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Roles of adenine methylation in the physiology of Lacticaseibacillus paracasei

Lacticaseibacillus paracasei is an economically important bacterial species, used in the food industry and as a probiotic. Here, we investigate the roles of N6-methyladenine (6mA) modification in L. paracasei using multi-omics and high-throughput chromosome conformation capture (Hi-C) analyses. The...

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Autores principales: Zhao, Jie, Zhang, Meng, Hui, Wenyan, Zhang, Yue, Wang, Jing, Wang, Shaojing, Kwok, Lai-Yu, Kong, Jian, Zhang, Heping, Zhang, Wenyi
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group UK 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10164179/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37149616
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-38291-1
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Sumario:Lacticaseibacillus paracasei is an economically important bacterial species, used in the food industry and as a probiotic. Here, we investigate the roles of N6-methyladenine (6mA) modification in L. paracasei using multi-omics and high-throughput chromosome conformation capture (Hi-C) analyses. The distribution of 6mA-modified sites varies across the genomes of 28 strains, and appears to be enriched near genes involved in carbohydrate metabolism. A pglX mutant, defective in 6mA modification, shows transcriptomic alterations but only modest changes in growth and genomic spatial organization.