Expanding the Targeting Scope and Editing Efficiency of Adenine Base Editors
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...change. Because of this, ABEs are only weakly compatible with many Cas domains beyond SpCas9. In order...lab set out to evolve ABEs with an increased compatibility to Cas homologs.
Evolving better base editors...and editing speed and consists of the following components:
A plasmid in the host bacterium expressing ...phage mutation rate
Phage infection results in a complete ABE protein. If the phage delivers an active variant...variants with much higher base editing activity compared to the original TadA-7.10 enzyme. After testing...which edits 590-fold faster than TadA-7.10. It is compatible with all Cas9 and Cas12 homologs that the researchers...adenine base editor with improved Cas domain compatibility and activity. Nature Biotechnology. https://...