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Substrate Generation for Endonucleases of CRISPR/Cas Systems
Published on: September 8, 2012
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La activación conformacional promueve la catálisis de CRISPR-Cas12a y el restablecimiento de la actividad de la
Stefano Stella1, Pablo Mesa1, Johannes Thomsen2
1Structural Molecular Biology Group, Novo Nordisk Foundation Centre for Protein Research, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Blegdamsvej 3B, 2200 Copenhagen, Denmark.
Cell
|December 4, 2018
Resumen
La enzima CRISPR-Cas12a (Cpf1) se encuentra en el
Área de la Ciencia:
- Biología molecular
- La bioquímica
- La genética
Sus antecedentes:
- CRISPR-Cas12a (Cpf1) es una endonucleasa guiada por ARN CRISPR-Cas versátil.
- Se utiliza ampliamente en la edición del genoma por su capacidad para crear rupturas específicas de ADN de doble cadena.
Objetivo del estudio:
- Aclarar las bases estructurales y mecánicas de la activación catalítica y la actividad de escisión del ADN de Cas12a.
- Para entender el mecanismo detrás de la escisión de ADN ss colateral de Cas12a y su regulación.
Principales métodos:
- Microscopía cryoelectrónica (cryo-EM) para visualizar los intermedios de la reacción.
- Transferencia de energía de resonancia Förster de una sola molécula (smFRET) para estudiar la termodinámica y la cinética.
- Ensayos bioquímicos para evaluar la escisión del ADN y el desplazamiento del crARN.
Principales resultados:
- Se identificaron tres regiones proteicas clave involucradas en la detección del híbrido crRNA-ADN, lo que desencadena la activación de Cas12a.
- Se demostró que los cambios conformacionales conducen a la hidrólisis del enlace fosfodiéster y la escisión del ADN objetivo.
- Se reveló que Cas12a exhibe una actividad de escisión indiscriminada del ADN ss después de la activación.
- Se demostró que los nuevos crRNA pueden desplazar el bucle R, terminando la degradación colateral del ssDNA y restableciendo la especificidad.
Conclusiones:
- Propuso un modelo donde la activación conformacional impulsa la escisión indiscriminada de ssDNA.
- Se estableció que el desplazamiento del bucle R mediado por crRNA es un mecanismo para restablecer la especificidad de Cas12a.
- Proporcionó información sobre la regulación de la actividad de Cas12a para aplicaciones precisas de edición del genoma.
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