Identification of Spacer and Protospacer Sequence Requirements in the Vibrio cholerae Type I-E CRISPR/Cas System.

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Jacob BourgeoisAndrew Camilli

Abstract

The prokaryotic adaptive immune system CRISPR/Cas serves as a defense against bacteriophage and invasive nucleic acids. A type I-E CRISPR/Cas system has been detected in classical biotype isolates of Vibrio cholerae, the causative agent of the disease cholera. Experimental characterization of this system revealed a functional immune system that operates using a 5'-TT-3' protospacer-adjacent motif (PAM) for interference. However, several designed spacers against the 5'-TT-3' PAM do not interfere as expected, indicating that further investigation of this system is necessary. In this study, we identified additional conserved sequences, including a pyrimidine in the 5' position of the spacer and a purine in the complementary position of the protospacer using 873 unique spacers and 2,267 protospacers mined from CRISPR arrays in deposited sequences of V. cholerae We present bioinformatic evidence that during acquisition the protospacer purine is captured in the prespacer and that a 5'-RTT-3' PAM is necessary for spacer acquisition. Finally, we demonstrate experimentally, by designing and manipulating spacer and cognate PAMs in a plasmid conjugation assay, that a 5'-RTT-3' PAM is necessary for CRISPR interference, and we discover func...Continue Reading

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