PacBio sequencing of human fecal samples uncovers the DNA methylation landscape of 22 673 gut phages.
Autor: | Ding Y; Institute of Digestive Disease and Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, State Key Laboratory of Digestive Disease, Li Ka Shing Institute of Health Sciences, CUHK-Shenzhen Research Institute, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China., Zhao L; Institute of Digestive Disease and Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, State Key Laboratory of Digestive Disease, Li Ka Shing Institute of Health Sciences, CUHK-Shenzhen Research Institute, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China., Wang G; Institute of Digestive Disease and Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, State Key Laboratory of Digestive Disease, Li Ka Shing Institute of Health Sciences, CUHK-Shenzhen Research Institute, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China., Shi Y; Institute of Digestive Disease and Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, State Key Laboratory of Digestive Disease, Li Ka Shing Institute of Health Sciences, CUHK-Shenzhen Research Institute, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China., Guo G; Center for Gut Microbiome Research, Department of Surgery, Med-X Institute, Department of High Talent, The First Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, China., Liu C; Institute of Digestive Disease and Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, State Key Laboratory of Digestive Disease, Li Ka Shing Institute of Health Sciences, CUHK-Shenzhen Research Institute, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China., Chen Z; Department of Microbiology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China., Coker OO; Institute of Digestive Disease and Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, State Key Laboratory of Digestive Disease, Li Ka Shing Institute of Health Sciences, CUHK-Shenzhen Research Institute, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China., She J; Center for Gut Microbiome Research, Department of Surgery, Med-X Institute, Department of High Talent, The First Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, China., Yu J; Institute of Digestive Disease and Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, State Key Laboratory of Digestive Disease, Li Ka Shing Institute of Health Sciences, CUHK-Shenzhen Research Institute, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China. |
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Jazyk: | angličtina |
Zdroj: | Nucleic acids research [Nucleic Acids Res] 2023 Dec 11; Vol. 51 (22), pp. 12140-12149. |
DOI: | 10.1093/nar/gkad977 |
Abstrakt: | Gut phages have an important impact on human health. Methylation plays key roles in DNA recognition, gene expression regulation and replication for phages. However, the DNA methylation landscape of gut phages is largely unknown. Here, with PacBio sequencing (2120×, 4785 Gb), we detected gut phage methylation landscape based on 22 673 gut phage genomes, and presented diverse methylation motifs and methylation differences in genomic elements. Moreover, the methylation rate of phages was associated with taxonomy and host, and N6-methyladenine methylation rate was higher in temperate phages than in virulent phages, suggesting an important role for methylation in phage-host interaction. In particular, 3543 (15.63%) phage genomes contained restriction-modification system, which could aid in evading clearance by the host. This study revealed the DNA methylation landscape of gut phage and its potential roles, which will advance the understanding of gut phage survival and human health. (© The Author(s) 2023. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of Nucleic Acids Research.) |
Databáze: | MEDLINE |
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