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Xie C, Lu D. Evolution and diversity of the hepatitis B virus genome: Clinical implications. Virology 2024; 598:110197. [PMID: 39098184 DOI: 10.1016/j.virol.2024.110197] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/23/2024] [Revised: 07/14/2024] [Accepted: 07/30/2024] [Indexed: 08/06/2024]
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Hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection remains a significant global health burden. The genetic variation of HBV is complex. HBV can be divided into nine genotypes, which show significant differences in geographical distribution, clinical manifestations, transmission routes and treatment response. In recent years, substantial progress has been made through various research methods in understanding the development, pathogenesis, and antiviral treatment response of clinical disease associated with HBV genetic variants. This progress provides important theoretical support for a deeper understanding of the natural history of HBV infection, virus detection, drug treatment, vaccine development, mother-to-child transmission, and surveillance management. This review summarizes the mechanisms of HBV diversity, discusses methods used to detect viral diversity in current studies, and the impact of viral genome variation during infection on the development of clinical disease.
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- Chengzuo Xie
- Guangzhou Institutes of Biomedicine and Health, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, China
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- Institute of Molecular and Medical Virology, Key Laboratory of Ministry of Education for Viral Pathogenesis & Infection Prevention and Control, School of Medicine, Jinan University, Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, 510632, China.
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Bradley CC, Wang C, Gordon AJE, Wen AX, Luna PN, Cooke MB, Kohrn BF, Kennedy SR, Avadhanula V, Piedra PA, Lichtarge O, Shaw CA, Ronca SE, Herman C. Targeted accurate RNA consensus sequencing (tARC-seq) reveals mechanisms of replication error affecting SARS-CoV-2 divergence. Nat Microbiol 2024; 9:1382-1392. [PMID: 38649410 DOI: 10.1038/s41564-024-01655-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/04/2023] [Accepted: 02/28/2024] [Indexed: 04/25/2024]
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RNA viruses, like SARS-CoV-2, depend on their RNA-dependent RNA polymerases (RdRp) for replication, which is error prone. Monitoring replication errors is crucial for understanding the virus's evolution. Current methods lack the precision to detect rare de novo RNA mutations, particularly in low-input samples such as those from patients. Here we introduce a targeted accurate RNA consensus sequencing method (tARC-seq) to accurately determine the mutation frequency and types in SARS-CoV-2, both in cell culture and clinical samples. Our findings show an average of 2.68 × 10-5 de novo errors per cycle with a C > T bias that cannot be solely attributed to APOBEC editing. We identified hotspots and cold spots throughout the genome, correlating with high or low GC content, and pinpointed transcription regulatory sites as regions more susceptible to errors. tARC-seq captured template switching events including insertions, deletions and complex mutations. These insights shed light on the genetic diversity generation and evolutionary dynamics of SARS-CoV-2.
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- Catherine C Bradley
- Department of Molecular and Human Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA
- Baylor College of Medicine Medical Scientist Training Program, Houston, TX, USA
- Robert and Janice McNair Foundation/ McNair Medical Institute M.D./Ph.D. Scholars program, Houston, TX, USA
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- Department of Molecular and Human Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA
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- Department of Molecular and Human Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA
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- Department of Molecular and Human Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA
- Baylor College of Medicine Medical Scientist Training Program, Houston, TX, USA
- Robert and Janice McNair Foundation/ McNair Medical Institute M.D./Ph.D. Scholars program, Houston, TX, USA
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- Department of Molecular and Human Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA
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- Department of Molecular and Human Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Department of Molecular Virology and Microbiology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA
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- Department of Molecular Virology and Microbiology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA
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- Department of Molecular and Human Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA
- Dan L. Duncan Cancer Center, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA
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- Department of Molecular and Human Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA
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- Department of Molecular Virology and Microbiology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA
- Feigin Biosafety Level 3 Facility, Texas Children's Hospital, Houston, TX, USA
- National School of Tropical Medicine, Department of Pediatrics Tropical Medicine, Texas Children's Hospital and Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA
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- Department of Molecular and Human Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA.
- Department of Molecular Virology and Microbiology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA.
- Dan L. Duncan Cancer Center, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA.
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Gao S, Guan H, Bloomer H, Wich D, Song D, Khirallah J, Ye Z, Zhao Y, Chen M, Xu C, Liu L, Xu Q. Harnessing non-Watson-Crick's base pairing to enhance CRISPR effectors cleavage activities and enable gene editing in mammalian cells. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2024; 121:e2308415120. [PMID: 38150477 PMCID: PMC10786293 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2308415120] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/19/2023] [Accepted: 11/21/2023] [Indexed: 12/29/2023] Open
Abstract
Genomic DNA of the cyanophage S-2L virus is composed of 2-aminoadenine (Z), thymine (T), guanine (G), and cytosine (C), forming the genetic alphabet ZTGC, which violates Watson-Crick base pairing rules. The Z-base has an extra amino group on the two position that allows the formation of a third hydrogen bond with thymine in DNA strands. Here, we explored and expanded applications of this non-Watson-Crick base pairing in protein expression and gene editing. Both ZTGC-DNA (Z-DNA) and ZUGC-RNA (Z-RNA) produced in vitro show detectable compatibility and can be decoded in mammalian cells, including Homo sapiens cells. Z-crRNA can guide CRISPR-effectors SpCas9 and LbCas12a to cleave specific DNA through non-Watson-Crick base pairing and boost cleavage activities compared to A-crRNA. Z-crRNA can also allow for efficient gene and base editing in human cells. Together, our results help pave the way for potential strategies for optimizing DNA or RNA payloads for gene editing therapeutics and give insights to understanding the natural Z-DNA genome.
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- Shuliang Gao
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Tufts University, Medford, MA02155
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Tufts University, Medford, MA02155
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Tufts University, Medford, MA02155
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Tufts University, Medford, MA02155
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Tufts University, Medford, MA02155
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Tufts University, Medford, MA02155
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Tufts University, Medford, MA02155
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Tufts University, Medford, MA02155
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Tufts University, Medford, MA02155
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Tufts University, Medford, MA02155
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Tufts University, Medford, MA02155
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Tufts University, Medford, MA02155
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Wee LM, Tong AB, Florez Ariza AJ, Cañari-Chumpitaz C, Grob P, Nogales E, Bustamante CJ. A trailing ribosome speeds up RNA polymerase at the expense of transcript fidelity via force and allostery. Cell 2023; 186:1244-1262.e34. [PMID: 36931247 PMCID: PMC10135430 DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2023.02.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/12/2022] [Revised: 11/14/2022] [Accepted: 02/06/2023] [Indexed: 03/18/2023]
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In prokaryotes, translation can occur on mRNA that is being transcribed in a process called coupling. How the ribosome affects the RNA polymerase (RNAP) during coupling is not well understood. Here, we reconstituted the E. coli coupling system and demonstrated that the ribosome can prevent pausing and termination of RNAP and double the overall transcription rate at the expense of fidelity. Moreover, we monitored single RNAPs coupled to ribosomes and show that coupling increases the pause-free velocity of the polymerase and that a mechanical assisting force is sufficient to explain the majority of the effects of coupling. Also, by cryo-EM, we observed that RNAPs with a terminal mismatch adopt a backtracked conformation, while a coupled ribosome allosterically induces these polymerases toward a catalytically active anti-swiveled state. Finally, we demonstrate that prolonged RNAP pausing is detrimental to cell viability, which could be prevented by polymerase reactivation through a coupled ribosome.
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- Liang Meng Wee
- QB3-Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA; Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA
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- QB3-Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA; Department of Chemistry, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA
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- QB3-Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA; Biophysics Graduate Group, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA
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- QB3-Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA; Department of Chemistry, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA; Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA
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- QB3-Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA; Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA; Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA
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- QB3-Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA; Biophysics Graduate Group, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA; Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA; Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA; Molecular Biophysics and Integrated Bioimaging Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, USA.
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- QB3-Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA; Biophysics Graduate Group, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA; Department of Chemistry, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA; Department of Physics, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA; Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA; Kavli Energy Nanoscience Institute, Berkeley, CA, USA; Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA; Molecular Biophysics and Integrated Bioimaging Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, USA.
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Romero Romero ML, Landerer C, Poehls J, Toth‐Petroczy A. Phenotypic mutations contribute to protein diversity and shape protein evolution. Protein Sci 2022; 31:e4397. [PMID: 36040266 PMCID: PMC9375231 DOI: 10.1002/pro.4397] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/14/2022] [Revised: 06/14/2022] [Accepted: 07/04/2022] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Errors in DNA replication generate genetic mutations, while errors in transcription and translation lead to phenotypic mutations. Phenotypic mutations are orders of magnitude more frequent than genetic ones, yet they are less understood. Here, we review the types of phenotypic mutations, their quantifications, and their role in protein evolution and disease. The diversity generated by phenotypic mutation can facilitate adaptive evolution. Indeed, phenotypic mutations, such as ribosomal frameshift and stop codon readthrough, sometimes serve to regulate protein expression and function. Phenotypic mutations have often been linked to fitness decrease and diseases. Thus, understanding the protein heterogeneity and phenotypic diversity caused by phenotypic mutations will advance our understanding of protein evolution and have implications on human health and diseases.
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- Maria Luisa Romero Romero
- Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics Dresden Germany
- Center for Systems Biology Dresden Dresden Germany
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- Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics Dresden Germany
- Center for Systems Biology Dresden Dresden Germany
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- Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics Dresden Germany
- Center for Systems Biology Dresden Dresden Germany
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- Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics Dresden Germany
- Center for Systems Biology Dresden Dresden Germany
- Cluster of Excellence Physics of Life TU Dresden Dresden Germany
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Miropolskaya N, Petushkov I, Esyunina D, Kulbachinskiy A. Suppressor mutations in Escherichia coli RNA polymerase alter transcription initiation but do not affect translesion RNA synthesis in vitro. J Biol Chem 2022; 298:102099. [PMID: 35667439 PMCID: PMC9254596 DOI: 10.1016/j.jbc.2022.102099] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/28/2021] [Revised: 05/04/2022] [Accepted: 05/05/2022] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
Abstract
Bacterial RNA polymerase (RNAP) coordinates transcription with DNA repair and replication. Many RNAP mutations have pleiotropic phenotypes with profound effects on transcription-coupled processes. One class of RNAP mutations (rpo*) has been shown to suppress mutations in regulatory factors responsible for changes in gene expression during stationary phase or starvation, as well as in factors involved in the restoration of replication forks after DNA damage. These mutations were suggested to affect the ability of RNAP to transcribe damaged DNA and to decrease the stability of transcription complexes, thus facilitating their dislodging during DNA replication and repair, although this was not explicitly demonstrated. Here, we obtained nine mutations of this class located around the DNA/RNA binding cleft of E. coli RNAP and analyzed their transcription properties in vitro. We found that these mutations decreased promoter complex stability to varying degrees and all decreased the activity of rRNA promoters. However, they did not have strong effects on elongation complex stability. Some mutations were shown to stimulate transcriptional pauses or decrease intrinsic RNA cleavage by RNAP, but none altered the ability of RNAP to transcribe DNA templates containing damaged nucleotides. Thus, we conclude that the suppressor phenotypes of the mutations are unlikely to result from direct effects on DNA lesion recognition by RNAP but may be primarily explained by changes in transcription initiation. Further analysis of the effects of these mutations on the genomic distribution of RNAP and its interactions with regulatory factors will be essential for understanding their diverse phenotypes in vivo.
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- Nataliya Miropolskaya
- Institute of Molecular Genetics, National Research Center "Kurchatov Institute", Moscow, Russia
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- Institute of Molecular Genetics, National Research Center "Kurchatov Institute", Moscow, Russia
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- Institute of Molecular Genetics, National Research Center "Kurchatov Institute", Moscow, Russia.
