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ArticleNucleic acids research2014

Cas6 specificity and CRISPR RNA loading in a complex CRISPR-Cas system.

Richard D Sokolowski, Shirley Graham, Malcolm F White

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Article in Nucleic acids research, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 34 papers.

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34 citing papers in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

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3 authors.

Richard D SokolowskiBiomedical Sciences Research Complex, School of Biology, University of St Andrews, North Haugh, St Andrews, Fife KY16 9ST, UK.
Shirley GrahamBiomedical Sciences Research Complex, School of Biology, University of St Andrews, North Haugh, St Andrews, Fife KY16 9ST, UK.
Malcolm F WhiteBiomedical Sciences Research Complex, School of Biology, University of St Andrews, North Haugh, St Andrews, Fife KY16 9ST, UK mfw2@st-andrews.ac.uk.

Funding

Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council BB/K000314/1Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council BB/M000400/1Medical Research Council
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

CRISPR-Cas is an adaptive prokaryotic immune system, providing protection against viruses and other mobile genetic elements. In type I and type III CRISPR-Cas systems, CRISPR RNA (crRNA) is generated by cleavage of a primary transcript by the Cas6 endonuclease and loaded into multisubunit surveillance/effector complexes, allowing homology-directed detection and cleavage of invading elements. Highly studied CRISPR-Cas systems such as those in Escherichia coli and Pseudomonas aeruginosa have a single Cas6 enzyme that is an integral subunit of the surveillance complex. By contrast, Sulfolobus solfataricus has a complex CRISPR-Cas system with three types of surveillance complexes (Cascade/type I-A, CSM/type III-A and CMR/type III-B), five Cas6 paralogues and two different CRISPR-repeat families (AB and CD). Here, we investigate the kinetic properties of two different Cas6 paralogues from S. solfataricus. The Cas6-1 subtype is specific for CD-family CRISPR repeats, generating crRNA by multiple turnover catalysis whilst Cas6-3 has a broader specificity and also processes a non-coding RNA with a CRISPR repeat-related sequence. Deep sequencing of crRNA in surveillance complexes reveals a biased distribution of spacers derived from AB and CD loci, suggesting functional coupling between Cas6 paralogues and their downstream effector complexes.

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Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic RepeatsCRISPR-Cas SystemsCRISPR-Associated ProteinsEndoribonucleasesRNARNA, UntranslatedSubstrate SpecificitySulfolobus solfataricusCRISPR-Associated ProteinsEndoribonucleasesRNARNA, Untranslated

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PMID24753403
PMCPMC4041471

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