The IS200/IS605 Family and “Peel and Paste” Single-strand Transposition Mechanism
- Authors: S. He1, A. Corneloup2, C. Guynet3, L. Lavatine4, A. Caumont-Sarcos5, P. Siguier6, B. Marty7, F. Dyda8, M. Chandler9, B. Ton Hoang10
- Editors: Mick Chandler11, Nancy Craig12
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VIEW AFFILIATIONS HIDE AFFILIATIONSAffiliations: 1: Laboratoire de Microbiologie et Génétique Moléculaires, CNRS, Toulouse, France; 2: Laboratoire de Microbiologie et Génétique Moléculaires, CNRS, Toulouse, France; 3: Laboratoire de Microbiologie et Génétique Moléculaires, CNRS, Toulouse, France; 4: Laboratoire de Microbiologie et Génétique Moléculaires, CNRS, Toulouse, France; 5: Laboratoire de Microbiologie et Génétique Moléculaires, CNRS, Toulouse, France; 6: Laboratoire de Microbiologie et Génétique Moléculaires, CNRS, Toulouse, France; 7: Laboratoire de Microbiologie et Génétique Moléculaires, CNRS, Toulouse, France; 8: Laboratory of Molecular Biology, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, NIH, Bethesda, MD; 9: Laboratoire de Microbiologie et Génétique Moléculaires, CNRS, Toulouse, France; 10: Laboratoire de Microbiologie et Génétique Moléculaires, CNRS, Toulouse, France; 11: Université Paul Sabatier, Toulouse, France; 12: Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
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Received 28 July 2014 Accepted 25 February 2015 Published 02 July 2015
- Correspondence: Bao Ton Hoang, [email protected]

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Abstract:
This chapter presents an analysis of the organization and distribution of the IS200/IS605 family of insertion sequences (IS). Members of this family are widespread in both bacteria and archaea. They are unusual because they use obligatory single-strand DNA intermediates, which distinguishes them from classical IS. We summarize studies of the experimental model systems IS608 (from Helicobacter pylori) and ISDra2 (from Deinococcus radiodurans) and present biochemical, genetic, and structural data that describe their transposition pathway and the way in which their transposase (an HuH rather than a DDE enzyme) catalyzes this process. The transposition of IS200/IS605 family members can be described as a “Peel-and-Paste” mechanism. We also address the probable domestication of IS200/IS605 family transposases as enzymes involved in multiplication of repeated extragenic palindromes and as potential homing endonucleases in intron–IS chimeras.
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Citation: He S, Corneloup A, Guynet C, Lavatine L, Caumont-Sarcos A, Siguier P, Marty B, Dyda F, Chandler M, Ton Hoang B. 2015. The IS200/IS605 Family and “Peel and Paste” Single-strand Transposition Mechanism. Microbiol Spectrum 3(4):MDNA3-0039-2014. doi:10.1128/microbiolspec.MDNA3-0039-2014.




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Abstract:
This chapter presents an analysis of the organization and distribution of the IS200/IS605 family of insertion sequences (IS). Members of this family are widespread in both bacteria and archaea. They are unusual because they use obligatory single-strand DNA intermediates, which distinguishes them from classical IS. We summarize studies of the experimental model systems IS608 (from Helicobacter pylori) and ISDra2 (from Deinococcus radiodurans) and present biochemical, genetic, and structural data that describe their transposition pathway and the way in which their transposase (an HuH rather than a DDE enzyme) catalyzes this process. The transposition of IS200/IS605 family members can be described as a “Peel-and-Paste” mechanism. We also address the probable domestication of IS200/IS605 family transposases as enzymes involved in multiplication of repeated extragenic palindromes and as potential homing endonucleases in intron–IS chimeras.

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FIGURE 1
Organization of IS200/IS605 family. (A) Genetic organization. Left (LE) and right (RE) ends carrying the subterminal hairpin (HP) are presented as red and blue boxes, respectively (colour code retained throughout). Left and right cleavage sites (CL and CR) are presented as black and blue boxes respectively, where the black box also represents element-specific tetra-/pentanucleotide target site (TS). The cleavage positions are indicated by small vertical arrows. Gray arrows: tnpA and tnpB open reading frames (orfs); (i) IS200 group with tnpA alone; (ii) to (iv) IS605 group with tnpA and tnpB in different configurations; (v) IS1341 group with tnpB alone. (B) IS200. Secondary structures in the LE, adapted from reference 16 : promoter (pL), ribosome binding site (RBS), tnpA start and stop codons (AUG and UAA) are indicated. (i) DNA top strand with perfect palindromes at LE and RE in red and blue, interior stem–loop in black, (ii) RNA stem–loop structure in transcript originated from pL. (C) Organization of TnpB protein and derivatives: putative N-terminal helix-turn-helix motif (HTH), central OrfB_IS605 domain with a putative DDE motif (Pfam) and C-terminal zinc finger motif (ZF) are shown. Numbers represent occurrence of corresponding variants among 85 analyzed sequences: 46 carry all the three domains (e.g., ISDra2), 33 lack HTH motif (e.g., IS608), whereas others retain separate domains.

