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Endogenous Reverse Transcriptase and Rnase H-Mediated Antiviral Mechanism in Embryonic Stem Cells
www.nature.com/cr www.cell-research.com ARTICLE Endogenous reverse transcriptase and RNase H-mediated antiviral mechanism in embryonic stem cells Junyu Wu1, Chunyan Wu1, Fan Xing1, Liu Cao1, Weijie Zeng1, Liping Guo1, Ping Li1, Yongheng Zhong1, Hualian Jiang1, Manhui Luo1, Guang Shi2, Lang Bu1, Yanxi Ji1, Panpan Hou1, Hong Peng1, Junjiu Huang2, Chunmei Li1 and Deyin Guo 1 Nucleic acid-based systems play important roles in antiviral defense, including CRISPR/Cas that adopts RNA-guided DNA cleavage to prevent DNA phage infection and RNA interference (RNAi) that employs RNA-guided RNA cleavage to defend against RNA virus infection. Here, we report a novel type of nucleic acid-based antiviral system that exists in mouse embryonic stem cells (mESCs), which suppresses RNA virus infection by DNA-mediated RNA cleavage. We found that the viral RNA of encephalomyocarditis virus can be reverse transcribed into complementary DNA (vcDNA) by the reverse transcriptase (RTase) encoded by endogenous retrovirus-like elements in mESCs. The vcDNA is negative-sense single-stranded and forms DNA/RNA hybrid with viral RNA. The viral RNA in the heteroduplex is subsequently destroyed by cellular RNase H1, leading to robust suppression of viral growth. Furthermore, either inhibition of the RTase activity or depletion of endogenous RNase H1 results in the promotion of virus proliferation. Altogether, our results provide intriguing insights into the antiviral mechanism of mESCs and the antiviral function of endogenized retroviruses and cellular RNase H. Such a natural nucleic acid-based antiviral mechanism in mESCs is referred to as ERASE (endogenous RTase/RNase H-mediated antiviral system), which is an addition to the previously known nucleic acid-based antiviral mechanisms including CRISPR/Cas in bacteria and RNAi in plants and invertebrates. -
Regulation of ATP Levels in Escherichia Coli Using CRISPR
Tao et al. Microb Cell Fact (2018) 17:147 https://doi.org/10.1186/s12934-018-0995-7 Microbial Cell Factories RESEARCH Open Access Regulation of ATP levels in Escherichia coli using CRISPR interference for enhanced pinocembrin production Sha Tao, Ying Qian, Xin Wang, Weijia Cao, Weichao Ma, Kequan Chen* and Pingkai Ouyang Abstract Background: Microbial biosynthesis of natural products holds promise for preclinical studies and treating diseases. For instance, pinocembrin is a natural favonoid with important pharmacologic characteristics and is widely used in preclinical studies. However, high yield of natural products production is often limited by the intracellular cofactor level, including adenosine triphosphate (ATP). To address this challenge, tailored modifcation of ATP concentration in Escherichia coli was applied in efcient pinocembrin production. Results: In the present study, a clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats (CRISPR) interference sys- tem was performed for screening several ATP-related candidate genes, where metK and proB showed its potential to improve ATP level and increased pinocembrin production. Subsequently, the repression efciency of metK and proB were optimized to achieve the appropriate levels of ATP and enhancing the pinocembrin production, which allowed the pinocembrin titer increased to 102.02 mg/L. Coupled with the malonyl-CoA engineering and optimization of culture and induction condition, a fnal pinocembrin titer of 165.31 mg/L was achieved, which is 10.2-fold higher than control strains. Conclusions: Our results introduce a strategy to approach the efcient biosynthesis of pinocembrin via ATP level strengthen using CRISPR interference. Furthermore coupled with the malonyl-CoA engineering and induction condi- tion have been optimized for pinocembrin production. -