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- Institute of Molecular Genetics, National Research Center "Kurchatov Institute", Moscow, Russia.
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Wang LX, Tao S, Zhang YC, Pei XG, Gao Y, Song XY, Yu ZT, Gao CF. Overexpression of ATP-binding cassette transporter Mdr49-like confers resistance to imidacloprid in the field populations of brown planthopper, Nilaparvata lugens. PEST MANAGEMENT SCIENCE 2022; 78:579-590. [PMID: 34596946 DOI: 10.1002/ps.6666] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/27/2021] [Accepted: 10/01/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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BACKGROUND The brown planthopper (BPH), Nilaparvata lugens (Stål), is the most severe pest attacking rice crops using sucking mouthparts. It causes significant damages to rice growth and food production worldwide. With the long-term and wide use of insecticides, field populations of BPH have developed resistance to many insecticides. RESULTS Here, we showed that upregulation of an ATP-binding cassette transporter gene NlMdr49-like contributes to imidacloprid resistance in field populations of BPH. A comparative transcriptome analysis was performed to evaluate the gene expression in two field populations (JXSG18 and YNTC18). Compared with a susceptible strain (Sus), 202 upregulated genes and 170 downregulated genes were identified in both field populations. Functional enrichment analysis revealed that the differentially expressed genes (DEGs) are mainly linked to metabolic process and transmembrane transport. Among the candidate DEGs, NlMdr49-like was significantly upregulated in both field populations. Based on the genome and transcriptome of BPH, the full-length complementary DNA of NlMdr49-like was sequenced and its molecular characteristics were analyzed. Expression pattern analysis of various tissues showed that NlMdr49-like was predominantly expressed in midgut and Malpighian tubules which are important excretion organs. Knocking down NlMdr49-like reduced BPH resistance to imidacloprid, but did not affect its resistance to the other nine insecticides (chlorpyrifos, thiamethoxam, nitenpyram, dinotefuran, sulfoxaflor, triflumezopyrim, ethiprole, buprofezin and pymetrozine). Furthermore, a transgenic strain of Drosophila melanogaster overexpressing NlMdr49-like was less susceptible to imidacloprid. CONCLUSIONS Our findings indicate that upregulation of NlMdr49-like is another mechanism contributing to imidacloprid resistance in N. lugens. This result is helpful to further understand the resistance mechanism of N. lugens to imidacloprid. © 2021 Society of Chemical Industry.
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- Li-Xiang Wang
- College of Plant Protection, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, China
- State & Local Joint Engineering Research Center of Green Pesticide Invention and Application, Nanjing, China
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- College of Plant Protection, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, China
- State & Local Joint Engineering Research Center of Green Pesticide Invention and Application, Nanjing, China
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- College of Plant Protection, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, China
- State & Local Joint Engineering Research Center of Green Pesticide Invention and Application, Nanjing, China
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- College of Plant Protection, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, China
- State & Local Joint Engineering Research Center of Green Pesticide Invention and Application, Nanjing, China
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- College of Plant Protection, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, China
- State & Local Joint Engineering Research Center of Green Pesticide Invention and Application, Nanjing, China
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- College of Plant Protection, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, China
- State & Local Joint Engineering Research Center of Green Pesticide Invention and Application, Nanjing, China
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- College of Plant Protection, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, China
- State & Local Joint Engineering Research Center of Green Pesticide Invention and Application, Nanjing, China
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- College of Plant Protection, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, China
- State & Local Joint Engineering Research Center of Green Pesticide Invention and Application, Nanjing, China
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Zuo X, Chou T. Density- and elongation speed-dependent error correction in RNA polymerization. Phys Biol 2021; 19. [PMID: 34937012 DOI: 10.1088/1478-3975/ac45e2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/08/2021] [Accepted: 12/22/2021] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Backtracking of RNA polymerase (RNAP) is an important pausing mechanism during DNA transcription that is part of the error correction process that enhances transcription fidelity. We model the backtracking mechanism of RNA polymerase, which usually happens when the polymerase tries to incorporate a noncognate or "mismatched" nucleotide triphosphate. Previous models have made simplifying assumptions such as neglecting the trailing polymerase behind the backtracking polymerase or assuming that the trailing polymerase is stationary. We derive exact analytic solutions of a stochastic model that includes locally interacting RNAPs by explicitly showing how a trailing RNAP influences the probability that an error is corrected or incorporated by the leading backtracking RNAP. We also provide two related methods for computing the mean times for error correction and incorporation given an initial local RNAP configuration. Using these results, we propose an effective interacting-RNAP lattice that can be readily simulated.
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- Xinzhe Zuo
- Department of Mathematics, University of California - Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1555, USA, Los Angeles, California, 90095, UNITED STATES
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- Department of Mathematics, University of California - Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1555, USA, Los Angeles, California, 90095, UNITED STATES
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Palo MZ, Zhu J, Mishanina TV, Landick R. Conserved Trigger Loop Histidine of RNA Polymerase II Functions as a Positional Catalyst Primarily through Steric Effects. Biochemistry 2021; 60:3323-3336. [PMID: 34705427 DOI: 10.1021/acs.biochem.1c00528] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
Abstract
In all domains of life, multisubunit RNA polymerases (RNAPs) catalyze both the extension of mRNA transcripts by nucleotide addition and the hydrolysis of RNA, which enables proofreading by removal of misincorporated nucleotides. A highly conserved catalytic module within RNAPs called the trigger loop (TL) functions as the key controller of these activities. The TL is proposed to act as a positional catalyst of phosphoryl transfer and transcript cleavage via electrostatic and steric contacts with substrates in its folded helical form. The function of a near-universally conserved TL histidine that contacts NTP phosphates is of particular interest. Despite its exceptional conservation, substitutions of the TL His with Gln support efficient catalysis in bacterial and yeast RNAPs. Unlike bacterial TLs, which contain a nearby Arg, the TL His is the only acid-base catalyst candidate in the eukaryotic RNAPII TL. Nonetheless, replacement of the TL His with Leu is reported to support cell growth in yeast, suggesting that even hydrogen bonding and polarity at this position may be dispensable for efficient catalysis by RNAPII. To test how a TL His-to-Leu substitution affects the enzymatic functions of RNAPII, we compared its rates of nucleotide addition, pyrophosphorolysis, and RNA hydrolysis to those of the wild-type RNAPII enzyme. The His-to-Leu substitution slightly reduced rates of phosphoryl transfer with little if any effect on intrinsic transcript cleavage. These findings indicate that the highly conserved TL His is neither an obligate acid-base catalyst nor a polar contact for NTP phosphates but instead functions as a positional catalyst mainly through steric effects.
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- Michael Z Palo
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, United States
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, United States
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, United States
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, United States.,Department of Bacteriology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, United States
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Zhang A, Chen Z, Li M, Qiu H, Lawrence S, Bak H, Li N. A general evidence-based sequence variant control limit for recombinant therapeutic protein development. MAbs 2021; 12:1791399. [PMID: 32744138 PMCID: PMC7531532 DOI: 10.1080/19420862.2020.1791399] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
Abstract
Sequence variants (SVs) resulting from unintended amino acid substitutions in recombinant therapeutic proteins have increasingly gained attention from both regulatory agencies and the biopharmaceutical industry given their potential impact on efficacy and safety. With well-optimized production systems, such sequence variants usually exist at very low levels in the final protein products due to the high fidelity of DNA replication and protein biosynthesis process in mammalian expression systems such as Chinese hamster ovary cell lines. However, their levels can be significantly elevated in cases where the selected production cell line has unexpected DNA mutations or the manufacturing process is not fully optimized, for example, if depletion of certain amino acids occurs in the cell culture media in bioreactors. Therefore, it is important to design and implement an effective monitoring and control strategy to prevent or minimize the possible risks of SVs during the early stage of product and process development. However, there is no well-established guidance from the regulatory agencies or consensus across the industry to assess and manage SV risks. A question frequently asked is: What levels of SVs can be considered acceptable during product and process development, but also have no negative effects on drug safety and efficacy in patients? To address this critical question, we have taken a holistic approach and conducted a comprehensive sequence variant analysis. To guide biologic development, a general SV control limit of 0.1% at individual amino acid sites was proposed and properly justified based on extensive literature review, SV benchmark survey of approved therapeutic proteins, and accumulated experience on SV control practice at Regeneron.
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- Aming Zhang
- Analytical Chemistry, Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc ., Tarrytown, New York, USA
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- Analytical Chemistry, Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc ., Tarrytown, New York, USA
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- Analytical Chemistry, Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc ., Tarrytown, New York, USA
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- Analytical Chemistry, Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc ., Tarrytown, New York, USA
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- Preclinical Manufacturing and Process Development , Tarrytown, New York, USA
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- Analytical Chemistry, Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc ., Tarrytown, New York, USA
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- Analytical Chemistry, Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc ., Tarrytown, New York, USA
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Wang Y, Chong TH, Unarta IC, Xu X, Suarez GD, Wang J, Lis JT, Huang X, Cheung PPH. EmPC-seq: Accurate RNA-sequencing and Bioinformatics Platform to Map RNA Polymerases and Remove Background Error. Bio Protoc 2021; 11:e3921. [PMID: 33732808 PMCID: PMC7952946 DOI: 10.21769/bioprotoc.3921] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/02/2020] [Revised: 12/24/2020] [Accepted: 12/27/2020] [Indexed: 11/02/2022] Open
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Transcription errors can substantially affect metabolic processes in organisms by altering the epigenome and causing misincorporations in mRNA, which is translated into aberrant mutant proteins. Moreover, within eukaryotic genomes there are specific Transcription Error-Enriched genomic Loci (TEELs) which are transcribed by RNA polymerases with significantly higher error rates and hypothesized to have implications in cancer, aging, and diseases such as Down syndrome and Alzheimer's. Therefore, research into transcription errors is of growing importance within the field of genetics. Nevertheless, methodological barriers limit the progress in accurately identifying transcription errors. Pro-Seq and NET-Seq can purify nascent RNA and map RNA polymerases along the genome but cannot be used to identify transcriptional mutations. Here we present background Error Model-coupled Precision nuclear run-on Circular-sequencing (EmPC-seq), a method combining a nuclear run-on assay and circular sequencing with a background error model to precisely detect nascent transcription errors and effectively discern TEELs within the genome.
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- Yuqing Wang
- The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology -Shenzhen Research Institute, Shenzhen, China
- Bioengineering Graduate Program, Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong SAR
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- Department of Chemistry, State Key Laboratory of Molecular Neuroscience, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong SAR
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- Bioengineering Graduate Program, Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong SAR
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- Bioengineering Graduate Program, Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong SAR
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- Department of Chemistry, State Key Laboratory of Molecular Neuroscience, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong SAR
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- Bioengineering Graduate Program, Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong SAR
- Division of Life Science, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong SAR
- Hong Kong Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases, Hong Kong Science Park, Hong Kong SAR
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Cornell University, Ithaca, USA
- The HKUST Jockey Club Institute for Advanced Study (IAS), The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong SAR
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- The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology -Shenzhen Research Institute, Shenzhen, China
- Bioengineering Graduate Program, Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong SAR
- Department of Chemistry, State Key Laboratory of Molecular Neuroscience, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong SAR
- Hong Kong Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases, Hong Kong Science Park, Hong Kong SAR
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- The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology -Shenzhen Research Institute, Shenzhen, China
- Department of Chemistry, State Key Laboratory of Molecular Neuroscience, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong SAR
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Imashimizu M, Tanaka M, Hoshina H. Gre factors prevent thermal and mechanical stresses induced by terahertz irradiation during transcription. Genes Cells 2020; 26:56-64. [PMID: 33247986 DOI: 10.1111/gtc.12822] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/21/2020] [Revised: 11/18/2020] [Accepted: 11/21/2020] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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During transcription in cells, the transcription complex consisting of RNA polymerase, DNA and nascent RNA is exposed to fluctuating temperature and pressure. However, little is known about the mechanism of transcriptional homeostasis under fluctuating physical parameters. In this study, we generated these fluctuating parameters using pulsed local heating and acoustic waves in the reaction system of transcription by Escherichia coli RNA polymerase, using a terahertz free-electron laser. We demonstrated that transcription processes, including abortive initiation and elongation pausing, and the fidelity of elongation are significantly affected by the laser-based local perturbations. We also found that all these functional alternations in the transcription process are almost completely mitigated by the presence of Gre proteins. It is well known that Gre proteins enhance RNA cleavage of polymerase by binding to the pore structure termed secondary channel. Recently, the chaperone activities have also been proposed for Gre proteins, yet the details directly associated with transcription are largely unknown. Our finding indicates that Gre proteins are necessary for maintaining transcriptional homeostasis under thermal and mechanical stresses.