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FIGURE 2
IS608 and transposition cycle. IS608 organization. The left (LE) and right (RE) ends with subterminal hairpin (HP) are in red and blue, left and right cleavage sites (CL/TS and CR) are represented by black and blue boxes, respectively. Excision. (A) TnpA activity: top strand (active strand) structures are recognized and cleaved by TnpA (vertical arrows). (B) Upon cleavage, a 5′ phosphotyrosine bond (green cylinder) is formed with LE and with the RE 3′ flank and 3′-OH (yellow circle) is formed at left flank and RE. (C) Excision of the IS608 single-strand circle intermediate with abutted LE and RE (RE–LE junction or transposon joint) (C) accompanied by formation of donor joint retaining the target sequence. (D) The transposase catalyzes the cleavage of transposon joint and single-strand target (E) then integration (F).

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FIGURE 3
TnpAIS608 structures (adapted from references 6 and 8 ). (A) Crystallographic structure of TnpA alone. The two monomers of the TnpA dimer are colored green and orange, respectively. Positions of helix αD and catalytic residues are shown. (B) Costructure TnpA–RE HP22. HP22 is shown in blue. The extrahelical T17 and the T located in the hairpin loop are indicated in red ( 6 ). Note that in the TnpA–HP22 costructure, binding sites for the hairpins are located on the same face of the TnpA dimer whereas the two catalytic sites are formed on the opposite surface (A, C–F). (C) Configuration of the active site in the TnpA–RE HP22. HP22 is shown in blue. Note that in A, B and C, TnpA is in the inactive conformation. The arrow shows the presumed rotation of the αD helix to activate the protein. (D) Configuration of the active site in the TnpA–LE HP26 costructure. LE HP26 is shown in red and the 5′ 4-nucleotide extension (GL) in yellow). The base A+18 has displaced Y127 to activate the protein. (E) TnpA–RE35 complex. Interaction of GR-CR (in light and dark blue, respectively) positions the cleavage site within the catalytic site of the protein. (F) Modeled TnpA–LE–RE complex. LE, RE, and flanking sequences in red, blue, and black, respectively.

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FIGURE 4a
Recognition of cleavage sites. Schematic of the canonical and noncanonical base interactions in (A) left end (LE) and (B) right end (RE). The LE and RE are shown in red and blue. Cleavage sequences CL or CR are placed in black or dark blue boxes; guide sequences GL and GR are framed in pink and light blue, respectively. Two nucleotides at the 3′ foot of HPL, R involved in triplet formation are highlighted by bold and in black frame. Nucleotide sequences of LE and RE and the base paring within HPL and HPR are shown. The inset figures describe the interactions between the cleavage sequences and guide sequences. The filled lines indicate canonical base interactions and the dotted lines indicate additional noncanonical base interactions. (C) Structure of the co-complex TnpAIS608 –RE35 adapted from reference 8 showing the active site and the base pairs between CR (TCAA, dark blue) and GR (GAAT, light blue). The gray sphere is bound Mn2+. Right: Two base triplets observed in the TnpAIS608 –RE35 complex. (D) Target recognition: single-strand transposon joint (RE–LE junction) and target Ts are presented. For simplicity only the recognition of the target cleavage site is indicated. (E) Cleavage sites recognition in the IS200/IS605 family. Multiple sequence alignment of the cleavage sites and guide sequences using Weblogo (weblogo.berkeley.edu) was carried out on 38, 43 and 23 members of the IS200 (i), the IS605 (ii), and the IS1341 (iii) groups, respectively. (F) Linker length distribution of LE and RE from 76 (red) and 80 (blue) different IS, respectively.

