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Exocyclic GpC DNA methyltransferase from Celeribacter marinus IMCC12053

Celeribacter marinus IMCC12053의 외향고리 GpC DNA 메틸트랜스퍼라아제

  • Kim, Junghee (Institute of Liberal Arts Education, Pukyong National University) ;
  • Oh, Hyun-Myung (Institute of Liberal Arts Education, Pukyong National University)
  • 김정희 (부경대학교 기초교양교육원) ;
  • 오현명 (부경대학교 기초교양교육원)
  • Received : 2019.01.09
  • Accepted : 2019.04.10
  • Published : 2019.06.30
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Abstract

DNA methylation is involved in diverse processes in bacteria, including maintenance of genome integrity and regulation of gene expression. CcrM, the DNA methyltransferase conserved in Alphaproteobacterial species, carries out $N^6$-adenine or $N^4$-cytosine methyltransferase activities using S-adenosyl methionine as a co-substrate. Celeribacter marinus IMCC12053 from the Alphaproteobacterial group was isolated from a marine environment. Single molecule real-time sequencing method (SMRT) was used to detect the methylation patterns of C. marinus IMCC12053. Gibbs motif sampler program was used to observe the conversion of adenosine of 5'-GANTC-3' to $N^6$-methyladenosine and conversion of $N^4$-cytosine of 5'-GpC-3' to $N^4$-methylcytosine. Exocyclic DNA methyltransferase from the genome of strain IMCC12053 was chosen using phylogenetic analysis and $N^4$-cytosine methyltransferase was cloned. IPTG inducer was used to confirm the methylation activity of DNA methylase, and cloned into a pQE30 vector using dam-/dcm- E. coli as the expression host. The genomic DNA and the plasmid carrying methylase-encoding sequences were extracted and cleaved with restriction enzymes that were sensitive to methylation, to confirm the methylation activity. These methylases protected the restriction enzyme site once IPTG-induced methylases methylated the chromosome and plasmid, harboring the DNA methylase. In this study, cloned exocyclic DNA methylases were investigated for potential use as a novel type of GpC methylase for molecular biology and epigenetics.

DNA 메틸화는 유전체의 무결성의 유지 및 유전자 발현 조절과 같은 박테리아의 다양한 과정에 관여한다. Alphaproteobacteria 종에서 보존된 DNA 메틸 전이 효소인 CcrM은 S-아데노실 메티오닌을 공동 기질로 사용하여 $N^6$-아데닌 또는 $N^4$-시토신의 메틸 전이 효소 활성을 갖는다. Celeribacter marinus IMCC 12053는 해양 환경에서 분리된 알파프로테오박테리아로서 GpC 시토신의 외향고리 아민의 메틸기를 대체하여 $N^4$-메틸 시토신을 생산한다. 단일 분자 실시간 서열 분석법(SMRT)을 사용하여, C. marinus IMCC12053의 메틸화 패턴을 Gibbs Motif Sampler 프로그램을 사용하여 확인하였다. 5'-GANTC-3'의 $N^6$-메틸 아데노신과 5'-GpC-3'의 $N^4$-메틸 시토신을 확인하였다. 발현된 DNA 메틸전이 효소는 계통 발생 분석법을 사용하여 선택하여 pQE30 벡터에 클로닝 후 $dam^-/dcm^-$ 대장균을 사용하여 클로닝된 DNA 메틸라아제의 메틸화 활성을 확인하였다. 메틸화 효소를 코딩하는 게놈 DNA 및 플라스미드를 추출하고 메틸화에 민감한 제한 효소로 절단하여 메틸화 활성을 확인하였다. 염색체와 메틸라아제를 코드하는 플라스미드를 메틸화시켰을 때에 제한 효소 사이트가 보호되는 것으로 관찰되었다. 본 연구에서는 분자 생물학 및 후성유전학을 위한 새로운 유형의 GpC 메틸화 효소의 잠재적 활용을 위한 외향고리 DNA 메틸라제의 특성을 확인하였다.

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Fig. 1. Phylogeny of CcrM methyltransferases from Alphaproteobacteria with other groups of bacteria and archaea.

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Fig. 2. Methylation sensitive digestion of plasmid DNA preparations of dam-/dcm- competent E. coli GM2163 transformed with IMCC12053_1885 (A).

Table 1. Sequence motif elements flanking m4C (N 4 -methylcytosine) and m6A (N 6 -methyladenosine) modifications in the IMCC12053 genome

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Table 2. Comparison of DNA methyl transferases among some strains from Alphaproteobacteria subdivision

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