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Emerging roles of SWI/SNF remodelers in fungal pathogens. SWI/SNF重塑因子在真菌病原体中的新作用

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Current Genetics Pub Date : 2022-04-01 Epub Date: 2022-01-10 DOI: 10.1007/s00294-021-01219-7

Vinutha K Balachandra, Santanu K Ghosh

引用次数: 1

Investigating cell autonomy in microorganisms. 研究微生物的细胞自主性。

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Current Genetics Pub Date : 2022-04-01 Epub Date: 2022-02-04 DOI: 10.1007/s00294-022-01231-5

Sarah Piccirillo, Andrew P Morgan, Andy Y Leon, Annika L Smith, Saul M Honigberg

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Histone 3 lysine 4 monomethylation supports activation of transcription in S. cerevisiae during nutrient stress. 组蛋白3赖氨酸4单甲基化支持酿酒酵母在营养胁迫下的转录激活。

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Current Genetics Pub Date : 2022-04-01 Epub Date: 2022-01-18 DOI: 10.1007/s00294-022-01226-2

Neha Deshpande, Rachel Jordan, Michelle Henderson Pozzi, Mary Bryk

{"title":"Histone 3 lysine 4 monomethylation supports activation of transcription in S. cerevisiae during nutrient stress.","authors":"Neha Deshpande, Rachel Jordan, Michelle Henderson Pozzi, Mary Bryk","doi":"10.1007/s00294-022-01226-2","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s00294-022-01226-2","url":null,"abstract":"Mono-methylation of the fourth lysine on the N-terminal tail of histone H3 was found to support the induction of RNA polymerase II transcription in S. cerevisiae during nutrient stress. In S. cerevisiae, the mono-, di- and tri-methylation of lysine 4 on histone H3 (H3K4) is catalyzed by the protein methyltransferase, Set1. The three distinct methyl marks on H3K4 act in discrete ways to regulate transcription. Nucleosomes enriched with tri-methylated H3K4 are usually associated with active transcription whereas di-methylated H3K4 is associated with gene repression. Mono-methylated H3K4 has been shown to repress gene expression in S. cerevisiae and is detected at enhancers and promoters in eukaryotes. S. cerevisiae set1Δ mutants unable to methylate H3K4 exhibit growth defects during histidine starvation. The growth defects are rescued by either a wild-type allele of SET1 or partial-function alleles of set1, including a mutant that predominantly generates H3K4me1 and not H3K4me3. Rescue of the growth defect is associated with induction of the HIS3 gene. Growth defects observed when set1Δ cultures were starved for isoleucine and valine were also rescued by wild-type SET1 or partial-function set1 alleles. The results show that H3K4me1, in the absence of H3K4me3, supports transcription of the HIS3 gene and expression of one or more of the genes required for biosynthesis of isoleucine and valine during nutrient stress. Set1-like methyltransferases are evolutionarily conserved, and research has linked their functions to developmental gene regulation and several cancers in higher eukaryotes. Identification of mechanisms of H3K4me1-mediated activation of transcription in budding yeast will provide insight into gene regulation in all eukaryotes.","PeriodicalId":10918,"journal":{"name":"Current Genetics","volume":" ","pages":"181-194"},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2022-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8976815/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"39705995","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

引用次数: 5

The yeast Dbf4 Zn²⁺ finger domain suppresses single-stranded DNA at replication forks initiated from a subset of origins. 酵母Dbf4 Zn2+手指结构域抑制从一个起源子集发起的复制叉上的单链DNA。

IF 2.5 4区生物学

Current Genetics Pub Date : 2022-04-01 Epub Date: 2022-02-11 DOI: 10.1007/s00294-022-01230-6

Jeff Bachant, Elizabeth A Hoffman, Chris Caridi, Constance I Nugent, Wenyi Feng

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Yeast Stn1 promotes MCM to circumvent Rad53 control of the S phase checkpoint. 酵母Stn1促进MCM绕过Rad53对S期检查点的控制。

IF 2.5 4区生物学

Current Genetics Pub Date : 2022-04-01 Epub Date: 2022-02-12 DOI: 10.1007/s00294-022-01228-0

Hovik Gasparayan, Chris Caridi, Jeff Julius, Wenyi Feng, Jeff Bachant, Constance I Nugent

