Project description:An updated representation of S. meliloti metabolism that was manually-curated and encompasses information from 240 literature sources, which includes transposon-sequencing (Tn-seq) data and Phenotype MicroArray data for wild-type and mutant strains.
Project description:We describe the complete synthesis, assembly, debugging and characterization of a synthetic 404,963 bp yeast chromosome, synIX. Combined chromosome construction methods were used to synthesize the left arm of synIX (synIXL) and retrofit previously described synIXR. During synIX strain characterization, we identified and resolved a bug related to EST3, a gene involved in telomerase function, producing a synIX strain with near wild-type fitness. To facilitate future synthetic chromosome consolidation and increase flexibility of chromosome transfer between distinct strains we combined chromoduction, a method to transfer a whole chromosome between two strains, with conditional centromere destabilization to substitute a chromosome of interest for its native counterpart. We found that both synIX transfer via chromoduction and wild-type IX destabilization were efficient methods. We observed that wild-type II tended to co-transfer with synIX and was co-destabilized with wild-type IX, suggesting a potential gene dosage compensation relationship between these two chromosomes.
Project description:In Saccharomyces cerevisiae, Elevated Levels of Aneuploidy and Chromosome Rearrangements are Separable Genome Instability Events Controlled by the Tel1 and Mec1 Kinases Cancer cells often have elevated frequencies of chromosomal aberrations, and it is likely that loss of genome stability is one driving force behind tumorigenesis. Deficiencies in DNA replication, DNA repair, or cell cycle checkpoints can all contribute to increased rates of chromosomal duplications, deletions and translocations. The Saccharomyces cerevisiae proteins Tel1 and Mec1 (homologues of the human ATM and ATR proteins, respectively) are known to participate in the DNA damage response, replication checkpoint, and telomere maintenance pathways and are critical to maintain genome stability. In the absence of induced DNA damage, tel1 mec1 diploid yeast strains exhibit extremely high rates of chromosome aneuploidy. There is a significant bias towards trisomy of chromosomes II, VIII, X, and XII, whereas the smallest chromosomes I and VI are commonly monosomic. tel1 mec1 strains also demonstrate elevated levels of chromosome rearrangements, including translocations as well as interstitial duplications and deletions. Restoring wild-type telomere length with the Cdc13-Est2 fusion protein substantially reduces the amount of chromosome rearrangements in tel1 mec1 strains. This result suggests that most of the rearrangements are initiated by telomere-telomere fusions. However, the telomere defects associated with tel1 mec1 strains do not cause the high rate of aneuploidy, as restoring proper telomere function does not prevent cells from becoming aneuploid. Our data demonstrate that the same mutant genotype can produce both high levels of chromosome rearrangements and high levels of aneuploidy, and these two types of events occur through separate mechanisms.
Project description:Recent advancements in genome sequencing have facilitated accessing the natural genetic diversity of species, unveiling hidden genetic traits, clarifying gene functions, and the degree to which laboratory studies can be generalized. One notable discovery is the frequent (~20%) aneuploidy - an imbalance in chromosome copy numbers - in natural Saccharomyces cerevisiae (Sc) isolates, despite the significant fitness costs and transient nature reported for lab-engineered yeast aneuploids. To examine this discrepancy, we adapted a high-throughput proteomic platform to analyze the proteome of 800 diverse yeast isolates. Matching these proteomes to the natural isolates’ genomes, transcriptomes, as well as generating ubiquitinome and protein turnover data for selected isolates, we report that natural and lab-generated aneuploids differ specifically at the proteome. While lab-generated aneuploids attenuate specific proteins – mostly protein complex subunits – and do not alter the average gene dosage provided by chromosome duplications, in natural strains, 70% of proteins encoded on aneuploid chromosomes are attenuated, and protein levels are shifted towards the euploid state chromosome-wide. Our data links chromosome-wide dosage compensation in natural strains to i) genome-wide buffering of gene expression changes manifesting in trans on euploid chromosomes, ii) increased expression of structural components of the ubiquitin proteasome system, and iii) increased global rates of protein turnover. Our results encourage the exploitation of natural diversity of species to understand complex biological processes at the molecular level. This submission contains the raw files for the disomics lab engineered strains, the library used for the analysis and the corresponding DIA-NN report and associated files.
