A Type IV-A CRISPR-Cas System in Pseudomonas aeruginosa Mediates RNA-Guided Plasmid Interference In Vivo

CRISPR J. 2019 Dec;2(6):434-440. doi: 10.1089/crispr.2019.0048. Epub 2019 Nov 27.

Abstract

Bacteria and archaea use CRISPR-Cas adaptive immune systems to destroy complementary nucleic acids using RNAs derived from CRISPR loci. Here, we provide the first functional evidence for type IV CRISPR-Cas, demonstrating that the system from Pseudomonas aeruginosa strain PA83 mediates RNA-guided interference against a plasmid in vivo, both clearing the plasmid and inhibiting its uptake. This interference depends on the putative NTP-dependent helicase activity of Csf4/DinG.

Publication types

  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Bacteria / genetics
  • CRISPR-Cas Systems / genetics*
  • Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats / genetics
  • Plasmids / genetics
  • Pseudomonas aeruginosa / genetics*
  • RNA Interference / physiology
  • RNA, Guide, CRISPR-Cas Systems / genetics*

Substances

  • RNA, Guide, CRISPR-Cas Systems