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- Masahiko Imashimizu
- Cellular and Molecular Biotechnology Research Institute, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Tokyo, Japan
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- Research Institute for Measurement and Analytical Instrumentation, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Tsukuba, Japan
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- Terahertz Sensing and Imaging Team, Center for Advanced Photonics, RIKEN, Sendai, Miyagi, Japan
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Gelbart M, Harari S, Ben-Ari Y, Kustin T, Wolf D, Mandelboim M, Mor O, Pennings PS, Stern A. Drivers of within-host genetic diversity in acute infections of viruses. PLoS Pathog 2020; 16:e1009029. [PMID: 33147296 PMCID: PMC7668575 DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1009029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/08/2020] [Revised: 11/16/2020] [Accepted: 10/04/2020] [Indexed: 12/01/2022] Open
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Genetic diversity is the fuel of evolution and facilitates adaptation to novel environments. However, our understanding of what drives differences in the genetic diversity during the early stages of viral infection is somewhat limited. Here, we use ultra-deep sequencing to interrogate 43 clinical samples taken from early infections of the human-infecting viruses HIV, RSV and CMV. Hundreds to thousands of virus templates were sequenced per sample, allowing us to reveal dramatic differences in within-host genetic diversity among virus populations. We found that increased diversity was mostly driven by presence of multiple divergent genotypes in HIV and CMV samples, which we suggest reflect multiple transmitted/founder viruses. Conversely, we detected an abundance of low frequency hyper-edited genomes in RSV samples, presumably reflecting defective virus genomes (DVGs). We suggest that RSV is characterized by higher levels of cellular co-infection, which allow for complementation and hence elevated levels of DVGs. The few days or weeks following infection with a virus, termed acute infection, are critical for virus establishment. Here we sought to characterize what leads to differences in the genetic diversity of different viruses sampled during acute infection. We performed ultra-deep sequencing of hundreds to thousands viral genomes from forty-three samples spanning three pathogenic human viruses: HIV, RSV and CMV. We found major differences in the genetic diversity of these different viruses, and in different patients infected with the same virus. We investigated the factors responsible for these differences. We found that the DNA virus CMV was less diverse, most likely since it has a lower mutation rate than the RNA viruses HIV and RSV. We also found that the samples with the highest genetic diversity, which included one CMV sample and two HIV samples, bore evidence for multiple genotype infection. In other words, patients from whom these samples were taken were infected with two different “strains” of the virus. Finally, we also found evidence that viral genomes of HIV, and in particular RSV, are edited by the innate immune system of the host, leading to the presence of defective virus genomes.
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- Maoz Gelbart
- The Shmunis School of Biomedicine and Cancer Research, George S. Wise Faculty of Life Sciences, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
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- The Shmunis School of Biomedicine and Cancer Research, George S. Wise Faculty of Life Sciences, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
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- The Shmunis School of Biomedicine and Cancer Research, George S. Wise Faculty of Life Sciences, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
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- The Shmunis School of Biomedicine and Cancer Research, George S. Wise Faculty of Life Sciences, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
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- Clinical Virology Unit, Hadassah Hebrew University Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel
- The Lautenberg Center for General and Tumor Immunology, IMRIC, the Faculty of Medicine, the Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel
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- Central Virology Laboratory, Ministry of Health, Sheba Medical Center, Ramat-Gan, Israel
- Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, School of Public Health, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
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- Central Virology Laboratory, Ministry of Health, Sheba Medical Center, Ramat-Gan, Israel
- Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
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- Department of Biology, San Francisco State University, San Francisco, California, United States of America
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- The Shmunis School of Biomedicine and Cancer Research, George S. Wise Faculty of Life Sciences, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
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The evolution and clinical impact of hepatitis B virus genome diversity. Nat Rev Gastroenterol Hepatol 2020; 17:618-634. [PMID: 32467580 DOI: 10.1038/s41575-020-0296-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 92] [Impact Index Per Article: 23.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 03/20/2020] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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The global burden of hepatitis B virus (HBV) is enormous, with 257 million persons chronically infected, resulting in more than 880,000 deaths per year worldwide. HBV exists as nine different genotypes, which differ in disease progression, natural history and response to therapy. HBV is an ancient virus, with the latest reports greatly expanding the host range of the Hepadnaviridae (to include fish and reptiles) and casting new light on the origins and evolution of this viral family. Although there is an effective preventive vaccine, there is no cure for chronic hepatitis B, largely owing to the persistence of a viral minichromosome that is not targeted by current therapies. HBV persistence is also facilitated through aberrant host immune responses, possibly due to the diverse intra-host viral populations that can respond to host-mounted and therapeutic selection pressures. This Review summarizes current knowledge on the influence of HBV diversity on disease progression and treatment response and the potential effect on new HBV therapies in the pipeline. The mechanisms by which HBV diversity can occur both within the individual host and at a population level are also discussed.
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Han NC, Kelly P, Ibba M. Translational quality control and reprogramming during stress adaptation. Exp Cell Res 2020; 394:112161. [PMID: 32619498 DOI: 10.1016/j.yexcr.2020.112161] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/31/2020] [Revised: 06/26/2020] [Accepted: 06/29/2020] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Organisms encounter stress throughout their lives, and therefore require the ability to respond rapidly to environmental changes. Although transcriptional responses are crucial for controlling changes in gene expression, regulation at the translational level often allows for a faster response at the protein levels which permits immediate adaptation. The fidelity and robustness of protein synthesis are actively regulated under stress. For example, mistranslation can be beneficial to cells upon environmental changes and also alters cellular stress responses. Additionally, stress modulates both global and selective translational regulation through mechanisms including the change of aminoacyl-tRNA activity, tRNA pool reprogramming and ribosome heterogeneity. In this review, we draw on studies from both the prokaryotic and eukaryotic systems to discuss current findings of cellular adaptation at the level of translation, specifically translational fidelity and activity changes in response to a wide array of environmental stressors including oxidative stress, nutrient depletion, temperature variation, antibiotics and host colonization.
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- Nien-Ching Han
- Department of Microbiology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, 43220, USA
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- The Ohio State University Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology Program, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, 43220, USA
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- Department of Microbiology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, 43220, USA.
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Imashimizu M, Tokunaga Y, Afek A, Takahashi H, Shimamoto N, Lukatsky DB. Control of Transcription Initiation by Biased Thermal Fluctuations on Repetitive Genomic Sequences. Biomolecules 2020; 10:biom10091299. [PMID: 32916947 PMCID: PMC7564750 DOI: 10.3390/biom10091299] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/13/2020] [Revised: 08/23/2020] [Accepted: 09/04/2020] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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In the process of transcription initiation by RNA polymerase, promoter DNA sequences affect multiple reaction pathways determining the productivity of transcription. However, the question of how the molecular mechanism of transcription initiation depends on the sequence properties of promoter DNA remains poorly understood. Here, combining the statistical mechanical approach with high-throughput sequencing results, we characterize abortive transcription and pausing during transcription initiation by Escherichia coli RNA polymerase at a genome-wide level. Our results suggest that initially transcribed sequences, when enriched with thymine bases, contain the signal for inducing abortive transcription, whereas certain repetitive sequence elements embedded in promoter regions constitute the signal for inducing pausing. Both signals decrease the productivity of transcription initiation. Based on solution NMR and in vitro transcription measurements, we suggest that repetitive sequence elements within the promoter DNA modulate the nonlocal base pair stability of its double-stranded form. This stability profoundly influences the reaction coordinates of the productive initiation via pausing.
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- Masahiko Imashimizu
- Cellular and Molecular Biotechnology Research Institute, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Tokyo 135-0064, Japan;
- Correspondence: (M.I.); (D.B.L.); Tel.: +81-3-3599-8232 (M.I.); +972-8642-8370 (D.B.L.)
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- Cellular and Molecular Biotechnology Research Institute, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Tokyo 135-0064, Japan;
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- Center for Genomic and Computational Biology, Department of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics, Duke University, Durham, NC 27708, USA;
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- Medical Mycology Research Center, Chiba University, Chiba 260-8673, Japan;
- Molecular Chirality Research Center, Chiba University, Chiba 263-8522, Japan
- Plant Molecular Science Center, Chiba University, Chiba 260-8675, Japan
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- National Institute of Genetics, Mishima, Shizuoka 411-8540, Japan;
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- Department of Chemistry, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva 8410501, Israel
- Correspondence: (M.I.); (D.B.L.); Tel.: +81-3-3599-8232 (M.I.); +972-8642-8370 (D.B.L.)
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Martín-Alonso S, Frutos-Beltrán E, Menéndez-Arias L. Reverse Transcriptase: From Transcriptomics to Genome Editing. Trends Biotechnol 2020; 39:194-210. [PMID: 32653101 DOI: 10.1016/j.tibtech.2020.06.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/19/2020] [Revised: 06/10/2020] [Accepted: 06/15/2020] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Reverse transcriptases (RTs) are enzymes that can generate a complementary strand of DNA (cDNA) from RNA. Coupled with PCR, RTs have been widely used to detect RNAs and to clone expressed genes. Classical retroviral RTs have been improved by protein engineering. These enzymes and newly characterized RTs are key elements in the development of next-generation sequencing techniques that are now being applied to the study of transcriptomics. In addition, engineered RTs fused to a CRISPR/Cas9 nickase have recently shown great potential as tools to manipulate eukaryotic genomes. In this review, we discuss the properties and uses of wild type and engineered RTs in biotechnological applications, from conventional RT-PCR to recently introduced prime editing.
