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ArticleNature microbiology2025

Evolutionary origins of archaeal and eukaryotic RNA-guided RNA modification in bacterial IS110 transposons.

Hugo Vaysset, Chance Meers, Jean Cury, Aude Bernheim, Samuel H Sternberg

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Article in Nature microbiology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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9 citing papers in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

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5 authors.

Hugo Vaysset *Molecular Diversity of Microbes Lab, CNRS UMR3525, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0007-3134-1966
Chance Meers *Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2554-3987
Jean CuryMolecular Diversity of Microbes Lab, CNRS UMR3525, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France.
Aude BernheimMolecular Diversity of Microbes Lab, CNRS UMR3525, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France. aude.bernheim@pasteur.fr.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0212-777X
Samuel H SternbergDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA. shsternberg@gmail.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8240-9114

Funding

Center for Genomic Editing and Recording: Development and Application of Next-Generation Genome and Epigenome Editing Methods to Advance the Study and Treatment of Human DiseaseRM1HG009490 · NHGRI · WHITEHEAD INSTITUTE FOR BIOMEDICAL RES · PI Brittany S. Adamson, Martin Joseph Ankrah Aryee · 2017 to 2026
$22.7M
Leveraging Programmable Integrases for Human Genome EngineeringDP2HG011650 · NHGRI · COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES · PI STERNBERG, SAMUEL HENRY · 2020 to 2020
$2.4M
Uncovering the molecular function of novel transposon-encoded Cas9 homologsF32GM143924 · NIGMS · COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES · PI MEERS, CHANCE · 2022 to 2023
$139k
EC | EU Framework Programme for Research and Innovation H2020 | H2020 Priority Excellent Science | H2020 European Research Council (H2020 Excellent Science - European Research Council) PECAN 101040529National Science Foundation (NSF) 2239685NHGRI NIH HHS DP2 HG011650NHGRI NIH HHS RM1 HG009490NIGMS NIH HHS F32 GM143924U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | National Institutes of Health (NIH) GM143924
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Transposase genes are ubiquitous in all domains of life and provide a rich reservoir for the evolution of novel protein functions. Here we report deep evolutionary links between bacterial IS110-family transposases, which catalyse RNA-guided DNA recombination using bridge RNAs, and archaeal/eukaryotic Nop5-family proteins, which promote RNA-guided RNA 2'-O-methylation using C/D-box snoRNAs. On the basis of conservation of protein sequence, domain architecture, three-dimensional structure and non-coding RNA features, alongside phylogenetic analyses, we propose that programmable RNA modification emerged through the exaptation of components derived from IS110-like transposons. These findings underscore how recurrent domestication events of transposable elements have driven the evolution of RNA-guided mechanisms.

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ArchaeaBacteriaDNA Transposable ElementsEvolution, MolecularTransposasesArchaeal ProteinsBacterial ProteinsEukaryotaPhylogenyArchaeal ProteinsBacterial ProteinsDNA Transposable ElementsTransposases

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