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NATURE
卷 471, 期 7340, 页码 602-+出版社
NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP
DOI: 10.1038/nature09886
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- European Community [BACRNAs-018618]
- Austrian Science Fund (FWF) [P17238-B09, W1207-B09]
- Austrian Agency for Research Promotion (FFG) [812138-SCK/KUG]
- Theodor Korner Fonds
- Umea University
- Swedish Research Council
- IMPRS-IDI
- German Research Council (DFG) [SPP1258, Vo875/4]
- German Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) [01GS0806/JV-BMBF-01, 0315836]
- Austrian Science Fund (FWF) [W1207] Funding Source: Austrian Science Fund (FWF)
CRISPR/Cas systems constitute a widespread class of immunity systems that protect bacteria and archaea against phages and plasmids, and commonly use repeat/spacer-derived short crRNAs to silence foreign nucleic acids in a sequence-specific manner. Although the maturation of crRNAs represents a key event in CRISPR activation, the responsible endoribonucleases (CasE, Cas6, Csy4) are missing in many CRISPR/Cas subtypes. Here, differential RNA sequencing of the human pathogen Streptococcus pyogenes uncovered tracrRNA, a trans-encoded small RNA with 24-nucleotide complementarity to the repeat regions of crRNA precursor transcripts. We show that tracrRNA directs the maturation of crRNAs by the activities of the widely conserved endogenous RNase III and the CRISPR-associated Csn1 protein; all these components are essential to protect S. pyogenes against prophage-derived DNA. Our study reveals a novel pathway of small guide RNA maturation and the first example of a host factor (RNase III) required for bacterial RNA-mediated immunity against invaders.
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