Restriction-Modification Gene Complexes As Selfish Gene Entities: Roles of a Regulatory System in Their Establishment, Maintenan
Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA Vol. 95, pp. 6442–6447, May 1998 Microbiology Restriction-modification gene complexes as selfish gene entities: Roles of a regulatory system in their establishment, maintenance, and apoptotic mutual exclusion (programmed cell deathyepigeneticsyintragenomic conflictsyphage exclusionyplasmid) Y. NAKAYAMA AND I. KOBAYASHI* Department of Molecular Biology, Institute of Medical Science, University of Tokyo, Shirokanedai, Tokyo 108-8639, Japan Communicated by Allan Campbell, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, March 6, 1998 (received for review May 31, 1997) ABSTRACT We have reported some type II restriction- cell has lost its RM gene complex, its descendants will contain modification (RM) gene complexes on plasmids resist displace- fewer and fewer molecules of the modification enzyme. Eventu- ment by an incompatible plasmid through postsegregational host ally, their capacity to modify the many sites needed to protect the killing. Such selfish behavior may have contributed to the spread newly replicated chromosomes from the remaining pool of restric- and maintenance of RM systems. Here we analyze the role of tion enzyme may become inadequate. Chromosomal DNA will regulatory genes (C), often found linked to RM gene complexes, then be cleaved at the unmodified sites, and the cells will be killed in their interaction with the host and the other RM gene com- (refs. 2–4; N. Handa, A. Ichige, K. Kusano, and I.K., unpublished plexes. We identified the C gene of EcoRV as a positive regulator results). This result is similar to the postsegregational host killing of restriction. A C mutation eliminated postsegregational killing mechanisms for maintenance of several plasmids (5). These RM by EcoRV. -
Restriction Endonucleases
Molecular Biology Problem Solver: A Laboratory Guide. Edited by Alan S. Gerstein Copyright © 2001 by Wiley-Liss, Inc. ISBNs: 0-471-37972-7 (Paper); 0-471-22390-5 (Electronic) 9 Restriction Endonucleases Derek Robinson, Paul R. Walsh, and Joseph A. Bonventre Background Information . 226 Which Restriction Enzymes Are Commercially Available? . 226 Why Are Some Enzymes More Expensive Than Others? . 227 What Can You Do to Reduce the Cost of Working with Restriction Enzymes? . 228 If You Could Select among Several Restriction Enzymes for Your Application, What Criteria Should You Consider to Make the Most Appropriate Choice? . 229 What Are the General Properties of Restriction Endonucleases? . 232 What Insight Is Provided by a Restriction Enzyme’s Quality Control Data? . 233 How Stable Are Restriction Enzymes? . 236 How Stable Are Diluted Restriction Enzymes? . 236 Simple Digests . 236 How Should You Set up a Simple Restriction Digest? . 236 Is It Wise to Modify the Suggested Reaction Conditions? . 237 Complex Restriction Digestions . 239 How Can a Substrate Affect the Restriction Digest? . 239 Should You Alter the Reaction Volume and DNA Concentration? . 241 Double Digests: Simultaneous or Sequential? . 242 225 Genomic Digests . 244 When Preparing Genomic DNA for Southern Blotting, How Can You Determine If Complete Digestion Has Been Obtained? . 244 What Are Your Options If You Must Create Additional Rare or Unique Restriction Sites? . 247 Troubleshooting . 255 What Can Cause a Simple Restriction Digest to Fail? . 255 The Volume of Enzyme in the Vial Appears Very Low. Did Leakage Occur during Shipment? . 259 The Enzyme Shipment Sat on the Shipping Dock for Two Days. -
