Acta Biomedica Scientifica (Sep 2018)

COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF CRISPR-CAS SYSTEM STRUCTURES OF YERSINIA PSEUDOTUBERCULOSIS IP32953 AND IP31758

  • N. P. Peretolchina,
  • A. Y. Borisenko,
  • Yu. P. Dzhioev,
  • V. I. Zlobin

DOI
https://doi.org/10.29413/ABS.2018-3.5.8
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 3, no. 5
pp. 54 – 59

Abstract

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Background. Pseudotuberculosis is still relevant problem in medical science and public health of Russia and other countries. Typing of Y. рseudotuberculosis strains by their CRISPR systems is a perspective tool for monitoring of Yersinia populations as was shown in Y. pestis.Aims. Here we describe and compare CRISPR-Cas systems of Yersinia pseudotuberculosis strains IP32953 and IP31758 causing classic pseudotuberculosis and Far-East scarlet-like fever (FESLF) respectively.Materials and methods. Complete genomes of Y. pseudotuberculosis IP329353 and IP31758 (NC_006155 and NC_009708 respectively) were obtained from NCBI Nucleotide Database. Search; identification; and analysis of CRISPR systems were carried out by online-tools CRISPROne; CRISPRDetect; and CRISPRTarget.Results and discussion. Analyzed strains have CRISPR-Cas systems that include one set of cas-genes and arrays situated at the long distances from each other. We defined three CRISPR arrays in Y. pseudotuberculosis IP32953 by the combination of program methods. CRISPR-Cas system of this strain consist of array YP1 located near cas-genes; arrays YP2 and YP3. CRISPR-Cas system of Y. pseudotuberculosis IP31758 includes two arrays – YP1 and YP3. CRISPR systems do not share similar spacers. CRISPR systems of the analyzed strains differ in CRISPR loci and cas-protein structures that can be used as specific marks of analyzed strains.Conclusions. We suggest that acquisition of certain spacers may play a role in evolution and divergence of Y. pseudotuberculosis strains.

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