Rapid identification of methylase specificity (RIMS-seq) jointly identifies methylated motifs and generates shotgun sequencing of bacterial genomes
NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH(2021)
摘要
DNA methylation is widespread amongst eukaryotes and prokaryotes to modulate gene expression and confer viral resistance. 5-Methylcytosine (m5C) methylation has been described in genomes of a large fraction of bacterial species as part of restriction-modification systems, each composed of a methyltransferase and cognate restriction enzyme. Methylases are site-specific and target sequences vary across organisms. High-throughput methods, such as bisulfite-sequencing can identify m5C at base resolution but require specialized library preparations and single molecule, real-time (SMRT) sequencing usually misses m5C. Here, we present a new method called RIMS-seq (rapid identification of methylase specificity) to simultaneously sequence bacterial genomes and determine m5C methylase specificities using a simple experimental protocol that closely resembles the DNA-seq protocol for Illumina. Importantly, the resulting sequencing quality is identical to DNA-seq, enabling RIMS-seq to substitute standard sequencing of bacterial genomes. Applied to bacteria and synthetic mixed communities, RIMS-seq reveals new methylase specificities, supporting routine study of m5C methylation while sequencing new genomes.
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methylase specificity,methylated motifs,rims-seq
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