Phosphate Steering by Flap Endonuclease 1 Promotes 50-flap Specificity and Incision to Prevent Genome Instability
ARTICLE Received 18 Jan 2017 | Accepted 5 May 2017 | Published 27 Jun 2017 DOI: 10.1038/ncomms15855 OPEN Phosphate steering by Flap Endonuclease 1 promotes 50-flap specificity and incision to prevent genome instability Susan E. Tsutakawa1,*, Mark J. Thompson2,*, Andrew S. Arvai3,*, Alexander J. Neil4,*, Steven J. Shaw2, Sana I. Algasaier2, Jane C. Kim4, L. David Finger2, Emma Jardine2, Victoria J.B. Gotham2, Altaf H. Sarker5, Mai Z. Her1, Fahad Rashid6, Samir M. Hamdan6, Sergei M. Mirkin4, Jane A. Grasby2 & John A. Tainer1,7 DNA replication and repair enzyme Flap Endonuclease 1 (FEN1) is vital for genome integrity, and FEN1 mutations arise in multiple cancers. FEN1 precisely cleaves single-stranded (ss) 50-flaps one nucleotide into duplex (ds) DNA. Yet, how FEN1 selects for but does not incise the ss 50-flap was enigmatic. Here we combine crystallographic, biochemical and genetic analyses to show that two dsDNA binding sites set the 50polarity and to reveal unexpected control of the DNA phosphodiester backbone by electrostatic interactions. Via ‘phosphate steering’, basic residues energetically steer an inverted ss 50-flap through a gateway over FEN1’s active site and shift dsDNA for catalysis. Mutations of these residues cause an 18,000-fold reduction in catalytic rate in vitro and large-scale trinucleotide (GAA)n repeat expansions in vivo, implying failed phosphate-steering promotes an unanticipated lagging-strand template-switch mechanism during replication. Thus, phosphate steering is an unappreciated FEN1 function that enforces 50-flap specificity and catalysis, preventing genomic instability. 1 Molecular Biophysics and Integrated Bioimaging, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, USA. -
Phosphodiesterase 1B Knock-Out Mice Exhibit Exaggerated Locomotor Hyperactivity and DARPP-32 Phosphorylation in Response to Dopa
The Journal of Neuroscience, June 15, 2002, 22(12):5188–5197 Phosphodiesterase 1B Knock-Out Mice Exhibit Exaggerated Locomotor Hyperactivity and DARPP-32 Phosphorylation in Response to Dopamine Agonists and Display Impaired Spatial Learning Tracy M. Reed,1,3 David R. Repaske,2* Gretchen L. Snyder,4 Paul Greengard,4 and Charles V. Vorhees1* Divisions of 1Developmental Biology and 2Endocrinology, Children’s Hospital Research Foundation, Cincinnati, Ohio 45229, 3Department of Biology, College of Mount St. Joseph, Cincinnati, Ohio 45233, and 4Laboratory of Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience, Rockefeller University, New York, New York 10021 Using homologous recombination, we generated mice lack- maze spatial-learning deficits. These results indicate that en- ing phosphodiesterase-mediated (PDE1B) cyclic nucleotide- hancement of cyclic nucleotide signaling by inactivation of hydrolyzing activity. PDE1B Ϫ/Ϫ mice showed exaggerated PDE1B-mediated cyclic nucleotide hydrolysis plays a signifi- hyperactivity after acute D-methamphetamine administra- cant role in dopaminergic function through the DARPP-32 and tion. Striatal slices from PDE1B Ϫ/Ϫ mice exhibited increased related transduction pathways. levels of phospho-Thr 34 DARPP-32 and phospho-Ser 845 Key words: phosphodiesterases; DARPP-32; dopamine- GluR1 after dopamine D1 receptor agonist or forskolin stimu- stimulated locomotor activity; spatial learning and memory; lation. PDE1B Ϫ/Ϫ and PDE1B ϩ/Ϫ mice demonstrated Morris Morris water