CRISPR-Cas12a-mediated DNA clamping triggers target-strand cleavage.
CRISPR-Cas12a-mediated DNA clamping triggers target-strand cleavage.
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10.1038/s41589-022-01082-8
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发表时间:
2022-09
影响因子:
14.8
通讯作者:
Szczelkun MD
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作者:
Naqvi MM;Lee L;Montaguth OET;Diffin FM;Szczelkun MD
Clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats (CRISPR)–Cas12a is widely used for genome editing and diagnostics, so it is important to understand how RNA-guided DNA recognition activates the cleavage of the target strand (TS) following non-target-strand (NTS) cleavage. Here we used single-molecule magnetic tweezers, gel-based assays and nanopore sequencing to explore DNA unwinding and cleavage. In addition to dynamic and heterogenous R-loop formation, we also directly observed transient double-stranded DNA unwinding downstream of the 20-bp heteroduplex and, following NTS cleavage, formation of a hyperstable ‘clamped’ Cas12a–DNA intermediate necessary for TS cleavage. Annealing of a 4-nucleotide 3′ CRISPR RNA overhang to the unwound TS downstream of the heteroduplex inhibited clamping and slowed TS cleavage by ~16-fold. Alanine substitution of a conserved aromatic amino acid in the REC2 subdomain that normally caps the R-loop relieved this inhibition but favoured stabilisation of unwound states, suggesting that the REC2 subdomain regulates access of the 3′ CRISPR RNA to downstream DNA. Using single-molecule magnetic tweezers and biochemical methods, Naqvi et al. revealed how CRISPR–Cas12a regulates the DNA cleavage rate through a conserved stacking interaction between the R-loop and the W355 residue and the sequence of the CRISPR RNA 3′ end.
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