Project description:We asked if the perinuclear position of chromosome arms in C. elegans depends on the histone methyltransferases MET-2 and SET-25. To this end, we performed LMN-1-DamID in wild-type (N2) and mutant (set-25 met-2) strains. LMN-1-DamID signal on chromosome arms was significantly reduced in the mutant.
Project description:We report the high-throughput profiling of histone modification (H3K9me2) or histone variant CNEP-A/Cnp1 in fission yeast Schizosaccharomyces pombe. By obtaining 1-10 ng immunoprecipitated DNA, we generated genome-wide H3K9me2 or CENP-A/Cnp1 maps of wild type strains carrying the inactivated Centromere 1 or Centromere 2 or Cnp1 spreading in fission yeast with a reporter gene ura4 cassette inserted into the right side of the repetitive sequences of Chromosome 1 . We find that neocemtromeres are formed preferably at pericentromeric regions ubiquitously and asymmetrically in all three centromeres of these indicated strains.
Project description:We here describe the first successful construction of a targeted tandem duplication of a large chromosomal segment in Aspergillus oryzae. The targeted tandem chromosomal duplication was achieved by using strains that had 5’ΔpyrG upstream of the region targeted for tandem chromosomal duplication and 3’ΔpyrG downstream of the target region. Consequently, strains bearing a 210-kb targeted tandem chromosomal duplication near the centromeric region of chromosome 8 and strains bearing a targeted tandem chromosomal duplication of a 700-kb region of chromosome 2 were successfully constructed. The strains bearing the tandem chromosomal duplication were efficiently obtained from the regenerated protoplast of the parental strains. However, the generation of the chromosomal duplication did not depend on the introduction of double-stranded breaks (DSBs) by I-SceI. The chromosomal duplications of these strains were stably maintained after five generations of culture under non-selective conditions. The strains bearing the tandem chromosomal duplication in the 700-kb region of chromosome 2 showed highly increased protease activity in solid-state culture, indicating that the duplication of large chromosomal segments could be a useful new breeding technology and gene analysis method.
Project description:Different Cupriavidus metallidurans strains isolated from metal-contaminated and other anthropogenic environments were genotypically and phenotypically compared with C. metallidurans type strain CH34. The latter is well-studied for its resistance to a wide range of metals, which is carried for a substantial part by its two megaplasmids pMOL28 and pMOL30. Comparative genomic hybridization (CGH) indicated that the extensive arsenal of determinants involved in metal resistance was well conserved among the different C. metallidurans strains. Contrary, the mobile genetic elements identified in type strain CH34 were not present in all strains but clearly showed a pattern, although, not directly related to a particular biotope nor location (geographical). One group of strains carried almost all mobile genetic elements, while these were much less abundant in the second group. This occurrence was also reflected in their ability to degrade toluene and grow autotrophically on hydrogen gas and carbon dioxide, which are two traits linked to separate genomic islands of the Tn4371-family. In addition, the clear pattern of genomic islands distribution allowed to identify new putative genomic islands on chromosome 1 and 2 of C. metallidurans CH34. Metal resistance determinants are shared by all C. metallidurans strains and their occurrence is apparently irrespective of the strain's isolation type and place. Cupriavidus metallidurans strains do display substantial differences in the diversity and size of their mobile gene pool, which may be extensive in some (including the type strain) while marginal in others.
Project description:Two introgression strains (ZZY10307 and ZZY10330) of C. briggsae onto the X chromosome of C. nigoni results in male sterility. In order to determine the cause, we sequenced the mRNAs from young adult males from these two strains, and compared to fertile males of the two parent species (AF16 and JU1421). Two wild-type female samples were also included as platform QC.