maze; methamphetamine; SKF81297; forskolin Calcium/calmodulin-dependent phosphodiesterases (CaM- (CaMKII) and calcineurin and have the potential to activate PDEs) are members of one of 11 families of PDEs (Soderling et CaM-PDEs. Dopamine D1 or D2 receptor activation leads to al., 1999;Yuasa et al., 2001) and comprise the only family that acts adenylyl cyclase activation or inhibition, respectively (Traficante ϩ as a potential point of interaction between the Ca 2 and cyclic et al., 1976; Monsma et al., 1990; Cunningham and Kelley, 1993; nucleotide signaling pathways. -
S1 Nuclease Degrades Single-Stranded Nucleic Acids, Releasing 5'-Phosphoryl Mono- Or Oligonucleotides
Description S1 Nuclease degrades single-stranded nucleic acids, releasing 5'-phosphoryl mono- or oligonucleotides. It is five times more active on DNA than on RNA (1). S1 Nuclease also cleaves dsDNA at the single-stranded region caused by a nick, gap, mismatch or loop. PRODUCT INFORMATION S1 Nuclease exhibits 3’-phosphomonoesterase activity. S1 Nuclease The enzyme is a glycoprotein with a carbohydrate content of 18%. Pub. No. MAN0013722 Applications Rev. Date 29 November 2016 (Rev. A.00) Removal of single-stranded overhangs of DNA #_ fragments (2). S1 transcript mapping (3, 4). Lot: _ Expiry Date: _ Cleavage of hairpin loops. Creation of unidirectional deletions in DNA fragments in Store at -20 °C conjunction with Exo III (5). Source Aspergillus oryzae cells. Components #EN0321 100 U/µL S1 Nuclease 10000 U 5X Reaction Buffer 2 1 mL www.thermofisher.com For Research Use Only. Not for use in diagnostic procedures. Definition of Activity Unit CERTIFICATE OF ANALYSIS One unit of the enzyme produces 1 µg of acid soluble S1 Nuclease was tested for the absence of deoxyribonucleotides in 1 min at 37 °C. contaminating double-stranded DNA specific nuclease Enzyme activity is assayed in the following mixture: activity. 30 mM sodium-acetate (pH 4.5), 50 mM NaCl, 0.1 mM ZnCl2, 5% (v/v) glycerol, 800 µg/mL heat Quality authorized by: Jurgita Zilinskiene denatured calf thymus DNA. Storage Buffer The enzyme is supplied in: 20 mM Tris-HCl (pH 7.5), 50 mM NaCl, 0.1 mM ZnCl2 and 50% (v/v) glycerol. 5X Reaction Buffer 200 mM sodium acetate (pH 4.5 at 25 °C), 1.5 M NaCl and 10 mM ZnSO4. -
Gibson Assembly Cloning Guide, Second Edition
Gibson Assembly® CLONING GUIDE 2ND EDITION RESTRICTION DIGESTFREE, SEAMLESS CLONING Applications, tools, and protocols for the Gibson Assembly® method: • Single Insert • Multiple Inserts • Site-Directed Mutagenesis #DNAMYWAY sgidna.com/gibson-assembly Foreword Contents Foreword The Gibson Assembly method has been an integral part of our work at Synthetic Genomics, Inc. and the J. Craig Venter Institute (JCVI) for nearly a decade, enabling us to synthesize a complete bacterial genome in 2008, create the first synthetic cell in 2010, and generate a minimal bacterial genome in 2016. These studies form the framework for basic research in understanding the fundamental principles of cellular function and the precise function of essential genes. Additionally, synthetic cells can potentially be harnessed for commercial applications which could offer great benefits to society through the renewable and sustainable production of therapeutics, biofuels, and biobased textiles. In 2004, JCVI had embarked on a quest to synthesize genome-sized DNA and needed to develop the tools to make this possible. When I first learned that JCVI was attempting to create a synthetic cell, I truly understood the significance and reached out to Hamilton (Ham) Smith, who leads the Synthetic Biology Group at JCVI. I joined Ham’s team as a postdoctoral fellow and the development of Gibson Assembly began as I started investigating methods that would allow overlapping DNA fragments to be assembled toward the goal of generating genome- sized DNA. Over time, we had multiple methods in place for assembling DNA molecules by in vitro recombination, including the method that would later come to be known as Gibson Assembly. -
