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Insights into RAG evolution from the identification of “missing link” family A RAGL transposons

Lorlane Le Targa
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Tzu-Pei Fan
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Che-Yi Lin
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Ziwen Huang
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Shaochun Yuan
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Anlong Xu
Yi-Hsien Su
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Andrei-Jose Petrescu
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ABSTRACT A series of “molecular domestication” events are thought to have converted an invertebrate RAG-like (RAGL) transposase into the RAG1-RAG2 (RAG) recombinase, a critical enzyme for adaptive immunity in jawed vertebrates. The timing and order of these events is not well understood, in part because of a dearth of information regarding the invertebrate RAGL-A transposon family. In contrast to the abundant and divergent RAGL-B transposon family, RAGL-A most closely resembles RAG and is represented by a single orphan RAG1-like ( RAG1L ) gene in the genome of the hemichordate Ptychodera flava ( PflRAG1L-A ). Here, we provide evidence for the existence of complete RAGL-A transposons in the genomes of P. flava and several echinoderms. The predicted RAG1L-A and RAG2L-A proteins encoded by these transposons intermingle sequence features of jawed vertebrate RAG and RAGL-B transposases, leading to a prediction of DNA binding, catalytic, and transposition activities that are a hybrid of RAG and RAGL-B. Similarly, the terminal inverted repeats (TIRs) of the RAGL-A transposons combine features of both RAGL-B transposon TIRs and RAG recombination signal sequences. Unlike all previously described RAG2L proteins, PflRAG2L-A and echinoderm RAG2L-A contain an acidic hinge region, which we demonstrate is capable of efficiently inhibiting RAG-mediated transposition. Our findings provide evidence for a critical intermediate in RAG evolution and argue that certain adaptations thought to be specific to jawed vertebrates (e.g., the RAG2 acidic hinge) actually arose in invertebrates, thereby focusing attention on other adaptations as the pivotal steps in the completion of RAG domestication in jawed vertebrates.
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hal-04243785 , version 1 (16-10-2023)
hal-04243785 , version 2 (04-11-2023)

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Eliza C Martin, Lorlane Le Targa, Louis Tsakou-Ngouafo, Tzu-Pei Fan, Che-Yi Lin, et al.. Insights into RAG evolution from the identification of “missing link” family A RAGL transposons. Molecular Biology and Evolution, 2023, ⟨10.1093/molbev/msad232⟩. ⟨hal-04243785v2⟩

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