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Substrate Generation for Endonucleases of CRISPR/Cas Systems
Published on: September 8, 2012
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克里斯普尔-Cas型I-F-HNH的 conformational 动力学在一个级联脚手架中告知 nickase 工程
Anders Fuglsang1, Sweta Suman Rout1, Eliska Bartl Koutna1
1Structural Molecular Biology Group, Novo Nordisk Foundation Centre for Protein Research, Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences University of Copenhagen, Blegdamsvej 3B, Copenhagen, 2200, Denmark.
Nucleic acids research
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概括
新型I-FHNH CRISPR-Cas系统通过自主切割DNA链来提供精确的DNA编辑. 一个经过修改的版本作为可编程的尼克酶,使人体细胞能够有针对性的单链断裂.
科学领域:
- 分子生物学分子生物学
- 遗传学 是一个遗传学.
- 生物化学 生物化学
背景情况:
- 第1类CRISPR-Cas系统是大型的效应器复合体.
- I型系统通常需要辅助核酶来进行DNA裂变.
研究的目的:
- 阐明I型FHNHCRISPR-Cas系统的结构和功能.
- 描述其DNA裂变机制并探索其基因组编辑潜力.
主要方法:
- 低温电子显微镜 (cryo-EM) 用于确定高分辨率结构.
- 生物化学测试分析DNA裂变活动.
- 为改变核酶活性而设计一个Cas8变体 (ΔLinker).
- 在人类细胞中验证野生类型和突变复合体.
主要成果:
- 在三种催化状态下确定了I型-FHNH复合物的结构,揭示了HNH域的动态.
- 建立了一种连续的切割机制:非目标链 (NTS),其次是目标链 (TS).
- 确定了最小的PAM要求 (5'-CN) 和精确的催化部位.
- 设计了一种 ΔLinker 变体,它作为一种 NTS 特定的尼克酶起作用,在人类细胞中诱导单链断裂而没有双链断裂.
- 证明了野生类型和尼克酶变体在基因组编辑中的 in vivo 疗效.
结论:
- 类型I-FHNH CRISPR-Cas系统是一种非正规的效应器综合体,能够自主地进行DNA裂变.
- 该系统表现出精确的,连续的链裂变,可以被设计成可编程的形.
- 该系统代表了用于体内基因组编辑应用的紧而高效的平台.
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