that spacers are acquired from DNA flanked by a protospacer adjacent motif (PAM)(5,6) and inserted into the CRISPR array unidirectionally, so that the transcribed CRISPR RNA can guide target searching in a PAM-dependent manner. Here we provide a high-resolution mechanistic explanation for the Cas4-assisted PAM selection, spacer biogenesis and directional integration by type I-G CRISPR in Geobacter sulfurreducens, in which Cas4 is naturally fused with Cas1, forming Cas4/Cas1. During biogenesis, only DNA duplexes possessing a PAM-embedded 3'-overhang trigger Cas4/Cas1-Cas2 assembly. During this process, the PAM overhang is specifically recognized and sequestered, but is not cleaved by Cas4. This 'molecular constipation' prevents the PAM-side prespacer from participating in integration. Lacking such sequestration, the non-PAM overhang is trimmed by host nucleases and integrated to the leader-side CRISPR repeat. Half-integration subsequently triggers PAM cleavage and Cas4 dissociation, allowing spacer-side integration. Overall, the intricate molecular interaction between Cas4 and Cas1-Cas2 selects PAM-containing prespacers for integration and couples the timing of PAM processing with the stepwise integration to establish directionality. Mechanism for Cas4-assisted directional spacer acquisition in CRISPR-Cas.,Hu C, Almendros C, Nam KH, Costa AR, Vink JNA, Haagsma AC, Bagde SR, Brouns SJJ, Ke A Nature. 2021 Oct;598(7881):515-520. doi: 10.1038/s41586-021-03951-z. Epub 2021 , Sep 29. PMID:34588691 From MEDLINE®/PubMed®, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine. See Also Endonuclease 3D structures

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