Supplementary Table S1. Table 1. List of Bacterial Strains Used in This Study Suppl
Supplementary Material Supplementary Tables: Supplementary Table S1. Table 1. List of bacterial strains used in this study Supplementary Table S2. List of plasmids used in this study Supplementary Table 3. List of primers used for mutagenesis of P. intermedia Supplementary Table 4. List of primers used for qRT-PCR analysis in P. intermedia Supplementary Table 5. List of the most highly upregulated genes in P. intermedia OxyR mutant Supplementary Table 6. List of the most highly downregulated genes in P. intermedia OxyR mutant Supplementary Table 7. List of the most highly upregulated genes in P. intermedia grown in iron-deplete conditions Supplementary Table 8. List of the most highly downregulated genes in P. intermedia grown in iron-deplete conditions Supplementary Figures: Supplementary Figure 1. Comparison of the genomic loci encoding OxyR in Prevotella species. Supplementary Figure 2. Distribution of SOD and glutathione peroxidase genes within the genus Prevotella. Supplementary Table S1. Bacterial strains Strain Description Source or reference P. intermedia V3147 Wild type OMA14 isolated from the (1) periodontal pocket of a Japanese patient with periodontitis V3203 OMA14 PIOMA14_I_0073(oxyR)::ermF This study E. coli XL-1 Blue Host strain for cloning Stratagene S17-1 RP-4-2-Tc::Mu aph::Tn7 recA, Smr (2) 1 Supplementary Table S2. Plasmids Plasmid Relevant property Source or reference pUC118 Takara pBSSK pNDR-Dual Clonetech pTCB Apr Tcr, E. coli-Bacteroides shuttle vector (3) plasmid pKD954 Contains the Porpyromonas gulae catalase (4) -
Datasheet for Ecorv-HF™ (R3195; Lot 0051211)
Source: An E. coli strain that carries the cloned Diluent Compatibility: Diluent Buffer B Endonuclease Activity: Incubation of a 50 µl and modified (D19A, E27A) EcoRV gene from the 300 mM NaCl, 10 mM Tris-HCl, 0.1 mM EDTA, reaction containing 30 units of enzyme with 1 µg ™ plasmid J62 pLG74 (L.I. Glatman) 1 mM dithiothreitol, 500 µg/ml BSA and 50% glyc- of φX174 RF I DNA for 4 hours at 37°C resulted EcoRV-HF erol (pH 7.4 @ 25°C) in < 30% conversion to RFII as determined by Supplied in: 200 mM NaCl, 10 mM Tris-HCl agarose gel electrophoresis. 1-800-632-7799 (ph 7.4), 0.1 mM EDTA, 1 mM DTT, 200 µg/ml Quality Controls [email protected] BSA and 50% glycerol. Ligation: After 10-fold overdigestion with Blue/White Screening Assay: An appropriate www.neb.com α R3195S 005121114111 EcoRV- HF, > 95% of the DNA fragments can vector is digested at a unique site within the lacZ Reagents Supplied with Enzyme: be ligated with T4 DNA Ligase (at a 5´ termini gene with a 10-fold excess of enzyme. The vector 10X NEBuffer 4. concentration of 1–2 µM) at 16°C. Of these ligated DNA is then ligated, transformed, and plated onto R3195S fragments, > 95% can be recut with EcoRV-HF. Xgal/IPTG/Amp plates. Successful expression Reaction Conditions: 1X NEBuffer 4. of β-galactosidase is a function of how intact its 4,000 units 20,000 U/ml Lot: 0051211 Incubate at 37°C. 16-Hour Incubation: A 50 µl reaction containing gene remains after cloning, an intact gene gives 1 µg of DNA and 120 units of EcoRV-HF incubated rise to a blue colony, removal of even a single RECOMBINANT Store at –20°C Exp: 11/14 1X NEBuffer 4: for 16 hours at 37°C resulted in a DNA pattern free base gives rise to a white colony. -
