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Title | Structural basis for the non-self RNA-activated protease activity of the type III-E CRISPR nuclease-protease Craspase. |
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Journal, issue, pages | Nat Commun, Vol. 13, Issue 1, Page 7549, Year 2022 |
Publish date | Dec 7, 2022 |
Authors | Ning Cui / Jun-Tao Zhang / Zhuolin Li / Xiao-Yu Liu / Chongyuan Wang / Hongda Huang / Ning Jia / |
PubMed Abstract | The RNA-targeting type III-E CRISPR-gRAMP effector interacts with a caspase-like protease TPR-CHAT to form the CRISPR-guided caspase complex (Craspase), but their functional mechanism is unknown. ...The RNA-targeting type III-E CRISPR-gRAMP effector interacts with a caspase-like protease TPR-CHAT to form the CRISPR-guided caspase complex (Craspase), but their functional mechanism is unknown. Here, we report cryo-EM structures of the type III-E gRAMP and gRAMP-TPR-CHAT complexes, before and after either self or non-self RNA target binding, and elucidate the mechanisms underlying RNA-targeting and non-self RNA-induced protease activation. The associated TPR-CHAT adopted a distinct conformation upon self versus non-self RNA target binding, with nucleotides at positions -1 and -2 of the CRISPR-derived RNA (crRNA) serving as a sensor. Only binding of the non-self RNA target activated the TPR-CHAT protease, leading to cleavage of Csx30 protein. Furthermore, TPR-CHAT structurally resembled eukaryotic separase, but with a distinct mechanism for protease regulation. Our findings should facilitate the development of gRAMP-based RNA manipulation tools, and advance our understanding of the virus-host discrimination process governed by a nuclease-protease Craspase during type III-E CRISPR-Cas immunity. |
External links | Nat Commun / PubMed:36477448 / PubMed Central |
Methods | EM (single particle) |
Resolution | 2.54 - 2.93 Å |
Structure data | EMDB-33676: CryoEM structure of type III-E CRISPR gRAMP-crRNA binary complex EMDB-33677: CryoEM structure of type III-E CRISPR gRAMP-crRNA complex bound to non-self RNA target EMDB-33678: CryoEM structure of type III-E CRISPR gRAMP-crRNA complex bound to self RNA target EMDB-33679: CryoEM structure of type III-E CRISPR gRAMP-crRNA in complex with TPR-CHAT bound to non-self RNA target EMDB-33680: CryoEM structure of type III-E CRISPR gRAMP-crRNA in complex with TPR-CHAT EMDB-33681: CryoEM structure of type III-E CRISPR gRAMP-crRNA in complex with TPR-CHAT bound to self RNA target |
Chemicals | ChemComp-ZN: ChemComp-MG: |
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Keywords | STRUCTURAL PROTEIN/RNA / Nuclease / STRUCTURAL PROTEIN-RNA COMPLEX / RNA BINDING PROTEIN |