Communications Biology (Mar 2022)

Structural and biochemical characterization of in vivo assembled Lactococcus lactis CRISPR-Csm complex

  • Sagar Sridhara,
  • Jay Rai,
  • Charlisa Whyms,
  • Hemant Goswami,
  • Huan He,
  • Walter Woodside,
  • Michael P. Terns,
  • Hong Li

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-022-03187-1
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 5, no. 1
pp. 1 – 12

Abstract

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This study presents Cryo-EM structures of the Lactococcus lactis Type III-A CRISPR-Cas effector complex in three functional states, including bound forms with cognate and non-cognate target RNA. The results suggest changing protein dynamics during effector complex activation.