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西亚试剂:DNA-guided DNA interference by a prokaryotic Argonaute

发布时间:2025-06-03

DNA-guided DNA interference by a prokaryotic Argonaute

Daan C. Swarts,  Matthijs M. Jore,  Edze R. Westra,  Yifan Zhu,  Jorijn H. Janssen,  Ambrosius P. Snijders,  Yanli Wang,  Dinshaw J. Patel,  José Berenguer,  Stan J. J. Brouns  & John van der Oost

RNA interference is widely distributed in eukaryotes and has a variety of functions, including antiviral defence and gene regulation1, 2. All RNA interference pathways use small single-stranded RNA (ssRNA) molecules that guide proteins of the Argonaute (Ago) family to complementary ssRNA targets: RNA-guided RNA interference1, 2. The role of prokaryotic Ago variants has remained elusive, although bioinformatics analysis has suggested their involvement in host defence3. Here we demonstrate that Ago of the bacterium Thermus thermophilus (TtAgo) acts as a barrier for the uptake and propagation of foreign DNA. In vivo, TtAgo is loaded with 5′-phosphorylated DNA guides, 13–25 nucleotides in length, that are mostly plasmid derived and have a strong bias for a 5′-end deoxycytidine. These small interfering DNAs guide TtAgo to cleave complementary DNA strands. Hence, despite structural homology to its eukaryotic counterparts, TtAgo functions in host defence by DNA-guided DNA interference.

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