xCas9: Engineering a CRISPR Variant with PAM Flexibility
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...directed evolution to create xCas9, an enzyme recognizing a broad range of PAMs like NG, GAA, and GAT, ...sequences adjacent to a protospacer. If ω-dCas9 could recognize a library PAM, it would induce transcription of...pool. According to this logic, ω-dCas9 variants recognizing multiple PAMs should have a fitness advantage...advantage over proteins with single PAM recognition.
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After 24 days of ...resistance. xCas9 3.7 showed the broadest PAM range, recognizing NG, NNG, GAT, and CAA PAMs, while xCas9 3.6 displayed...