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- Samara Martín-Alonso
- Centro de Biología Molecular 'Severo Ochoa' (Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas and Universidad Autónoma de Madrid), c/ Nicolás Cabrera 1, Campus de Cantoblanco-UAM, 28049 Madrid, Spain
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- Centro de Biología Molecular 'Severo Ochoa' (Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas and Universidad Autónoma de Madrid), c/ Nicolás Cabrera 1, Campus de Cantoblanco-UAM, 28049 Madrid, Spain
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- Centro de Biología Molecular 'Severo Ochoa' (Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas and Universidad Autónoma de Madrid), c/ Nicolás Cabrera 1, Campus de Cantoblanco-UAM, 28049 Madrid, Spain. @cbm.csic.es
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Cheung PPH, Jiang B, Booth GT, Chong TH, Unarta IC, Wang Y, Suarez GD, Wang J, Lis JT, Huang X. Identifying Transcription Error-Enriched Genomic Loci Using Nuclear Run-on Circular-Sequencing Coupled with Background Error Modeling. J Mol Biol 2020; 432:3933-3949. [PMID: 32325070 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2020.04.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/07/2019] [Revised: 04/08/2020] [Accepted: 04/08/2020] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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RNA polymerase transcribes certain genomic loci with higher errors rates. These transcription error-enriched genomic loci (TEELs) have implications in disease. Current deep-sequencing methods cannot distinguish TEELs from post-transcriptional modifications, stochastic transcription errors, and technical noise, impeding efforts to elucidate the mechanisms linking TEELs to disease. Here, we describe background error model-coupled precision nuclear run-on circular-sequencing (EmPC-seq) to discern genomic regions enriched for transcription misincorporations. EmPC-seq innovatively combines a nuclear run-on assay for capturing nascent RNA before post-transcriptional modifications, a circular-sequencing step that sequences the same nascent RNA molecules multiple times to improve accuracy, and a statistical model for distinguishing error-enriched regions among stochastic polymerase errors. Applying EmPC-seq to the ribosomal RNA transcriptome, we show that TEELs of RNA polymerase I are not randomly distributed but clustered together, with higher error frequencies at nascent transcript 3' ends. Our study establishes a reliable method of identifying TEELs with nucleotide precision, which can help elucidate their molecular origins.
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- Peter Pak-Hang Cheung
- The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology-Shenzhen Research Institute, Hi-Tech Park, Nanshan, Shenzhen 518057, China; Department of Chemistry, Centre of Systems Biology and Human Health, State Key Laboratory of Molecular Neuroscience, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay, Hong Kong
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- Division of Life Science, Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Centre of Systems Biology and Human Health, State Key Laboratory of Molecular Neuroscience, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay, Hong Kong; The HKUST Jockey Club Institute for Advanced Study (IAS), The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay, Hong Kong
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA
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- The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology-Shenzhen Research Institute, Hi-Tech Park, Nanshan, Shenzhen 518057, China
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- Bioengineering Graduate Program, Department of Biological and Chemical Engineering, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay, Hong Kong
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- Bioengineering Graduate Program, Department of Biological and Chemical Engineering, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay, Hong Kong
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- Bioengineering Graduate Program, Department of Biological and Chemical Engineering, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay, Hong Kong
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- Division of Life Science, Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Centre of Systems Biology and Human Health, State Key Laboratory of Molecular Neuroscience, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay, Hong Kong.
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA; The HKUST Jockey Club Institute for Advanced Study (IAS), The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay, Hong Kong.
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- The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology-Shenzhen Research Institute, Hi-Tech Park, Nanshan, Shenzhen 518057, China; Department of Chemistry, Centre of Systems Biology and Human Health, State Key Laboratory of Molecular Neuroscience, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay, Hong Kong; Bioengineering Graduate Program, Department of Biological and Chemical Engineering, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay, Hong Kong.
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Li W, Lynch M. Universally high transcript error rates in bacteria. eLife 2020; 9:54898. [PMID: 32469307 PMCID: PMC7259958 DOI: 10.7554/elife.54898] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/06/2020] [Accepted: 04/28/2020] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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Errors can occur at any level during the replication and transcription of genetic information. Genetic mutations derived mainly from replication errors have been extensively studied. However, fundamental details of transcript errors, such as their rate, molecular spectrum, and functional effects, remain largely unknown. To globally identify transcript errors, we applied an adapted rolling-circle sequencing approach to Escherichia coli, Bacillus subtilis, Agrobacterium tumefaciens, and Mesoplasma florum, revealing transcript-error rates 3 to 4 orders of magnitude higher than the corresponding genetic mutation rates. The majority of detected errors would result in amino-acid changes, if translated. With errors identified from 9929 loci, the molecular spectrum and distribution of errors were uncovered in great detail. A G→A substitution bias was observed in M. florum, which apparently has an error-prone RNA polymerase. Surprisingly, an increased frequency of nonsense errors towards the 3' end of mRNAs was observed, suggesting a Nonsense-Mediated Decay-like quality-control mechanism in prokaryotes.
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- Weiyi Li
- Department of Biology, Indiana University, Bloomington, United States
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- Department of Biology, Indiana University, Bloomington, United States.,Center for Mechanisms of Evolution, The Biodesign Institute, Arizona State University, Tempe, United States
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Gottesman ME, Chudaev M, Mustaev A. Key features of magnesium that underpin its role as the major ion for electrophilic biocatalysis. FEBS J 2020; 287:5439-5463. [DOI: 10.1111/febs.15318] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/30/2019] [Revised: 02/06/2020] [Accepted: 03/30/2020] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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- Max E. Gottesman
- Department of Microbiology & Immunology Columbia University Medical Center New York NY USA
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- Public Health Research Institute & Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics New Jersey Medical School Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences Newark NJ USA
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- Public Health Research Institute & Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics New Jersey Medical School Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences Newark NJ USA
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Riaz-Bradley A, James K, Yuzenkova Y. High intrinsic hydrolytic activity of cyanobacterial RNA polymerase compensates for the absence of transcription proofreading factors. Nucleic Acids Res 2020; 48:1341-1352. [PMID: 31840183 PMCID: PMC7026648 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkz1130] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/11/2019] [Revised: 11/05/2019] [Accepted: 11/18/2019] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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The vast majority of organisms possess transcription elongation factors, the functionally similar bacterial Gre and eukaryotic/archaeal TFIIS/TFS. Their main cellular functions are to proofread errors of transcription and to restart elongation via stimulation of RNA hydrolysis by the active centre of RNA polymerase (RNAP). However, a number of taxons lack these factors, including one of the largest and most ubiquitous groups of bacteria, cyanobacteria. Using cyanobacterial RNAP as a model, we investigated alternative mechanisms for maintaining a high fidelity of transcription and for RNAP arrest prevention. We found that this RNAP has very high intrinsic proofreading activity, resulting in nearly as low a level of in vivo mistakes in RNA as Escherichia coli. Features of the cyanobacterial RNAP hydrolysis are reminiscent of the Gre-assisted reaction—the energetic barrier is similarly low, and the reaction involves water activation by a general base. This RNAP is resistant to ubiquitous and most regulatory pausing signals, decreasing the probability to go off-pathway and thus fall into arrest. We suggest that cyanobacterial RNAP has a specific Trigger Loop domain conformation, and isomerises easier into a hydrolytically proficient state, possibly aided by the RNA 3′-end. Cyanobacteria likely passed these features of transcription to their evolutionary descendants, chloroplasts.
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- Amber Riaz-Bradley
- Centre for Bacterial Cell Biology, Biosciences Institute, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne NE2 4AX, UK
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- Life Sciences, Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London SW7 5BD, UK.,Department of Applied Sciences, Faculty of Health and Life Sciences, Northumbria University, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 8ST, UK
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- Centre for Bacterial Cell Biology, Biosciences Institute, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne NE2 4AX, UK
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Xu X, Li X, Wang F, Han K, Liu Z, Fan L, Hua H, Cai W, Yao Y. Candidate detoxification-related genes in brown planthopper, Nilaparvata lugens, in response to β-asarone based on transcriptomic analysis. ECOTOXICOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY 2019; 185:109735. [PMID: 31586846 DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2019.109735] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/26/2019] [Revised: 09/17/2019] [Accepted: 09/25/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Nilaparvata lugens(Stål) is a serious pest of rice and has evolved different levels of resistance against most chemical pesticides. β-asarone is the main bioactive insecticidal compound of Acorus calamus L. that shows strong insecticidal activity against pests. In this study, we conducted a bioassay experiment to determine the contact toxicity of β-asarone to N. lugens nymphs. The LD30 sublethal dose was 0.106 μg per nymph, with 95% confidence limits of 0.070-0.140 μg. We applied the LD30 concentration of β-asarone to nymphs for 24 h or 72 h and then performed a transcriptome sequence analysis by referencing the N. lugens genome to characterize the variation. The transcriptomic analysis showed that several GO terms and KEGG pathways presented significant changes. Individually, 126 differentially expressed genes (DEGs), including 72 upregulated and 54 downregulated genes, were identified at 24 h, and 1771 DEGs, including 882 upregulated and 889 downregulated genes, were identified at 72 h. From the DEGs, we identified a total of 40 detoxification-related genes, including eighteen Cytochrome P450 monooxygenase genes (P450s), three Glutathione S-transferase genes, one Carboxylesterase gene, twelve UDP-glucosyltransferases and six ATP-binding cassette genes. We selected the eighteen P450s for subsequent verification by quantitative PCR. These findings indicated that β-asarone presented strong contact toxicity to N. lugens nymphs and induced obvious variation of detoxification-related genes that may be involved in the response to β-asarone.
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- Xueliang Xu
- Hubei Insect Resources Utilization and Sustainable Pest Management Key Laboratory, College of Plant Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070, China; Applied Agricultural Micro-organism Research, Jiangxi Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Nanchang, 330200, China
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- Hubei Insect Resources Utilization and Sustainable Pest Management Key Laboratory, College of Plant Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070, China
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- Applied Agricultural Micro-organism Research, Jiangxi Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Nanchang, 330200, China
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- Hubei Insect Resources Utilization and Sustainable Pest Management Key Laboratory, College of Plant Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070, China
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- Applied Agricultural Micro-organism Research, Jiangxi Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Nanchang, 330200, China
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- Applied Agricultural Micro-organism Research, Jiangxi Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Nanchang, 330200, China
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- Hubei Insect Resources Utilization and Sustainable Pest Management Key Laboratory, College of Plant Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070, China
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- Hubei Insect Resources Utilization and Sustainable Pest Management Key Laboratory, College of Plant Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070, China.
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- Applied Agricultural Micro-organism Research, Jiangxi Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Nanchang, 330200, China.
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Ultra-deep sequencing reveals pre-mRNA splicing as a sequence driven high-fidelity process. PLoS One 2019; 14:e0223132. [PMID: 31581208 PMCID: PMC6776343 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0223132] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/10/2019] [Accepted: 09/13/2019] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Alternative splicing diversifies mRNA transcripts in human cells. While the spliceosome pairs exons with a high degree of accuracy, the rates of rare aberrant and non-canonical pre-mRNA splicing have not been evaluated at the nucleotide level to determine the quantity and identity of these events across splice junctions. Using ultra-deep sequencing the frequency of aberrant and non-canonical splicing events for three splice junctions flanking exon 7 of SMN1 were determined at single nucleotide resolution. After correction for background noise introduced by PCR amplification and sequencing steps, pre-mRNA splicing was shown to maintain a low overall rate of aberrant and non-canonically spliced events. Several previously unannotated splicing events across 3 exon|intron junctions in SMN1 were identified. Mutations within SMN exon 7 were shown to affect splicing fidelity by modulating RNA secondary structures, by altering the binding site of regulatory proteins and by changing the 5’ splice site strength. Mutations also create a truncated SMN1 exon 7 through the introduction of a de novo non-canonical 5’ splice site. The results from the ultra-deep sequencing approach highlight the impressive fidelity of pre-mRNA splicing and demonstrate that the immediate sequence context around splice sites is the main driving force behind non-canonical splice site pairing.
