Huang, Shan and Wang, Kaihang and Mayo, Stephen L. (2021) Guide-directed DNA cleavage by a prokaryotic Argonaute protein induces chromosome recombination in Escherichia coli. . (Unpublished) https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:20211122-174116390
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Abstract
Emerging evidence supports the argument that some prokaryotic argonautes (pAgos) serve as a defensive system against invasion of viruses and plasmids through guide DNAs (gDNAs) directed DNA cleavage. This DNA-guided DNA interference motivates research to induce genomic mutations via pAgo mediated cleavage. Here we demonstrate that CbAgo, a pAgo from Clostridium butyricum, is able to induce chromosomal recombination between direct repeat sequences via its gDNA-directed cleavage in Escherichia coli chromosome. We also show that CbAgo targeting can assist Lambda-Red recombineering in RecA-deficient strain. Our study reveals that cleavage by CbAgo in E. coli chromosome can be mutagenic and suggests its broader application in genetic manipulation.
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Additional Information: | The copyright holder for this preprint is the author/funder, who has granted bioRxiv a license to display the preprint in perpetuity. Version 1 - November 18, 2021; Version 2 - March 25, 2022. We thank Dr. Alexei A. Aravin, Dr. Andrey Kulbachinskiy, Dr. Daria Esyunina, and Dr. David R. F. Leach for helpful discussions. We thank Rochelle A. Diamond and Jamie Tijerina for their help in flow cytometry experiments. All data necessary to support this paper’s conclusions are available in the supplementary materials. Author Contributions: S.H. designed and carried out experiments, with K.W. and S.L.M. providing guidance. S.H., K.W., and S.L.M. wrote the manuscript. The authors declare no competing financial interests. | ||||||||
DOI: | 10.1101/2021.11.17.469050 | ||||||||
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Official Citation: | Guide-directed DNA cleavage by a prokaryotic Argonaute protein induces chromosome recombination in Escherichia coli. Shan Huang, Kaihang Wang, Stephen L. Mayo. bioRxiv 2021.11.17.469050; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2021.11.17.469050 | ||||||||
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Deposited By: | George Porter | ||||||||
Deposited On: | 22 Nov 2021 18:29 | ||||||||
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