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Area of Science:

  • Plant biotechnology
  • Molecular biology
  • Genome editing

Background:

  • CRISPR/Cas9 is a key tool for plant genome engineering.
  • Streptococcus pyogenes Cas9 (SpCas9) is widely used, but Staphylococcus aureus Cas9 (SaCas9) offers potential advantages due to its smaller size and different PAM sequence.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To evaluate the efficiency and characteristics of SaCas9 for genome editing in plants.
  • To compare SaCas9 with SpCas9 in terms of mutagenic efficiency and target site recognition.

Main Methods:

  • SaCas9 was tested for its ability to mutagenize target sequences in tobacco and rice.
  • The base preference at the 6th position of the SaCas9 PAM was analyzed.
  • Mutagenesis efficiencies with canonical and non-canonical PAMs were compared.

Main Results:

  • SaCas9 demonstrated comparable mutagenic efficiencies to SpCas9 in tobacco and rice.
  • SaCas9 showed a preference for 'T' at the 6th position of its PAM sequence (5'-NNGRRT-3').
  • Targeted mutagenesis was significantly less efficient with non-canonical PAMs (5'-NNGRRV-3').
  • SaCas9 recognizes target sequences that are one to two nucleotides longer than SpCas9.

Conclusions:

  • SaCas9 is a viable and effective alternative to SpCas9 for plant genome editing.
  • SaCas9 exhibits a higher sequence recognition capacity than SpCas9.
  • The distinct PAM recognition of SaCas9 can be leveraged to reduce off-target mutations in crop genomes.