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Substrate Generation for Endonucleases of CRISPR/Cas Systems
Published on: September 8, 2012
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Las estructuras de las endonucleasas Cas9 revelan la activación conformacional mediada por ARN
Martin Jinek1, Fuguo Jiang, David W Taylor
1Department of Biochemistry, University of Zurich, CH-8057 Zurich, Switzerland.
Resumen
El sistema CRISPR-Cas9 fue desarrollado
Área de la Ciencia:
- Biología Molecular Biología Molecular
- La bioquímica es la bioquímica.
- Genética La genética.
Sus antecedentes:
- Los sistemas CRISPR-Cas9 proporcionan inmunidad adaptativa bacteriana a través de la escisión del ADN guiada por ARN.
- Cas9 es una herramienta versátil para la edición y regulación del genoma en eucariotas.
Objetivo del estudio:
- Para aclarar las bases estructurales de la función y activación de Cas9.
- Para revelar el núcleo estructural compartido de los subtipos de la enzima Cas9.
Principales métodos:
- Cristalografía de rayos X con una resolución de 2,6 y 2,2 angstroms.
- Reconstrucciones de microscopía electrónica de una sola partícula.
Principales resultados:
- Se determinaron las estructuras cristalinas de dos subtipos principales de Cas9, revelando un núcleo estructural conservado.
- Identificó grietas de unión de ácido nucleico dentro de las arquitecturas Cas9.
- Se observó una reorientación inducida por ARN guía de los lóbulos de Cas9 para formar un canal de unión al ADN.
Conclusiones:
- La carga de ARN guía es un paso crítico en la activación de Cas9.
- Los reordenamientos estructurales preceden a la unión del ADN objetivo, lo que facilita la formación de canales.
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