Projeto e caracterização de sgRNAs visando o controle do fitopatógeno Pseudocercospora fijiensis causador da Sigatoka Negra
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A Sigatoka Negra, causada pelo fungo Pseudocercospora fijiensis (Mycosphaerella fijiensis), é uma doença importante da banana e da banana-da-terra. O desenho de moléculas de sgRNAs para silenciamento de genes oferece um possível controle deste fitopatógeno. sgRNAs são moléculas que se ligam a enzimas para cortar especificamente genes de interesse. O uso dessas moléculas requer o uso de ferramentas de bioinformática para seu estudo. Portanto, o objetivo desta pesquisa foi projetar e caracterizar sgRNAs para silenciar o gene de virulência Fus3 e o gene de crescimento CYP51 em P. fijiensis, por meio da análise de características estruturais, termodinâmicas e funcionais que permitem discriminar sgRNAs candidatos para controlar fitopatógenos. Vários sgRNAs termodinamicamente estáveis foram obtidos com alta especificidade para os genes alvo, bem como sequências facilmente reconhecíveis pela nuclease SpCas9, e com tamanhos que permitem difusão eficiente em citoplasmas eucarióticos. Os resultados sugerem que todos os sgRNAs projetados e caracterizados podem promover o correto silenciamento dos genes selecionados para o controle de P. fijiensis. Além disso, os designs mais ideais foram identificados, com base nas características consideradas neste estudo. Esses resultados, embora necessitem de estudos adicionais para o aprimoramento da tecnologia, são promissores, pois mostram a possibilidade do uso de ferramentas moleculares atóxicas e altamente específicas em biotecnologia vegetal para melhoramento genético, mutagênese dirigida, saneamento vegetal e controle de fitopatógenos.
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