FAN1 Nuclease Activity Affects CAG Expansion and Age at Onset of Huntington's Disease
bioRxiv preprint doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2021.04.13.439716; this version posted April 14, 2021. The copyright holder for this preprint (which was not certified by peer review) is the author/funder, who has granted bioRxiv a license to display the preprint in perpetuity. It is made available under aCC-BY-NC-ND 4.0 International license. McAllister, Donaldson et al FAN1 nuclease activity affects CAG expansion and age at onset of Huntington's disease Branduff McAllister, PhD1+, Jasmine Donaldson, PhD1+, Caroline S. Binda, PhD1, Sophie Powell, BSc1, Uroosa Chughtai, BSc1, Gareth Edwards, PhD1, Joseph Stone, BA1, Sergey Lobanov, PhD1, Linda Elliston, MPhil1, Laura-Nadine Schuhmacher, PhD1, Elliott Rees, PhD1, Georgina Menzies, PhD2, Marc Ciosi, PhD3, Alastair Maxwell, PhD3, Michael J. Chao, PhD4, Eun Pyo Hong, PhD4, Diane Lucente, MS4, Vanessa Wheeler, PhD4, Jong-Min Lee, PhD4,5, Marcy E. MacDonald, PhD4,5, Jeffrey D. Long, PhD6, Elizabeth H. Aylward, PhD7, G. Bernhard Landwehrmeyer, MD PhD8, Anne E. Rosser, MB BChir, PhD9,10, REGISTRY Investigators of the European Huntington’s disease network11, Jane S. Paulsen, PhD12, PREDICT-HD Investigators of the Huntington Study Group13, Nigel M. Williams, PhD1, James F. Gusella, PhD4,5, Darren G. Monckton, PhD3, Nicholas D. Allen, PhD2, Peter Holmans, PhD1, Lesley Jones, PhD1,14* & Thomas H. Massey, BM BCh, DPhil1,15* 1 Division of Psychological Medicine and Clinical Neurosciences, Cardiff University, Cardiff, CF24 4HQ, United Kingdom 2 School of Biosciences, Cardiff University, Cardiff, CF10 3AX, -
Disruption of the Aldolase a Tetramer Into Catalytically Active Monomers PETER T
Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA Vol. 93, pp. 5374-5379, May 1996 Biochemistry Disruption of the aldolase A tetramer into catalytically active monomers PETER T. BEERNINK* AND DEAN R. TOLANt Biology Department, Boston University, Boston, MA 02215 Communicated by Irwin A. Rose, Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia, PA, January 22, 1996 (received for review August 30, 1995) ABSTRACT The fructose-1,6-bisphosphate aldolase (EC interface loop of TIM resulted in a stable monomer with a 4.1.2.13) homotetramer has been destabilized by site-directed 103-fold reduction in kcat (11, 12). These studies have suggested mutagenesis at the two different subunit interfaces. A double that the quaternary structure is essential for proper catalytic mutant aldolase, Q125D/E224A, sediments as two distinct activity. species, characteristic of a slow equilibrium, with velocities Fructose-1,6-bisphosphate aldolase (Fru-1,6-P2; EC 4.1.2.13) is expected for the monomer and tetramer. The aldolase mono- an isologous homotetramer (Fig. 1A), each subunit ofwhich is an mer is shown to be catalytically active following isolation from eight-membered acq-barrel containing an active site near its sucrose density gradients. The isolated aldolase monomer had center (13). The two major subunit interfaces (A and B) are 72% of the specific activity of the wild-type enzyme and a distant (>20 A) from the Schiff base-forming Lys-229 (Fig. iB), slightly lower Michaelis constant, clearly indicating that the and aldolase does not exhibit cooperativity or allostery. Isolated quaternary structure is not required for catalysis. Cross- hybrids of isozymes indicated that subunits are catalytically linking of the isolated monomer confirmed that it does not independent; for example, A3B1 was indistinguishable from an rapidly reequilibrate with the tetramer following isolation.