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FIGURE 4b
Recognition of cleavage sites. Schematic of the canonical and noncanonical base interactions in (A) left end (LE) and (B) right end (RE). The LE and RE are shown in red and blue. Cleavage sequences CL or CR are placed in black or dark blue boxes; guide sequences GL and GR are framed in pink and light blue, respectively. Two nucleotides at the 3′ foot of HPL, R involved in triplet formation are highlighted by bold and in black frame. Nucleotide sequences of LE and RE and the base paring within HPL and HPR are shown. The inset figures describe the interactions between the cleavage sequences and guide sequences. The filled lines indicate canonical base interactions and the dotted lines indicate additional noncanonical base interactions. (C) Structure of the co-complex TnpAIS608 –RE35 adapted from reference 8 showing the active site and the base pairs between CR (TCAA, dark blue) and GR (GAAT, light blue). The gray sphere is bound Mn2+. Right: Two base triplets observed in the TnpAIS608 –RE35 complex. (D) Target recognition: single-strand transposon joint (RE–LE junction) and target Ts are presented. For simplicity only the recognition of the target cleavage site is indicated. (E) Cleavage sites recognition in the IS200/IS605 family. Multiple sequence alignment of the cleavage sites and guide sequences using Weblogo (weblogo.berkeley.edu) was carried out on 38, 43 and 23 members of the IS200 (i), the IS605 (ii), and the IS1341 (iii) groups, respectively. (F) Linker length distribution of LE and RE from 76 (red) and 80 (blue) different IS, respectively.

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FIGURE 5
Strand transfer and reset model of IS608 transpososome. (A) Inactive form of TnpA dimer in the absence of DNA (pale green, orange ovals and dark green and orange cylinders represent the body and the αD helices of two monomers, respectively). At the ends, dotted red and blue lines represent linkers at left end (LE) and right end (RE), light red and light blue boxes represent GL and GR, respectively. (B) Binding of a copy of LE and RE resulting in TnpA activation (catalytic sites in trans). (C) Cleavage of both ends forms a 5′ phosphotyrosine linkage between Y127 and LE on one αD helix (dark orange cylinders) and between Y127 and the RE flank on the other (dark green cylinders). 3′-OH groups are shown as yellow circles. Reciprocal rotation of both αD helices from trans to cis configuration are indicated by large arrows. (D) Strand transfer takes place to reconstitute the joined donor backbone (donor joint) and generate the RE–LE transposon junction at cis configuration. (E) Release of the donor joint and transition from cis to trans configuration. (F) Reset to the trans form and target site engagement. (G) Cleavage of the RE–LE junction and target and transition from trans to cis configuration. (H) Regeneration of the left and right transposon ends.

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FIGURE 6
Transposition of the IS200/IS605 family and the replication fork: “Peel and Paste” transposition mechanism. (A) Excision. Cartoon representing excision of the single-strand circular intermediate (transposon joint) from the lagging strand template of a donor plasmid. Arrow tip represents replication direction. (B) Integration. Integration of right end (RE)–left end (LE) transposon joint into single-strand target at the replication fork.

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FIGURE 7a
Y1 transposase domestication. (A) Escherichia coli repeated extragenic palindromes (REP), bacterial interspersed mosaic elements (BIME) and REPtron. (i) Representation of two categories of REP structures in E. coli/Shigella with mismatches in the hairpin stem in orange and light blue, violet box represents the conserved tetranucleotide GTAG. Corresponding iREP structures in red and dark blue where green box represents the complementary tetranucleotide CTAC. (ii) Structure of BIME: REP and iREP separated by linkers C or D. BIME are frequently found as consecutive copies. (iii) Examples of REPtrons from some representative E. coli strains. tnpA REP is shown in gray, the flanking genes yafL and fhiA in green and in violet, respectively. Arrows represent the direction of transcription. (B) IStron: organization of IStron where Intron and IS parts are indicated. P1–P8 and IGS represents characteristic features of group I Introns. LE, RE, TTGAT target site and two orf of the IS part are indicated.

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FIGURE 7b
Y1 transposase domestication. (A) Escherichia coli repeated extragenic palindromes (REP), bacterial interspersed mosaic elements (BIME) and REPtron. (i) Representation of two categories of REP structures in E. coli/Shigella with mismatches in the hairpin stem in orange and light blue, violet box represents the conserved tetranucleotide GTAG. Corresponding iREP structures in red and dark blue where green box represents the complementary tetranucleotide CTAC. (ii) Structure of BIME: REP and iREP separated by linkers C or D. BIME are frequently found as consecutive copies. (iii) Examples of REPtrons from some representative E. coli strains. tnpA REP is shown in gray, the flanking genes yafL and fhiA in green and in violet, respectively. Arrows represent the direction of transcription. (B) IStron: organization of IStron where Intron and IS parts are indicated. P1–P8 and IGS represents characteristic features of group I Introns. LE, RE, TTGAT target site and two orf of the IS part are indicated.
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