{"title":"Yeast Stn1 promotes MCM to circumvent Rad53 control of the S phase checkpoint.","authors":"Hovik Gasparayan, Chris Caridi, Jeff Julius, Wenyi Feng, Jeff Bachant, Constance I Nugent","doi":"10.1007/s00294-022-01228-0","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s00294-022-01228-0","url":null,"abstract":"Treating yeast cells with the replication inhibitor hydroxyurea activates the S phase checkpoint kinase Rad53, eliciting responses that block DNA replication origin firing, stabilize replication forks, and prevent premature extension of the mitotic spindle. We previously found overproduction of Stn1, a subunit of the telomere-binding Cdc13-Stn1-Ten1 complex, circumvents Rad53 checkpoint functions in hydroxyurea, inducing late origin firing and premature spindle extension even though Rad53 is activated normally. Here, we show Stn1 overproduction acts through remarkably similar pathways compared to loss of RAD53, converging on the MCM complex that initiates origin firing and forms the catalytic core of the replicative DNA helicase. First, mutations affecting Mcm2 and Mcm5 block the ability of Stn1 overproduction to disrupt the S phase checkpoint. Second, loss of function stn1 mutations compensate rad53 S phase checkpoint defects. Third Stn1 overproduction suppresses a mutation in Mcm7. Fourth, stn1 mutants accumulate single-stranded DNA at non-telomeric genome locations, imposing a requirement for post-replication DNA repair. We discuss these interactions in terms of a model in which Stn1 acts as an accessory replication factor that facilitates MCM activation at ORIs and potentially also maintains MCM activity at replication forks advancing through challenging templates.","PeriodicalId":10918,"journal":{"name":"Current Genetics","volume":" ","pages":"165-179"},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2022-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8976814/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"39912109","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

引用次数: 1

Development of versatile and efficient genetic tools for the marine-derived fungus Aspergillus terreus RA2905. 海洋源真菌地曲霉RA2905多功能高效遗传工具的开发。

IF 2.5 4区生物学

Current Genetics Pub Date : 2022-04-01 Epub Date: 2022-01-19 DOI: 10.1007/s00294-021-01218-8

Guangshan Yao, Xiaofeng Chen, Yijuan Han, Huawei Zheng, Zonghua Wang, Jianming Chen

{"title":"Development of versatile and efficient genetic tools for the marine-derived fungus Aspergillus terreus RA2905.","authors":"Guangshan Yao, Xiaofeng Chen, Yijuan Han, Huawei Zheng, Zonghua Wang, Jianming Chen","doi":"10.1007/s00294-021-01218-8","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s00294-021-01218-8","url":null,"abstract":"Marine-derived Aspergillus terreus produces a variety of structurally novel secondary metabolites, most of which show unique biological activities. However, the lack of efficient genetic tools limits the discovery of new compounds, the elucidation of involved biosynthesis mechanism, as well as the strain engineering efforts. Therefore, in this study, we first established both an effective PEG-mediated chemical transformation system of protoplasts and an electroporation system of conidia in a marine-derived fungus A. terreus RA2905. To overcome the insensitivity of RA2905 to fungicides, the uracil auxotrophy strain (pyrG gene deletion mutant, ΔpyrG) was constructed using PEG-mediated transformation system, and using ΔpyrG as the genetic background, the methyltransferase gene laeA-overexpression transformants were further constructed through both PEG- and electroporation-mediated transformations, which showed enhanced terrein production. Besides, in this study, an efficient CRISPR/Cas9 genome-editing system was established for the first time in A. terreus, and a higher gene deletion efficiency of 71% for APSES transcription factor gene stuA could be achieved when using short homologous arms compared with conventional long homologous ones. In addition, using a non-integrative Cas9 plasmid, another efficient and marker-free genome-editing system was established, which allowing repeatable and unlimited genetic manipulation in A. terreus. Using the marker-free genome-editing system, we successfully developed the ΔpyrGΔku70 double-deletion mutant in RA2905, which could further improve gene deletion efficiency. In conclusion, efficient genetic manipulation systems along with a variety of functional mutants were developed in this study, which would significantly expedite both theoretical and applied researches in not only A. terreus but also other marine-derived filamentous fungi.","PeriodicalId":10918,"journal":{"name":"Current Genetics","volume":" ","pages":"153-164"},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2022-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"39830749","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