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Shen L, Zhang J, Lee H, Batista MT, Johnston SA. RNA Transcription and Splicing Errors as a Source of Cancer Frameshift Neoantigens for Vaccines. Sci Rep 2019; 9:14184. [PMID: 31578439 PMCID: PMC6775166 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-019-50738-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/14/2019] [Accepted: 09/13/2019] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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The success of checkpoint inhibitors in cancer therapy is largely attributed to activating the patient's immune response to their tumor's neoantigens arising from DNA mutations. This realization has motivated the interest in personal cancer vaccines based on sequencing the patient's tumor DNA to discover neoantigens. Here we propose an additional, unrecognized source of tumor neoantigens. We show that errors in transcription of microsatellites (MS) and mis-splicing of exons create highly immunogenic frameshift (FS) neoantigens in tumors. The sequence of these FS neoantigens are predictable, allowing creation of a peptide array representing all possible neoantigen FS peptides. This array can be used to detect the antibody response in a patient to the FS peptides. A survey of 5 types of cancers reveals peptides that are personally reactive for each patient. This source of neoantigens and the method to discover them may be useful in developing cancer vaccines.
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- Luhui Shen
- The Biodesign Institute Center for Innovations in Medicine, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, USA
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- The Biodesign Institute Center for Innovations in Medicine, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, USA
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- The Biodesign Institute Center for Innovations in Medicine, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, USA.,Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA
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- The Biodesign Institute Center for Innovations in Medicine, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, USA
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- The Biodesign Institute Center for Innovations in Medicine, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, USA.
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Potapov V, Fu X, Dai N, Corrêa IR, Tanner NA, Ong JL. Base modifications affecting RNA polymerase and reverse transcriptase fidelity. Nucleic Acids Res 2019; 46:5753-5763. [PMID: 29750267 PMCID: PMC6009661 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gky341] [Citation(s) in RCA: 75] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/02/2017] [Accepted: 04/18/2018] [Indexed: 01/28/2023] Open
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Ribonucleic acid (RNA) is capable of hosting a variety of chemically diverse modifications, in both naturally-occurring post-transcriptional modifications and artificial chemical modifications used to expand the functionality of RNA. However, few studies have addressed how base modifications affect RNA polymerase and reverse transcriptase activity and fidelity. Here, we describe the fidelity of RNA synthesis and reverse transcription of modified ribonucleotides using an assay based on Pacific Biosciences Single Molecule Real-Time sequencing. Several modified bases, including methylated (m6A, m5C and m5U), hydroxymethylated (hm5U) and isomeric bases (pseudouridine), were examined. By comparing each modified base to the equivalent unmodified RNA base, we can determine how the modification affected cumulative RNA polymerase and reverse transcriptase fidelity. 5-hydroxymethyluridine and N6-methyladenosine both increased the combined error rate of T7 RNA polymerase and reverse transcriptases, while pseudouridine specifically increased the error rate of RNA synthesis by T7 RNA polymerase. In addition, we examined the frequency, mutational spectrum and sequence context of reverse transcription errors on DNA templates from an analysis of second strand DNA synthesis.
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- New England Biolabs, Inc, Ipswich, Massachusetts, 01938, USA
- Dalian University of Technology, School of Life Science and Biotechnology, Dalian, Liaoning 116021, China
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- New England Biolabs, Inc, Ipswich, Massachusetts, 01938, USA
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- New England Biolabs, Inc, Ipswich, Massachusetts, 01938, USA
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- New England Biolabs, Inc, Ipswich, Massachusetts, 01938, USA
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- New England Biolabs, Inc, Ipswich, Massachusetts, 01938, USA
- To whom correspondence should be addressed. Tel: +1 978 380 7448; Fax: +1 978 921 1350;
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Bradley CC, Gordon AJE, Halliday JA, Herman C. Transcription fidelity: New paradigms in epigenetic inheritance, genome instability and disease. DNA Repair (Amst) 2019; 81:102652. [PMID: 31326363 DOI: 10.1016/j.dnarep.2019.102652] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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RNA transcription errors are transient, yet frequent, events that do have consequences for the cell. However, until recently we lacked the tools to empirically measure and study these errors. Advances in RNA library preparation and next generation sequencing (NGS) have allowed the spectrum of transcription errors to be empirically measured over the entire transcriptome and in nascent transcripts. Combining these powerful methods with forward and reverse genetic strategies has refined our understanding of transcription factors known to enhance RNA accuracy and will enable the discovery of new candidates. Furthermore, these approaches will shed additional light on the complex interplay between transcription fidelity and other DNA transactions, such as replication and repair, and explore a role for transcription errors in cellular evolution and disease.
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- Catherine C Bradley
- Department of Molecular and Human Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, 77030, USA; Medical Scientist Training Program, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, 77030, USA; Robert and Janice McNair Foundation/ McNair Medical Institute M.D./Ph.D. Scholars Program, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, 77030, USA
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- Department of Molecular and Human Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, 77030, USA
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- Department of Molecular and Human Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, 77030, USA
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- Department of Molecular and Human Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, 77030, USA; Department of Molecular Virology and Microbiology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, 77030, USA; Dan L. Duncan Cancer Center, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, 77030, USA.
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Belogurov GA, Artsimovitch I. The Mechanisms of Substrate Selection, Catalysis, and Translocation by the Elongating RNA Polymerase. J Mol Biol 2019; 431:3975-4006. [PMID: 31153902 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2019.05.042] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/01/2019] [Revised: 05/24/2019] [Accepted: 05/24/2019] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Multi-subunit DNA-dependent RNA polymerases synthesize all classes of cellular RNAs, ranging from short regulatory transcripts to gigantic messenger RNAs. RNA polymerase has to make each RNA product in just one try, even if it takes millions of successive nucleotide addition steps. During each step, RNA polymerase selects a correct substrate, adds it to a growing chain, and moves one nucleotide forward before repeating the cycle. However, RNA synthesis is anything but monotonous: RNA polymerase frequently pauses upon encountering mechanical, chemical and torsional barriers, sometimes stepping back and cleaving off nucleotides from the growing RNA chain. A picture in which these intermittent dynamics enable processive, accurate, and controllable RNA synthesis is emerging from complementary structural, biochemical, computational, and single-molecule studies. Here, we summarize our current understanding of the mechanism and regulation of the on-pathway transcription elongation. We review the details of substrate selection, catalysis, proofreading, and translocation, focusing on rate-limiting steps, structural elements that modulate them, and accessory proteins that appear to control RNA polymerase translocation.
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- Department of Microbiology and The Center for RNA Biology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA.
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Cui J, Gizzi A, Stivers JT. Deoxyuridine in DNA has an inhibitory and promutagenic effect on RNA transcription by diverse RNA polymerases. Nucleic Acids Res 2019; 47:4153-4168. [PMID: 30892639 PMCID: PMC6486633 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkz183] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/01/2019] [Revised: 03/04/2019] [Accepted: 03/09/2019] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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dUTP is a close structural congener of dTTP and can be readily incorporated into DNA opposite to adenine during DNA replication leading to non-mutagenic dU/A base pairs ('uracilation'). We find that dU/A pairs located within DNA transcriptional templates optimized for either T7 RNA polymerase (T7 RNAP) or human RNA polymerase II (pol II) have inhibitory and mutagenic effects on transcription. The data for T7 RNAP establishes that even a single dU/A pair can inhibit promoter binding and transcription initiation up to 30-fold, and that inhibitory effects on transcription elongation are also possible. Sequencing of the mRNA transcribed from uniformly uracilated DNA templates by T7 RNAP indicated an increased frequency of transversion and insertion mutations compared to all T/A templates. Strong effects of dU/A pairs on cellular transcription activity and fidelity were also observed with RNA pol II using uracil base excision repair (UBER)-deficient human cells. At the highest levels of template uracilation, transcription by RNA pol II was completely blocked. We propose that these effects arise from the decreased thermodynamic stability and increased dynamics of dU/A pairs in DNA. The potential implications of these findings on gene regulation and disease are discussed.
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- Junru Cui
- Department of Pharmacology and Molecular Sciences, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 725 North Wolfe Street, Baltimore, MD 21205-2185, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology and Molecular Sciences, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 725 North Wolfe Street, Baltimore, MD 21205-2185, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology and Molecular Sciences, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 725 North Wolfe Street, Baltimore, MD 21205-2185, USA
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The Role of Pyrophosphorolysis in the Initiation-to-Elongation Transition by E. coli RNA Polymerase. J Mol Biol 2019; 431:2528-2542. [PMID: 31029704 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2019.04.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/08/2019] [Revised: 04/13/2019] [Accepted: 04/15/2019] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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RNA polymerase can cleave a phosphodiester bond at the 3' end of a nascent RNA in the presence of pyrophosphate producing NTP. Pyrophosphorolysis has been characterized during elongation steps of transcription where its rate is significantly slower than the forward rate of NMP addition. In contrast, we report here that pyrophosphorolysis can occur in a millisecond time scale during the transition of Escherichia coli RNA polymerase from initiation to elongation at the psbA2 promoter. This rapid pyrophosphorolysis occurs during productive RNA synthesis as opposed to abortive RNA synthesis. Dissociation of σ70 or RNA extension beyond nine nucleotides dramatically reduces the rate of pyrophosphorolysis. We argue that the rapid pyrophosphorolysis allows iterative cycles of cleavage and re-synthesis of the 3' phosphodiester bond by the productive complexes in the early stage of transcription. This iterative process may provide an opportunity for the σ70 to dissociate from the RNA exit channel of the enzyme, enabling RNA to extend through the channel.
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Palikša S, Alzbutas G, Skirgaila R. Decreased Km to dNTPs is an essential M-MuLV reverse transcriptase adoption required to perform efficient cDNA synthesis in One-Step RT-PCR assay. Protein Eng Des Sel 2019; 31:79-89. [PMID: 29608777 DOI: 10.1093/protein/gzy003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/06/2017] [Accepted: 02/05/2018] [Indexed: 01/27/2023] Open
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Personalized medicine and advanced diagnostic tools based on RNA analysis are focusing on fast and direct One-Step RT-PCR assays. First strand complementary DNA (cDNA) synthesized by the reverse transcriptase (RT) is exponentially amplified in the end-point or real-time PCR. Even a minor discrepancy in PCR conditions would result in big deviations during the data analysis. Thus, One-Step RT-PCR composition is typically based on the PCR buffer. In this study, we have used compartmentalized ribosome display technique for in vitro evolution of the Moloney Murine Leukemia Virus reverse transcriptase (M-MuLV RT) that would be able to perform efficient full-length cDNA synthesis in PCR buffer optimized for Thermus aquaticus DNA polymerase. The most frequent mutations found in a selected library were analyzed. Aside from the mutations, which switch off RNase H activity of RT and are beneficial for the full-length cDNA synthesis, we have identified several mutations in the active center of the enzyme (Q221R and V223A/M), which result in 4-5-fold decrease of Km for dNTPs (<0.2 mM). The selected mutations are in surprising agreement with the natural evolution process because they transformed the active center from the oncoretroviral M-MuLV RT-type to the lenitiviral enzyme-type. We believe that this was the major and essential phenotypic adjustment required to perform fast and efficient cDNA synthesis in PCR buffer at 0.2-mM concentration of each dNTP.
