History of CRISPR-Cas from Encounter with a Mysterious Repeated Sequence to Genome Editing Technology

Autor: Mart Krupovic, Patrick Forterre, Yoshizumi Ishino
Přispěvatelé: Biologie Moléculaire du Gène chez les Extrêmophiles (BMGE), Institut Pasteur [Paris], Kyushu University [Fukuoka], Institut de Biologie Intégrative de la Cellule (I2BC), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Université Paris-Saclay-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), P.F. is supported by an ERC grant from the European Union's Seventh Framework Program (FP/2007-2013)/Project., This perspective paper stemmed from discussions during Y.I.'s stay in P.F.'s laboratory thanks to the generous support from the program of visiting researchers in Institut Pasteur and the two-country exchange program of the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS)., We apologize to the researchers whose work was not cited due to space limitations., Institut Pasteur [Paris] (IP), Kyushu University
Rok vydání: 2018
Předmět:
0301 basic medicine
MESH: Gene Editing
MESH: CRISPR-Cas Systems
[SDV]Life Sciences [q-bio]
030106 microbiology
Computational biology
Biology
MESH: Genome
Bacterial

Microbiology
Genome
03 medical and health sciences
Genome editing
repeated sequence
Escherichia coli
CRISPR
genome editing
Humans
Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats
casposon
Repeated sequence
Molecular Biology
Gene
Sequence (medicine)
Comparative genomics
Gene Editing
[SDV.GEN]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Genetics
MESH: Humans
Bacteria
MESH: Escherichia coli
MESH: Genomics
Genomics
History
20th Century

Archaea
MESH: Bacteria
MESH: Archaea
MESH: Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats
[SDV.MP.VIR]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Microbiology and Parasitology/Virology
MESH: History
20th Century

Minireview
Mobile genetic elements
CRISPR-Cas Systems
Genome
Bacterial
Zdroj: Journal of Bacteriology
Journal of Bacteriology, American Society for Microbiology, 2018, 200, pp.e00580-17. ⟨10.1128/JB.00580-17⟩
Journal of Bacteriology, 2018, 200, pp.e00580-17. ⟨10.1128/JB.00580-17⟩
ISSN: 1098-5530
0021-9193
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00580-17⟩
Popis: Clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeat (CRISPR)-Cas systems are well-known acquired immunity systems that are widespread in archaea and bacteria. The RNA-guided nucleases from CRISPR-Cas systems are currently regarded as the most reliable tools for genome editing and engineering. The first hint of their existence came in 1987, when an unusual repetitive DNA sequence, which subsequently was defined as a CRISPR, was discovered in the Escherichia coli genome during an analysis of genes involved in phosphate metabolism. Similar sequence patterns were then reported in a range of other bacteria as well as in halophilic archaea, suggesting an important role for such evolutionarily conserved clusters of repeated sequences. A critical step toward functional characterization of the CRISPR-Cas systems was the recognition of a link between CRISPRs and the associated Cas proteins, which were initially hypothesized to be involved in DNA repair in hyperthermophilic archaea. Comparative genomics, structural biology, and advanced biochemistry could then work hand in hand, not only culminating in the explosion of genome editing tools based on CRISPR-Cas9 and other class II CRISPR-Cas systems but also providing insights into the origin and evolution of this system from mobile genetic elements denoted casposons. To celebrate the 30th anniversary of the discovery of CRISPR, this minireview briefly discusses the fascinating history of CRISPR-Cas systems, from the original observation of an enigmatic sequence in E. coli to genome editing in humans.
Databáze: OpenAIRE