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T1 Involvement of a citrus meiotic recombination TTC-repeat motif in the formation of gross deletions generated by ionizing radiation and MULE activation
A1 Terol, Javier
A1 Ibanez, Victoria
A1 Carbonell, Jose
A1 Alonso, Roberto
A1 Estornell, Leandro H.
A1 Licciardello, Concetta
A1 Gut, Ivo G.
A1 Dopazo, Joaquín
A1 Talón, Manuel
AB Background: Transposable-element mediated chromosomal rearrangements require the involvement of two transposons and two double-strand breaks (DSB) located in close proximity. In radiobiology, DSB proximity is also a major factor contributing to rearrangements. However, the whole issue of DSB proximity remains virtually unexplored. Results: Based on DNA sequencing analysis we show that the genomes of 2 derived mutations, Arrufatina (sport) and Nero (irradiation), share a similar 2 Mb deletion of chromosome 3. A 7 kb Mutator like element found in Clemenules was present in Arrufatina in inverted orientation flanking the 5' end of the deletion. The Arrufatina Mule displayed "dissimilar" 9-bp target site duplications separated by 2 Mb. Fine-scale single nucleotide variant analyses of the deleted fragments identified a TTC-repeat sequence motif located in the center of the deletion responsible of a meiotic crossover detected in the citrus reference genome. Conclusions: Taken together, this information is compatible with the proposal that in both mutants, the TTC-repeat motif formed a triplex DNA structure generating a loop that brought in close proximity the originally distinct reactive ends. In Arrufatina, the loop brought the Mule ends nearby the 2 distinct insertion target sites and the inverted insertion of the transposable element between these target sites provoked the release of the in-between fragment. This proposal requires the involvement of a unique transposon and sheds light on the unresolved question of how two distinct sites become located in close proximity. These observations confer a crucial role to the TTC-repeats in fundamental plant processes as meiotic recombination and chromosomal rearrangements.
SN 1471-2164
YR 2015
FD 2015
LK http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11939/4579
UL http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11939/4579
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NO Terol, J., Ibanez, Victoria, Carbonell, J., Alonso, Roberto, Estornell, L. H., Licciardello, Concetta, Gut, Ivo G., Dopazo, Joaqun, Talon, M. (2015). Involvement of a citrus meiotic recombination TTC-repeat motif in the formation of gross deletions generated by ionizing radiation and MULE activation. Bmc Genomics, 16, 69-69.
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RD Mar 29, 2023