Genome-wide Characterization of Diverse Bacteriophages Enabled by RNA-Binding CRISPRi

Abstract Bacteriophages constitute one of the largest sources of unknown gene content in the biosphere. Even for well-studied model phages, robust experimental approaches to identify and study their essential genes remain elusive. We uncover and exploit the conserved vulnerability of the phage transcriptome to facilitate genome-wide protein expression knockdown via programmable RNA-binding protein dRfxCas13d (CRISPRi-ART) across diverse phages and their host. Establishing the first broad-spectrum phage functional genomics platform, we predict over 90 essential genes across four phage genomes, a third of which have no known function. These results highlight hidden infection strategies encoded in the most abundant biological entities on earth and provide a facile platform to study them..

Medienart:

Preprint

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

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bioRxiv.org - (2023) vom: 21. Sept. Zur Gesamtaufnahme - year:2023

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Adler, Benjamin A. [VerfasserIn]
Al-Shimary, Muntathar J. [VerfasserIn]
Patel, Jaymin R. [VerfasserIn]
Armbruster, Emily [VerfasserIn]
Colognori, David [VerfasserIn]
Charles, Emeric J. [VerfasserIn]
Miller, Kate V. [VerfasserIn]
Lahiri, Arushi [VerfasserIn]
Trinidad, Marena [VerfasserIn]
Boger, Ron [VerfasserIn]
Nomburg, Jason [VerfasserIn]
Beurnier, Sebastien [VerfasserIn]
Cui, Michael L. [VerfasserIn]
Barrangou, Rodolphe [VerfasserIn]
Mutalik, Vivek K. [VerfasserIn]
Schoeniger, Joseph S. [VerfasserIn]
Pogliano, Joseph A. [VerfasserIn]
Savage, David F. [VerfasserIn]
Doudna, Jennifer A. [VerfasserIn]
Cress, Brady F. [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

570
Biology

doi:

10.1101/2023.09.18.558157

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XBI040904822