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CRISPR-Cas induced self-targeting identifies key players in archaeal microhomology-mediated end joining.

Anna-Lena Sailer, Julia Wörtz, Victoria Smith, Aris-Edda Stachler, Fabienne Blau, Michelle Daratha, Lisa-Katharina Maier, Thorsten Allers, Anita Marchfelder

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Review in microLife, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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2 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors.

Anna-Lena SailerMolecular Biology and Biotechnology of Prokaryotes, Ulm University, 89069 Ulm, Germany.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9391-4850
Julia WörtzMolecular Biology and Biotechnology of Prokaryotes, Ulm University, 89069 Ulm, Germany.
Victoria SmithSchool of Life Sciences, Queen's Medical Centre, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, NG7 2UH, United Kingdom.
Aris-Edda StachlerMolecular Biology and Biotechnology of Prokaryotes, Ulm University, 89069 Ulm, Germany.
Fabienne BlauMolecular Biology and Biotechnology of Prokaryotes, Ulm University, 89069 Ulm, Germany.
Michelle DarathaMolecular Biology and Biotechnology of Prokaryotes, Ulm University, 89069 Ulm, Germany.
Lisa-Katharina MaierMolecular Biology and Biotechnology of Prokaryotes, Ulm University, 89069 Ulm, Germany.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5834-9035
Thorsten AllersSchool of Life Sciences, Queen's Medical Centre, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, NG7 2UH, United Kingdom.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7308-3332
Anita MarchfelderMolecular Biology and Biotechnology of Prokaryotes, Ulm University, 89069 Ulm, Germany.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1382-1794

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

DNA repair processes are the foundation for genome integrity and survival, especially in extreme environments where DNA damage occurs more frequently and where archaea are found. Nevertheless, first-hand experimental information on repair pathways in archaea is scarce, and assignment of repair proteins is currently largely based on homology. We showed previously that DNA lesions induced by clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats Cas (CRISPR-Cas) self-targeting are repaired by microhomology-mediated end joining (MMEJ). To identify proteins involved in the archaeal MMEJ pathway, we used deletion strains devoid of proteins assigned to the key steps of MMEJ, to examine changes in the repair outcome. In addition, we used aphidicolin to inhibit the activity of the essential PolB1 protein. For the first time, we were thereby able to experimentally identify proteins involved in this repair pathway in the euryarchaeal model organism

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archaeaCas1Cas3CRISPR–CasDNA double-strand breaksDNA repairend-joiningFen1Haloferax volcaniiHel308aLigALigNMMEJMre11PolB1Rad50

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PMID40698183
PMCPMC12281630

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