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- S Palikša
- Thermo Fisher Scientific Baltics, UAB, LT-02241 Vilnius, Lithuania.,JSC Diagnolita, LT-10257 Vilnius, Lithuania
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- Thermo Fisher Scientific Baltics, UAB, LT-02241 Vilnius, Lithuania
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- Thermo Fisher Scientific Baltics, UAB, LT-02241 Vilnius, Lithuania
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Koscielniak D, Wons E, Wilkowska K, Sektas M. Non-programmed transcriptional frameshifting is common and highly RNA polymerase type-dependent. Microb Cell Fact 2018; 17:184. [PMID: 30474557 PMCID: PMC6260861 DOI: 10.1186/s12934-018-1034-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/26/2018] [Accepted: 11/19/2018] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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Background The viral or host systems for a gene expression assume repeatability of the process and high quality of the protein product. Since level and fidelity of transcription primarily determines the overall efficiency, all factors contributing to their decrease should be identified and optimized. Among many observed processes, non-programmed insertion/deletion (indel) of nucleotide during transcription (slippage) occurring at homopolymeric A/T sequences within a gene can considerably impact its expression. To date, no comparative study of the most utilized Escherichia coli and T7 bacteriophage RNA polymerases (RNAP) propensity for this type of erroneous mRNA synthesis has been reported. To address this issue we evaluated the influence of shift-prone A/T sequences by assessing indel-dependent phenotypic changes. RNAP-specific expression profile was examined using two of the most potent promoters, ParaBAD of E. coli and φ10 of phage T7. Results Here we report on the first systematic study on requirements for efficient transcriptional slippage by T7 phage and cellular RNAPs considering three parameters: homopolymer length, template type, and frameshift directionality preferences. Using a series of out-of-frame gfp reporter genes fused to a variety of A/T homopolymeric sequences we show that T7 RNAP has an exceptional potential for generating frameshifts and is capable of slipping on as few as three adenine or four thymidine residues in a row, in a flanking sequence-dependent manner. In contrast, bacterial RNAP exhibits a relatively low ability to baypass indel mutations and requires a run of at least 7 tymidine and even more adenine residues. This difference comes from involvement of various intrinsic proofreading properties. Our studies demonstrate distinct preference towards a specific homopolymer in slippage induction. Whereas insertion slippage performed by T7 RNAP (but not deletion) occurs tendentiously on poly(A) rather than on poly(T) runs, strong bias towards poly(T) for the host RNAP is observed. Conclusions Intrinsic RNAP slippage properties involve trade-offs between accuracy, speed and processivity of transcription. Viral T7 RNAP manifests far greater inclinations to the transcriptional slippage than E. coli RNAP. This possibly plays an important role in driving bacteriophage adaptation and therefore could be considered as beneficial. However, from biotechnological and experimental viewpoint, this might create some problems, and strongly argues for employing bacterial expression systems, stocked with proofreading mechanisms. Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (10.1186/s12934-018-1034-4) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
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- Dawid Koscielniak
- Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Biology, University of Gdansk, Wita Stwosza 59, 80-308, Gdansk, Poland
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- Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Biology, University of Gdansk, Wita Stwosza 59, 80-308, Gdansk, Poland
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- Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Biology, University of Gdansk, Wita Stwosza 59, 80-308, Gdansk, Poland
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- Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Biology, University of Gdansk, Wita Stwosza 59, 80-308, Gdansk, Poland.
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Schikora-Tamarit MÀ, Carey LB. Poor codon optimality as a signal to degrade transcripts with frameshifts. Transcription 2018; 9:327-333. [PMID: 30105929 DOI: 10.1080/21541264.2018.1511676] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023] Open
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Frameshifting errors are common and mRNA quality control pathways, such as nonsense-mediated decay (NMD), exist to degrade these aberrant transcripts. Recent work has shown the existence of a genetic link between NMD and codon-usage mediated mRNA decay. Here we present computational evidence that these pathways are synergic for removing frameshifts.
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- Miquel Àngel Schikora-Tamarit
- a Systems Bioengineering Program, Department of Experimental and Health Sciences , Universitat Pompeu Fabra , Barcelona , Spain
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- a Systems Bioengineering Program, Department of Experimental and Health Sciences , Universitat Pompeu Fabra , Barcelona , Spain
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Traverse CC, Ochman H. A Genome-Wide Assay Specifies Only GreA as a Transcription Fidelity Factor in Escherichia coli. G3 (BETHESDA, MD.) 2018; 8:2257-2264. [PMID: 29769292 PMCID: PMC6027873 DOI: 10.1534/g3.118.200209] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/02/2018] [Accepted: 04/28/2018] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Although mutations are the basis for adaptation and heritable genetic change, transient errors occur during transcription at rates that are orders of magnitude higher than the mutation rate. High rates of transcription errors can be detrimental by causing the production of erroneous proteins that need to be degraded. Two transcription fidelity factors, GreA and GreB, have previously been reported to stimulate the removal of errors that occur during transcription, and a third fidelity factor, DksA, is thought to decrease the error rate through an unknown mechanism. Because the majority of transcription-error assays of these fidelity factors were performed in vitro and on individual genes, we measured the in vivo transcriptome-wide error rates in all possible combinations of mutants of the three fidelity factors. This method expands measurements of these fidelity factors to the full spectrum of errors across the entire genome. Our assay shows that GreB and DksA have no significant effect on transcription error rates, and that GreA only influences the transcription error rate by reducing G-to-A errors.
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- Charles C Traverse
- Department of Integrative Biology, University of Texas, Austin, Texas 78712
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- Department of Integrative Biology, University of Texas, Austin, Texas 78712
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Gordon AJE, Sivaramakrishnan P, Halliday JA, Herman C. Transcription infidelity and genome integrity: the parallax view. Transcription 2018; 9:315-320. [PMID: 29929421 DOI: 10.1080/21541264.2018.1491251] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/28/2022] Open
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It was recently shown that removal of GreA, a transcription fidelity factor, enhances DNA break repair. This counterintuitive result, arising from unresolved backtracked RNA polymerase impeding DNA resection and thereby facilitating RecA-loading, leads to an interesting corollary: error-free full-length transcripts and broken chromosomes. Therefore, transcription fidelity may compromise genomic integrity.
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- Alasdair J E Gordon
- a Department of Molecular and Human Genetics , Baylor College of Medicine , Houston , TX , USA
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- a Department of Molecular and Human Genetics , Baylor College of Medicine , Houston , TX , USA.,b Department of Genetics , Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania , Philadelphia , PA , USA
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- a Department of Molecular and Human Genetics , Baylor College of Medicine , Houston , TX , USA
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- a Department of Molecular and Human Genetics , Baylor College of Medicine , Houston , TX , USA.,c Department of Molecular Virology and Microbiology , Baylor College of Medicine , Houston , TX , USA.,d Dan L. Duncan Cancer Center, Baylor College of Medicine , Houston , TX , USA
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Imashimizu M, Takahashi M, Amano R, Nakamura Y. Single-round isolation of diverse RNA aptamers from a random sequence pool. Biol Methods Protoc 2018; 3:bpy004. [PMID: 32161798 PMCID: PMC6994090 DOI: 10.1093/biomethods/bpy004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/07/2018] [Revised: 04/02/2018] [Accepted: 04/10/2018] [Indexed: 01/09/2023] Open
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Aptamers are oligonucleotide ligands with specific binding affinity to target molecules. Generally, RNA aptamers are selected from an RNA pool with random sequences, using the technique termed SELEX, in which the target-binding RNA molecules are repeatedly isolated and exponentially amplified. Despite several advantages, SELEX often produces uncertain results during the iterative amplifications of the rare target-binding RNA molecules. Here, we develop a non-repeated, primer-less and target immobilization-free isolation method for generating RNA aptamers, which is robust to experimental noise. Uniquely, this method focuses on finding and removal of non-aptamer sequences from the RNA pool by RNase digestion leaving target-bound aptamer molecules, and thus is independent of aptamer types. The undigested RNA sequences remaining are so few in number that they must be mixed with a large excess of a known sequence for further manipulations and this sequence is then removed by restriction digestion followed by high-throughput sequencing analysis to identify aptamers. Using this method, we generated multiple RNA aptamers targeting α-thrombin and TGFβ1 proteins, independently. This method potentially generates thousands of sequences as aptamer candidates, which may enable us to predict a common average sequence or structural property of these aptamers that is different from input RNA.
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- Masahiko Imashimizu
- Institute of Medical Science, University of Tokyo, Minato-ku, Tokyo, 108-8639, Japan
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- Institute of Medical Science, University of Tokyo, Minato-ku, Tokyo, 108-8639, Japan
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- Institute of Medical Science, University of Tokyo, Minato-ku, Tokyo, 108-8639, Japan
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- Institute of Medical Science, University of Tokyo, Minato-ku, Tokyo, 108-8639, Japan.,RIBOMIC Inc., Minato-ku, Tokyo, 108-0071, Japan
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Unarta IC, Zhu L, Tse CKM, Cheung PPH, Yu J, Huang X. Molecular mechanisms of RNA polymerase II transcription elongation elucidated by kinetic network models. Curr Opin Struct Biol 2018; 49:54-62. [PMID: 29414512 DOI: 10.1016/j.sbi.2018.01.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/14/2017] [Revised: 12/22/2017] [Accepted: 01/02/2018] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Transcription elongation cycle (TEC) of RNA polymerase II (Pol II) is a process of adding a nucleoside triphosphate to the growing messenger RNA chain. Due to the long timescale events in Pol II TEC, an advanced computational technique, such as Markov State Model (MSM), is needed to provide atomistic mechanism and reaction rates. The combination of MSM and experimental results can be used to build a kinetic network model (KNM) of the whole TEC. This review provides a brief protocol to build MSM and KNM of the whole TEC, along with the latest findings of MSM and other computational studies of Pol II TEC. Lastly, we offer a perspective on potentially using a sequence dependent KNM to predict genome-wide transcription error.
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- Ilona Christy Unarta
- Bioengineering Graduate Program, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong; Center of Systems Biology and Human Health, State Key Laboratory of Molecular Neuroscience, Hong Kong Branch of Chinese National Engineering Research Center for Tissue Restoration & Reconstruction, Hong Kong
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- Center of Systems Biology and Human Health, State Key Laboratory of Molecular Neuroscience, Hong Kong Branch of Chinese National Engineering Research Center for Tissue Restoration & Reconstruction, Hong Kong; Department of Chemistry, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong
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- Center of Systems Biology and Human Health, State Key Laboratory of Molecular Neuroscience, Hong Kong Branch of Chinese National Engineering Research Center for Tissue Restoration & Reconstruction, Hong Kong; Department of Chemistry, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong
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- Center of Systems Biology and Human Health, State Key Laboratory of Molecular Neuroscience, Hong Kong Branch of Chinese National Engineering Research Center for Tissue Restoration & Reconstruction, Hong Kong
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- Beijing Computational Science Research Center, Beijing 100084, China
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- Center of Systems Biology and Human Health, State Key Laboratory of Molecular Neuroscience, Hong Kong Branch of Chinese National Engineering Research Center for Tissue Restoration & Reconstruction, Hong Kong; Department of Chemistry, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong; HKUST-Shenzhen Research Institute, Hi-Tech Park, Nanshan, Shenzhen 518057, China.
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Sebastián-Martín A, Barrioluengo V, Menéndez-Arias L. Transcriptional inaccuracy threshold attenuates differences in RNA-dependent DNA synthesis fidelity between retroviral reverse transcriptases. Sci Rep 2018; 8:627. [PMID: 29330371 PMCID: PMC5766491 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-18974-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/03/2017] [Accepted: 12/18/2017] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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In M13mp2 lacZα forward mutation assays measuring intrinsic fidelity of DNA-dependent DNA synthesis, wild-type human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) RTs of group M/subtype B previously showed >10-fold higher error rates than murine leukaemia virus (MLV) and avian myeloblastosis virus (AMV) RTs. An adapted version of the assay was used to obtain error rates of RNA-dependent DNA synthesis for several RTs, including wild-type HIV-1BH10, HIV-1ESP49, AMV and MLV RTs, and the high-fidelity mutants of HIV-1ESP49 RT K65R and K65R/V75I. Our results showed that there were less than two-fold differences in fidelity between the studied RTs with error rates ranging within 2.5 × 10-5 and 3.5 × 10-5. These results were consistent with the existence of a transcriptional inaccuracy threshold, generated by the RNA polymerase while synthesizing the RNA template used in the assay. A modest but consistent reduction of the inaccuracy threshold was achieved by lowering the pH and Mg2+ concentration of the transcription reaction. Despite assay limitations, we conclude that HIV-1BH10 and HIV-1ESP49 RTs are less accurate when copying DNA templates than RNA templates. Analysis of the RNA-dependent mutational spectra revealed a higher tendency to introduce large deletions at the initiation of reverse transcription by all HIV-1 RTs except the double-mutant K65R/V75I.
