xCas9: Engineering a CRISPR Variant with PAM Flexibility
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...propagation and keeping that dCas9 sequence in the pool. According to this logic, ω-dCas9 variants recognizing...CRISPR enzymes require a short PAM sequence adjacent to the targeted sequence at the locus of interest. SpCas9...contained all 64 possible NNN PAM sequences adjacent to a protospacer. If ω-dCas9 could recognize a library PAM...engineered alternative Cas9s binding distinct PAM sequences. Now, Hu et al., working in David Liu’s lab, have...PAM-interacting domain. However, these alternative PAM sequences are longer and often more complex than NGG, resulting... for and interest in enzymes with shorter PAM sequences and/or broader PAM flexibility.
Creating xCas9... phage (SP) to carry catalytically dead SpCas9 (dCas9) fused to the bacterial polymerase subunit ω. This...