The Impact of Restriction-Modification Systems on Mating in Haloferax volcanii

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Ouellette Matthew,Makkay Andrea M.,Louyakis Artemis S.ORCID,Gophna UriORCID,Gogarten J. PeterORCID,Papke R. Thane

Abstract

AbstractHalobacteria have been observed to be highly recombinogenic, frequently exchanging genetic material. Several barriers to mating in the Halobacteria have been examined, such as CRISPR-Cas, glycosylation, and archaeosortases, but these are low barriers that do not drastically reduce the recombination frequency. Another potential barrier could be restriction-modification (RM) systems, which cleave DNA that is not properly methylated, thus limiting the exchange of genetic material between cells which do not have compatible RM systems. In order to examine the role of RM systems on limiting recombination in the Halobacteria, the impact of RM systems on cell-to-cell mating in Haloferax volcanii, a well-characterized method of genetic exchange and recombination in a halobacterial species, was examined. Strains which possessed all naturally-occurring RM system genes in H. volcanii (RM+) and strains without these RM systems (ΔRM) were mated together to compare the efficiency of gene transfer between RM-compatible strains and RM-incompatible strains. The results indicated that mating RM-incompatible strains together resulted in a decrease in gene transfer efficiency compared to mating RM-compatible strains together, suggesting that RM systems limit mating in H. volcanii, but do not act as absolute barriers to recombination. Therefore, RM systems are low barriers to recombination in the Halobacteria, with RM-incompatible strains exchanging genetic material at a lower frequency than those with compatible RM systems, similar to other low recombination barriers in the Halobacteria.

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Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory

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