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- Alba Sebastián-Martín
- Centro de Biología Molecular "Severo Ochoa" (Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas & Universidad Autónoma de Madrid), c/Nicolás Cabrera, 1, Campus de Cantoblanco, 28049, Madrid, Spain
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- Centro de Biología Molecular "Severo Ochoa" (Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas & Universidad Autónoma de Madrid), c/Nicolás Cabrera, 1, Campus de Cantoblanco, 28049, Madrid, Spain.,DiaSorin Iberia S.A., Avenida de la Vega 1, 28108, Alcobendas (Madrid), Spain
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- Centro de Biología Molecular "Severo Ochoa" (Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas & Universidad Autónoma de Madrid), c/Nicolás Cabrera, 1, Campus de Cantoblanco, 28049, Madrid, Spain.
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Imashimizu M, Lukatsky DB. Transcription pausing: biological significance of thermal fluctuations biased by repetitive genomic sequences. Transcription 2017; 9:196-203. [PMID: 29105534 PMCID: PMC5927657 DOI: 10.1080/21541264.2017.1393492] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023] Open
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Transcription of DNA by RNA polymerase (RNAP) takes place in a cell environment dominated by thermal fluctuations. How are transcription reactions including initiation, elongation, and termination on genomic DNA so well-controlled during such fluctuations? A recent statistical mechanical approach using high-throughput sequencing data reveals that repetitive DNA sequence elements embedded into a genomic sequence provide the key mechanism to functionally bias the fluctuations of transcription elongation complexes. In particular, during elongation pausing, such repetitive sequence elements can increase the magnitude of one-dimensional diffusion of the RNAP enzyme on the DNA upstream of the pausing site, generating a large variation in the dwell times of RNAP pausing under the control of these genomic signals.
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- Masahiko Imashimizu
- a Institute of Medical Science , University of Tokyo , Minato-ku, Tokyo , Japan
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- b Department of Chemistry , Ben-Gurion University of the Negev , Be'er Sheva , Israel
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Mellenius H, Ehrenberg M. Transcriptional accuracy modeling suggests two-step proofreading by RNA polymerase. Nucleic Acids Res 2017; 45:11582-11593. [PMID: 29036494 PMCID: PMC5714138 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkx849] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/04/2016] [Revised: 09/10/2017] [Accepted: 09/22/2017] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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We suggest a novel two-step proofreading mechanism with two sequential rounds of proofreading selection in mRNA transcription. It is based on the previous experimental observations that the proofreading RNA polymerase cleaves off transcript fragments of at least 2 nt and that transcript elongation after a nucleotide misincorporation is anomalously slow. Taking these results into account, we extend the description of the accuracy of template guided nucleotide selection beyond previous models of RNA polymerase-dependent DNA transcription. The model derives the accuracy of initial and proofreading base selection from experimentally estimated nearest-neighbor parameters. It is also used to estimate the small accuracy enhancement of polymerase revisiting of previous positions following transcript cleavage.
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- Harriet Mellenius
- Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, Uppsala University, Uppsala 752 37, Sweden
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- Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, Uppsala University, Uppsala 752 37, Sweden
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James K, Gamba P, Cockell SJ, Zenkin N. Misincorporation by RNA polymerase is a major source of transcription pausing in vivo. Nucleic Acids Res 2017; 45:1105-1113. [PMID: 28180286 PMCID: PMC5388426 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkw969] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/03/2016] [Revised: 10/07/2016] [Accepted: 10/11/2016] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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The transcription error rate estimated from mistakes in end product RNAs is 10−3–10−5. We analyzed the fidelity of nascent RNAs from all actively transcribing elongation complexes (ECs) in Escherichia coli and Saccharomyces cerevisiae and found that 1–3% of all ECs in wild-type cells, and 5–7% of all ECs in cells lacking proofreading factors are, in fact, misincorporated complexes. With the exception of a number of sequence-dependent hotspots, most misincorporations are distributed relatively randomly. Misincorporation at hotspots does not appear to be stimulated by pausing. Since misincorporation leads to a strong pause of transcription due to backtracking, our findings indicate that misincorporation could be a major source of transcriptional pausing and lead to conflicts with other RNA polymerases and replication in bacteria and eukaryotes. This observation implies that physical resolution of misincorporated complexes may be the main function of the proofreading factors Gre and TFIIS. Although misincorporation mechanisms between bacteria and eukaryotes appear to be conserved, the results suggest the existence of a bacteria-specific mechanism(s) for reducing misincorporation in protein-coding regions. The links between transcription fidelity, human disease, and phenotypic variability in genetically-identical cells can be explained by the accumulation of misincorporated complexes, rather than mistakes in mature RNA.
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- Katherine James
- Centre for Bacterial Cell Biology, Institute for Cell and Molecular Bioscience, Newcastle University, Baddiley-Clark Building, Richardson Road, Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK
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- Centre for Bacterial Cell Biology, Institute for Cell and Molecular Bioscience, Newcastle University, Baddiley-Clark Building, Richardson Road, Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK
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- Bioinformatics Support Unit, Newcastle University, William Leech Building, Framlington Place, Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK
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- Centre for Bacterial Cell Biology, Institute for Cell and Molecular Bioscience, Newcastle University, Baddiley-Clark Building, Richardson Road, Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK
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Gout JF, Li W, Fritsch C, Li A, Haroon S, Singh L, Hua D, Fazelinia H, Smith Z, Seeholzer S, Thomas K, Lynch M, Vermulst M. The landscape of transcription errors in eukaryotic cells. SCIENCE ADVANCES 2017; 3:e1701484. [PMID: 29062891 PMCID: PMC5650487 DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.1701484] [Citation(s) in RCA: 82] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/05/2017] [Accepted: 09/21/2017] [Indexed: 05/09/2023]
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Accurate transcription is required for the faithful expression of genetic information. To understand the molecular mechanisms that control the fidelity of transcription, we used novel sequencing technology to provide the first comprehensive analysis of the fidelity of transcription in eukaryotic cells. Our results demonstrate that transcription errors can occur in any gene, at any location, and affect every aspect of protein structure and function. In addition, we show that multiple proteins safeguard the fidelity of transcription and provide evidence suggesting that errors that evade these layers of RNA quality control profoundly affect the physiology of living cells. Together, these observations demonstrate that there is an inherent limit to the faithful expression of the genome and suggest that the impact of mutagenesis on cellular health and fitness is substantially greater than currently appreciated.
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- Department of Biology, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN 47405, USA
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- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA 19102, USA
- Department of Cellular and Molecular Biology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
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- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA 19102, USA
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- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA 19102, USA
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- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA 19102, USA
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- Protein and Proteomics Core, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA 19102, USA
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- Protein and Proteomics Core, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA 19102, USA
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- Center for Genomics and Bioinformatics, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN 47405, USA
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- Protein and Proteomics Core, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA 19102, USA
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- Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Biomedical Sciences, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH 03824, USA
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- Department of Biology, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN 47405, USA
- Corresponding author. (M.V.); (M.L.)
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- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA 19102, USA
- Corresponding author. (M.V.); (M.L.)
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Transcription fidelity and its roles in the cell. Curr Opin Microbiol 2017; 42:13-18. [PMID: 28968546 PMCID: PMC5904569 DOI: 10.1016/j.mib.2017.08.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/21/2017] [Revised: 08/11/2017] [Accepted: 08/18/2017] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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The Trigger Loop is one of the major determinants of transcription fidelity. Intrinsic proofreading occurs via transcript-assisted cleavage. Factor-assisted proofreading takes place via exchange of RNAP active centres. Misincorporation is a major source of transcription pausing. Another role of fidelity is the prevention of conflicts with other cellular processes.
Accuracy of transcription is essential for productive gene expression, and the past decade has brought new understanding of the mechanisms ensuring transcription fidelity. The discovery of a new catalytic domain, the Trigger Loop, revealed that RNA polymerase can actively choose the correct substrates. Also, the intrinsic proofreading activity was found to proceed via a ribozyme-like mechanism, whereby the erroneous nucleoside triphosphate (NTP) helps its own excision. Factor-assisted proofreading was shown to proceed through an exchange of active centres, a unique phenomenon among proteinaceous enzymes. Furthermore, most recent in vivo studies have revised the roles of transcription accuracy and proofreading factors, as not only required for production of errorless RNAs, but also for prevention of frequent misincorporation-induced pausing that may cause conflicts with fellow RNA polymerases and the replication machinery.
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Sultana S, Solotchi M, Ramachandran A, Patel SS. Transcriptional fidelities of human mitochondrial POLRMT, yeast mitochondrial Rpo41, and phage T7 single-subunit RNA polymerases. J Biol Chem 2017; 292:18145-18160. [PMID: 28882896 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m117.797480] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/17/2017] [Revised: 08/23/2017] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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Single-subunit RNA polymerases (RNAPs) are present in phage T7 and in mitochondria of all eukaryotes. This RNAP class plays important roles in biotechnology and cellular energy production, but we know little about its fidelity and error rates. Herein, we report the error rates of three single-subunit RNAPs measured from the catalytic efficiencies of correct and all possible incorrect nucleotides. The average error rates of T7 RNAP (2 × 10-6), yeast mitochondrial Rpo41 (6 × 10-6), and human mitochondrial POLRMT (RNA polymerase mitochondrial) (2 × 10-5) indicate high accuracy/fidelity of RNA synthesis resembling those of replicative DNA polymerases. All three RNAPs exhibit a distinctly high propensity for GTP misincorporation opposite dT, predicting frequent A→G errors in RNA with rates of ∼10-4 The A→C, G→A, A→U, C→U, G→U, U→C, and U→G errors mostly due to pyrimidine-purine mismatches were relatively frequent (10-5-10-6), whereas C→G, U→A, G→C, and C→A errors from purine-purine and pyrimidine-pyrimidine mismatches were rare (10-7-10-10). POLRMT also shows a high C→A error rate on 8-oxo-dG templates (∼10-4). Strikingly, POLRMT shows a high mutagenic bypass rate, which is exacerbated by TEFM (transcription elongation factor mitochondrial). The lifetime of POLRMT on terminally mismatched elongation substrate is increased in the presence of TEFM, which allows POLRMT to efficiently bypass the error and continue with transcription. This investigation of nucleotide selectivity on normal and oxidatively damaged DNA by three single-subunit RNAPs provides the basic information to understand the error rates in mitochondria and, in the case of T7 RNAP, to assess the quality of in vitro transcribed RNAs.
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- Shemaila Sultana
- From the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School and
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- School of Arts and Sciences, Rutgers University, Piscataway, New Jersey 08854
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- From the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School and
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- From the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School and
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Reid-Bayliss KS, Loeb LA. Accurate RNA consensus sequencing for high-fidelity detection of transcriptional mutagenesis-induced epimutations. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2017; 114:9415-9420. [PMID: 28798064 PMCID: PMC5584456 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1709166114] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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Transcriptional mutagenesis (TM) due to misincorporation during RNA transcription can result in mutant RNAs, or epimutations, that generate proteins with altered properties. TM has long been hypothesized to play a role in aging, cancer, and viral and bacterial evolution. However, inadequate methodologies have limited progress in elucidating a causal association. We present a high-throughput, highly accurate RNA sequencing method to measure epimutations with single-molecule sensitivity. Accurate RNA consensus sequencing (ARC-seq) uniquely combines RNA barcoding and generation of multiple cDNA copies per RNA molecule to eliminate errors introduced during cDNA synthesis, PCR, and sequencing. The stringency of ARC-seq can be scaled to accommodate the quality of input RNAs. We apply ARC-seq to directly assess transcriptome-wide epimutations resulting from RNA polymerase mutants and oxidative stress.
