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Genome-wide protein-DNA interaction site mapping using a double strand DNA-specific cytosine deaminase

Gallagher, L. A.; Velazquez, E.; Peterson, S. B.; Charity, J. C.; Hsu, F.; Radey, M. C.; Gebhardt, M. J.; de Moraes, M. H.; Penewit, K. M.; Kim, J.; Andrade, P. A.; LaFramboise, T.; Salipante, S. J.; de Lorenzo, V.; Wiggins, P. A.; Dove, S. L.; Mougous, J.

2021-08-02 genetics
10.1101/2021.08.01.454665 bioRxiv
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DNA-protein interactions (DPIs) are central to such fundamental cellular processes as transcription and chromosome maintenance and organization. The spatiotemporal dynamics of these interactions dictate their functional consequences; therefore, there is great interest in facile methods for defining the sites of DPI within cells. Here, we present a general method for mapping DPI sites in vivo using the double stranded DNA-specific cytosine deaminase toxin DddA. Our approach, which we term DddA-sequencing (3D-seq), entails generating a translational fusion of DddA to a DNA binding protein of interest, inactivating uracil DNA glycosylase, modulating DddA activity via its natural inhibitor protein, and DNA sequencing for genome-wide DPI detection. We successfully applied this method to three Pseudomonas aeruginosa transcription factors that represent divergent protein families and bind variable numbers of chromosomal locations. 3D-seq offers several advantages over existing technologies including ease of implementation and the possibility to measure DPIs at single-cell resolution.

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