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Journal Article
Structure and mechanism of a Type III CRISPR defence DNA nuclease activated by cyclic oligoadenylate
2020
Overview
The CRISPR system provides adaptive immunity against mobile genetic elements in prokaryotes. On binding invading RNA species, Type III CRISPR systems generate cyclic oligoadenylate (cOA) signalling molecules, potentiating a powerful immune response by activating downstream effector proteins, leading to viral clearance, cell dormancy or death. Here we describe the structure and mechanism of a cOA-activated CRISPR defence DNA endonuclease, CRISPR ancillary nuclease 1 (Can1). Can1 has a unique monomeric structure with two CRISPR associated Rossman fold (CARF) domains and two DNA nuclease-like domains. The crystal structure of the enzyme has been captured in the activated state, with a cyclic tetra-adenylate (cA
4
) molecule bound at the core of the protein. cA
4
binding reorganises the structure to license a metal-dependent DNA nuclease activity specific for nicking of supercoiled DNA. DNA nicking by Can1 is predicted to slow down viral replication kinetics by leading to the collapse of DNA replication forks.
Antiviral defence type III CRISPR systems produce cyclic oligoadenylates (cOA) as second messengers that activate downstream effectors. Here the authors present the crystal structure of the type III CRISPR defence DNA nuclease Can1 in complex with cyclic tetra-adenylate (cA
4
) and show that Can1 nicks supercoiled DNA.
Publisher
Nature Publishing Group UK,Nature Publishing Group,Nature Portfolio
Subject
/ 82/29
/ Adenine Nucleotides - pharmacology
/ Binding
/ Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats - genetics
/ Collapse
/ CRISPR
/ DNA
/ Domains
/ Dormancy
/ Humanities and Social Sciences
/ Nuclease
/ Oligoribonucleotides - pharmacology
/ Proteins
/ RNA
/ Science