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- Kate S Reid-Bayliss
- Department of Pathology, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA 98195
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- Department of Pathology, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA 98195;
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA 98195
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Genome-Wide Spectra of Transcription Insertions and Deletions Reveal That Slippage Depends on RNA:DNA Hybrid Complementarity. mBio 2017; 8:mBio.01230-17. [PMID: 28851848 PMCID: PMC5574713 DOI: 10.1128/mbio.01230-17] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/10/2023] Open
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Advances in sequencing technologies have enabled direct quantification of genome-wide errors that occur during RNA transcription. These errors occur at rates that are orders of magnitude higher than rates during DNA replication, but due to technical difficulties such measurements have been limited to single-base substitutions and have not yet quantified the scope of transcription insertions and deletions. Previous reporter gene assay findings suggested that transcription indels are produced exclusively by elongation complex slippage at homopolymeric runs, so we enumerated indels across the protein-coding transcriptomes of Escherichia coli and Buchnera aphidicola, which differ widely in their genomic base compositions and incidence of repeat regions. As anticipated from prior assays, transcription insertions prevailed in homopolymeric runs of A and T; however, transcription deletions arose in much more complex sequences and were rarely associated with homopolymeric runs. By reconstructing the relocated positions of the elongation complex as inferred from the sequences inserted or deleted during transcription, we show that continuation of transcription after slippage hinges on the degree of nucleotide complementarity within the RNA:DNA hybrid at the new DNA template location. The high level of mistakes generated during transcription can result in the accumulation of malfunctioning and misfolded proteins which can alter global gene regulation and in the expenditure of energy to degrade these nonfunctional proteins. The transcriptome-wide occurrence of base substitutions has been elucidated in bacteria, but information on transcription insertions and deletions—errors that potentially have more dire effects on protein function—is limited to reporter gene constructs. Here, we capture the transcriptome-wide spectrum of insertions and deletions in Escherichia coli and Buchnera aphidicola and show that they occur at rates approaching those of base substitutions. Knowledge of the full extent of sequences subject to transcription indels supports a new model of bacterial transcription slippage, one that relies on the number of complementary bases between the transcript and the DNA template to which it slipped.
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Hecht A, Glasgow J, Jaschke PR, Bawazer LA, Munson MS, Cochran JR, Endy D, Salit M. Measurements of translation initiation from all 64 codons in E. coli. Nucleic Acids Res 2017; 45:3615-3626. [PMID: 28334756 PMCID: PMC5397182 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkx070] [Citation(s) in RCA: 100] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/15/2016] [Accepted: 01/25/2017] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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Our understanding of translation underpins our capacity to engineer living systems. The canonical start codon (AUG) and a few near-cognates (GUG, UUG) are considered as the ‘start codons’ for translation initiation in Escherichia coli. Translation is typically not thought to initiate from the 61 remaining codons. Here, we quantified translation initiation of green fluorescent protein and nanoluciferase in E. coli from all 64 triplet codons and across a range of DNA copy number. We detected initiation of protein synthesis above measurement background for 47 codons. Translation from non-canonical start codons ranged from 0.007 to 3% relative to translation from AUG. Translation from 17 non-AUG codons exceeded the highest reported rates of non-cognate codon recognition. Translation initiation from non-canonical start codons may contribute to the synthesis of peptides in both natural and synthetic biological systems.
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- Ariel Hecht
- Joint Initiative for Metrology in Biology, Stanford, CA 94305, USA.,Genome-scale Measurements Group, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Stanford, CA 94305, USA.,Department of Bioengineering, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
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- Joint Initiative for Metrology in Biology, Stanford, CA 94305, USA.,Genome-scale Measurements Group, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Stanford, CA 94305, USA.,Department of Bioengineering, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
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- Department of Bioengineering, Stanford, CA 94305, USA.,Department of Chemistry and Biomolecular Sciences, Macquarie University, Sydney, NSW 2109, Australia
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- Joint Initiative for Metrology in Biology, Stanford, CA 94305, USA.,Genome-scale Measurements Group, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Stanford, CA 94305, USA.,Department of Bioengineering, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
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- Joint Initiative for Metrology in Biology, Stanford, CA 94305, USA.,Genome-scale Measurements Group, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Stanford, CA 94305, USA.,Department of Bioengineering, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
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- Joint Initiative for Metrology in Biology, Stanford, CA 94305, USA.,Department of Bioengineering, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
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- Joint Initiative for Metrology in Biology, Stanford, CA 94305, USA.,Department of Bioengineering, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
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- Joint Initiative for Metrology in Biology, Stanford, CA 94305, USA.,Genome-scale Measurements Group, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Stanford, CA 94305, USA.,Department of Bioengineering, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
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Translational fidelity and mistranslation in the cellular response to stress. Nat Microbiol 2017; 2:17117. [PMID: 28836574 DOI: 10.1038/nmicrobiol.2017.117] [Citation(s) in RCA: 115] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/05/2017] [Accepted: 06/20/2017] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Faithful translation of mRNA into the corresponding polypeptide is a complex multistep process, requiring accurate amino acid selection, transfer RNA (tRNA) charging and mRNA decoding on the ribosome. Key players in this process are aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases (aaRSs), which not only catalyse the attachment of cognate amino acids to their respective tRNAs, but also selectively hydrolyse incorrectly activated non-cognate amino acids and/or misaminoacylated tRNAs. This aaRS proofreading provides quality control checkpoints that exclude non-cognate amino acids during translation, and in so doing helps to prevent the formation of an aberrant proteome. However, despite the intrinsic need for high accuracy during translation, and the widespread evolutionary conservation of aaRS proofreading pathways, requirements for translation quality control vary depending on cellular physiology and changes in growth conditions, and translation errors are not always detrimental. Recent work has demonstrated that mistranslation can also be beneficial to cells, and some organisms have selected for a higher degree of mistranslation than others. The aims of this Review Article are to summarize the known mechanisms of protein translational fidelity and explore the diversity and impact of mistranslation events as a potentially beneficial response to environmental and cellular stress.
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Trigger loop of RNA polymerase is a positional, not acid-base, catalyst for both transcription and proofreading. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2017; 114:E5103-E5112. [PMID: 28607053 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1702383114] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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The active site of multisubunit RNA polymerases (RNAPs) is highly conserved from humans to bacteria. This single site catalyzes both nucleotide addition required for RNA transcript synthesis and excision of incorrect nucleotides after misincorporation as a proofreading mechanism. Phosphoryl transfer and proofreading hydrolysis are controlled in part by a dynamic RNAP component called the trigger loop (TL), which cycles between an unfolded loop and an α-helical hairpin [trigger helices (TH)] required for rapid nucleotide addition. The precise roles of the TL/TH in RNA synthesis and hydrolysis remain unclear. An invariant histidine residue has been proposed to function in the TH form as a general acid in RNA synthesis and as a general base in RNA hydrolysis. The effects of conservative, nonionizable substitutions of the TL histidine (or a neighboring TL arginine conserved in bacteria) have not yet been rigorously tested. Here, we report that glutamine substitutions of these residues, which preserve polar interactions but are incapable of acid-base chemistry, had little effect on either phosphoryl transfer or proofreading hydrolysis by Escherichia coli RNAP. The TL substitutions did, however, affect the backtracking of RNAP necessary for proofreading and potentially the reactivity of the backtracked nucleotide. We describe a unifying model for the function of the RNAP TL, which reconciles available data and our results for representative RNAPs. This model explains diverse effects of the TL basic residues on catalysis through their effects on positioning reactants for phosphoryl transfer and easing barriers to transcript backtracking, rather than as acid-base catalysts.
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Lind PA, Arvidsson L, Berg OG, Andersson DI. Variation in Mutational Robustness between Different Proteins and the Predictability of Fitness Effects. Mol Biol Evol 2017; 34:408-418. [PMID: 28025272 DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msw239] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
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Random mutations in genes from disparate protein classes may have different distributions of fitness effects (DFEs) depending on different structural, functional, and evolutionary constraints. We measured the fitness effects of 156 single mutations in the genes encoding AraC (transcription factor), AraD (enzyme), and AraE (transporter) used for bacterial growth on l-arabinose. Despite their different molecular functions these genes all had bimodal DFEs with most mutations either being neutral or strongly deleterious, providing a general expectation for the DFE. This contrasts with the unimodal DFEs previously obtained for ribosomal protein genes where most mutations were slightly deleterious. Based on theoretical considerations, we suggest that the 33-fold higher average mutational robustness of ribosomal proteins is due to stronger selection for reduced costs of translational and transcriptional errors. Whereas the large majority of synonymous mutations were deleterious for ribosomal proteins genes, no fitness effects could be detected for the AraCDE genes. Four mutations in AraC and AraE increased fitness, suggesting that slightly advantageous mutations make up a significant fraction of the DFE, but that they often escape detection due to the limited sensitivity of commonly used fitness assays. We show that the fitness effects of amino acid substitutions can be predicted based on evolutionary conservation, but those weakly deleterious mutations are less reliably detected. This suggests that large-effect mutations and the fraction of highly deleterious mutations can be computationally predicted, but that experiments are required to characterize the DFE close to neutrality, where many mutations ultimately fixed in a population will occur.
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- Peter A Lind
- Department of Medical Biochemistry and Microbiology, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden.,Department of Molecular Biology, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden
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- Department of Medical Biochemistry and Microbiology, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
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- Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, Science for Life Laboratory, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
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- Department of Medical Biochemistry and Microbiology, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
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James K, Cockell SJ, Zenkin N. Deep sequencing approaches for the analysis of prokaryotic transcriptional boundaries and dynamics. Methods 2017; 120:76-84. [PMID: 28434904 DOI: 10.1016/j.ymeth.2017.04.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/14/2016] [Revised: 04/13/2017] [Accepted: 04/18/2017] [Indexed: 01/13/2023] Open
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The identification of the protein-coding regions of a genome is straightforward due to the universality of start and stop codons. However, the boundaries of the transcribed regions, conditional operon structures, non-coding RNAs and the dynamics of transcription, such as pausing of elongation, are non-trivial to identify, even in the comparatively simple genomes of prokaryotes. Traditional methods for the study of these areas, such as tiling arrays, are noisy, labour-intensive and lack the resolution required for densely-packed bacterial genomes. Recently, deep sequencing has become increasingly popular for the study of the transcriptome due to its lower costs, higher accuracy and single nucleotide resolution. These methods have revolutionised our understanding of prokaryotic transcriptional dynamics. Here, we review the deep sequencing and data analysis techniques that are available for the study of transcription in prokaryotes, and discuss the bioinformatic considerations of these analyses.
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- Katherine James
- Centre for Bacterial Cell Biology, Institute for Cell and Molecular Bioscience, Newcastle University, Baddiley-Clark Building, Richardson Road, Newcastle Upon Tyne NE2 4AX, UK.
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- Bioinformatics Support Unit, Newcastle University, William Leech Building, Framlington Place, Newcastle Upon Tyne NE2 4HH, UK
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- Centre for Bacterial Cell Biology, Institute for Cell and Molecular Bioscience, Newcastle University, Baddiley-Clark Building, Richardson Road, Newcastle Upon Tyne NE2 4AX, UK
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