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Revision as of 19:45, 17 October 2018
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Overview
CRISPR-Cas technology has the capability of storing information. This year, iGEM team Tec-Monterrey aims to use the CRISPR-Cas system to store specific DNA sequences in the genome of E. coli in order to save information about the environment surrounding the bacteria. To make this possible, Cas1-Cas2 proteins, which create the protospacer acquisition in the CRISPR system, are used to insert a synthetic DNA sequence in the CRISPR array within the genome of the bacteria. This synthetic sequence is produced by a second system, called SCRIBE. The final step of our project is reading out the inserted DNA sequence. Specific primers for polymerase chain reaction (PCR) are used to amplify a section of the CRISPR array where the sequence is inserted. Taking together both systems, our project intends to act as a biological tape recorder capable of sensing external stimuli in the environment and storing their presence in the genome.
System Functionality
Construct that codes for the SCRIBE system adaptation.
This system generates single-stranded DNA inside of living cells in response to gene regulatory signals.
It is composed of 3 main components:
This system generates single-stranded DNA inside of living cells in response to gene regulatory signals.
It is composed of 3 main components:
- A reverse transcriptase protein
- One msr RNA moiety which acts as a primer for the RT.
- A second RNA moiety, called msd, which represents a template for the reverse transcriptase. This sequence contains the message of interest.
Hybrid RNA-ssDNA molecule which contains the message of interest.
This message has a PAM sequence, a crucial component for the identification by the CRISPR-Cas complex.
This message has a PAM sequence, a crucial component for the identification by the CRISPR-Cas complex.
These proteins have to detect the PAM sequence in order to enable their function as endonucleases, in other words, their activity to work as scissors that cut DNA sequences.
Crispr-cas complex is conformed by two dimers of cas 1 and one dime of cas 2, forming a hexamer.
Crispr-cas complex is conformed by two dimers of cas 1 and one dime of cas 2, forming a hexamer.
The retrotranscriptase acts on the msd (RNA) sequence and produces a hybrid RNA-ssDNA molecule called msDNA.
Here is where our loved CRISPR-Cas complex comes into place.
CRISPR-Cas is a prokaryotic immune system that protects bacteria from phages and plasmids. With this complex, foreign DNA in the form of spacers is incorporated into the bacteria’s genome, specifically at the CRISPR locus. This acquisition of new DNA generates a memory of each “infection”.
Several Cas proteins are involved in this system, but Cas1 and Cas2 are the only proteins needed for acquisition of new spacers.
CRISPR-Cas is a prokaryotic immune system that protects bacteria from phages and plasmids. With this complex, foreign DNA in the form of spacers is incorporated into the bacteria’s genome, specifically at the CRISPR locus. This acquisition of new DNA generates a memory of each “infection”.
Several Cas proteins are involved in this system, but Cas1 and Cas2 are the only proteins needed for acquisition of new spacers.
Once the PAM sequence is detected, the Cas1-Cas2 complex cuts the target sequence and integrates it into the bacteria’s genome.
References
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Farzadfard, F., & Lu, T. K. Genomically encoded analog memory with precise in vivo DNA writing in living cell populations. Science. (2014). doi: 10.1126/science.1256272.
Levy, A., Goren, M. G., Yosef, I., Auster, O., Manor, M., Amitai, G., Edgar, R., Qimron, U. & Sorek, R. CRISPR adaptation biases explain preference for acquisition of foreign DNA. Nature. (2015). doi:10.1038/nature14302
Nuñez, J. K. Mechanism of CRISPR–Cas Immunological Memory. (2016). Doctoral dissertation, UC Berkeley
Nuñez, J. K., Kranzusch P, Noeske J, Wright A, Davies C, Doudna J. Cas1-Cas2 complex formation mediates spacer acquisition during CRISPR-Cas adaptive immunity. Nat. Struct. Mol. Biol. (2014). doi:10.1038/nsmb.2820
Sheth, R. U., Yim, S. S., Wu, F. L. & Wang, H. H. Multiplex recording of cellular events over time on CRISPR biological tape. Science. (2017). doi:10.1126/science.aao0958
Shipman, S. L., Nivala, J., Macklis, J. D., & Church, G. M. Molecular recordings by directed CRISPR spacer acquisition. Science. (2016). doi: 10.1126/science.aaf1175
Tang, W., & Liu, D. R. Rewritable multi-event analog recording in bacterial and mammalian cells. Science. (2018). doi: 10.1126/science.aap8992