引用次数: 11

Prophage-encoded gene VpaChn25_0734 amplifies ecological persistence of Vibrio parahaemolyticus CHN25. 噬菌体编码基因VpaChn25_0734增强副溶血性弧菌CHN25的生态持久性。

IF 2.5 4区生物学

Current Genetics Pub Date : 2022-04-01 Epub Date: 2022-01-22 DOI: 10.1007/s00294-022-01229-z

Yingwei Xu, Lianzhi Yang, Yaping Wang, Zhuoying Zhu, Jizhou Yan, Si Qin, Lanming Chen

{"title":"Prophage-encoded gene VpaChn25_0734 amplifies ecological persistence of Vibrio parahaemolyticus CHN25.","authors":"Yingwei Xu, Lianzhi Yang, Yaping Wang, Zhuoying Zhu, Jizhou Yan, Si Qin, Lanming Chen","doi":"10.1007/s00294-022-01229-z","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s00294-022-01229-z","url":null,"abstract":"Vibrio parahaemolyticus is a waterborne pathogen that can cause acute gastroenteritis, wound infection, and septicemia in humans. The molecular basis of its pathogenicity is not yet fully understood. Phages are found most abundantly in aquatic environments and play a critical role in horizontal gene transfer. Nevertheless, current literature on biological roles of prophage-encoded genes remaining in V. parahaemolyticus is rare. In this study, we characterized one such gene VpaChn25_0734 (543-bp) in V. parahaemolyticus CHN25 genome. A deletion mutant ΔVpaChn25_0734 (543-bp) was obtained by homologous recombination, and a revertant ΔVpaChn25_0734-com (543-bp) was also constructed. The ΔVpaChn25_0734 (543-bp) mutant was defective in growth and swimming mobility particularly at lower temperatures and/or pH 7.0-8.5. Cell surface hydrophobicity and biofilm formation were significantly decreased in the ΔVpaChn25_0734 (543-bp) mutant (p < 0.05). Based on the in vitro Caco-2 cell model, the deletion of VpaChn25_0734 (543-bp) gene significantly reduced the cytotoxicity of V. parahaemolyticus CHN25 to human intestinal epithelial cells (p < 0.05). Comparative secretomic and transcriptomic analyses revealed a slightly increased extracellular proteins, and thirteen significantly changed metabolic pathways in the ΔVpaChn25_0734 (543-bp) mutant, showing down-regulated carbon source transport and utilization, biofilm formation, and type II secretion system (p < 0.05), consistent with the observed defective phenotypes. Taken, the prophage-encoded gene VpaChn25_0734 (543-bp) enhanced V. parahaemolyticus CHN25 fitness for survival in the environment and the host. The results in this study facilitate better understanding of pathogenesis and genome evolution of V. parahaemolyticus, the leading sea foodborne pathogen worldwide.","PeriodicalId":10918,"journal":{"name":"Current Genetics","volume":" ","pages":"267-287"},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2022-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8783578/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"39725239","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

引用次数: 4

Application of recyclable CRISPR/Cas9 tools for targeted genome editing in the postharvest pathogenic fungi Penicillium digitatum and Penicillium expansum 可回收CRISPR/Cas9工具在采收后致病真菌指状青霉和扩张青霉靶向基因组编辑中的应用

IF 2.5 4区生物学

Current Genetics Pub Date : 2022-03-17 DOI: 10.1007/s00294-022-01236-0

Sandra Garrigues, P. Manzanares, J. Marcos

引用次数: 6

TAL effectors and the predicted host targets of pomegranate bacterial blight pathogen Xanthomonas citri pv. punicae 石榴白叶枯病病原黄单胞菌的TAL效应物和预测宿主靶标。双关语

IF 2.5 4区生物学

Current Genetics Pub Date : 2022-03-11 DOI: 10.1007/s00294-022-01232-4

Sruthi Sivaraman, Dineshkumar Krishnamoorthy, K. Arvind, T. Grace, J. Sharma, Ginny Antony

引用次数: 4

Increased peroxisome proliferation is associated with early yeast replicative ageing 过氧化物酶体增殖增加与酵母菌早期复制老化有关