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...cells expressing the optogenetic tool causing a change in cellular activity or gene expression. Experimental...directly open and close when exposed to light and change the membrane potential. OptoXRs are modified GPCRs...activate downstream signaling pathways that can change both the membrane potential and a host of other...engineered molecules that induce conformational changes with light stimulation to either activate or inhibit...activity upon exposure to light within a specific range of wavelengths. Excitatory channels allow positively...When exposed to light, there is a conformational change in the extracellular domain which activates the...the binding pocket of an engineered receptor that change shape with light exposure to activate them. PORTLs...

...switchable (e.g. rsEGFP, Dreiklang). Fluorescent Timers (FT): These proteins change their color over time...example, T-Sapphire, LSSmOrange, and LSSmKate. Fluorescent Sensors: These FPs change their excitation/emission.../em spectra (e.g. mKeima) or change fluorescent intensity upon pH changes (e.g. pHluorin, pHTomato). ...classified by the emission color (emission wavelength range) FPs are usually classified by emission color as...as outlined below (or emission wavelenght range).  By mutating GFP, the variants blue FP (BFP), cyan FP...nm Green 499 - 519 nm Yellow 524 - 538 nm Orange 559 - 572 nm Red 574 - 610 nm Far-Red 625 -... ≥ 670 nm In addition to emission wavelength range, there are other traits that need to be considered...

...flank the desired change with 4-5 silent changes in the wobble codons, i.e. make changes to the third base... translated protein.  These changes can be 5’ or 3’ of the desired change.   Table 1: Overview of ds- ...sequences, point mutations or other small base pair changes, and the addition of protein tags. It also has ...to restriction enzyme cloning where the genetic changes occur in a test tube. The donor DNA substrate only...partially dsDNA duplex with single-stranded 3’ overhangs or 2) if the dsDNA was short enough, a ssDNA whose...ssDNA substrate is best for point mutations or changes of only a few base pairs.  dsDNA Substrate dsDNA...prone to mutations and will have more unintended changes to their genomes. 2) Designing ssDNA oligos that...

...base editor precisely changes a single base with an efficiency typically ranging from 25-75%, while the...2018): 627-630. PubMed PMID: 29476916. 10. Kang, Beum-Chang, et al. "Precision genome engineering through...base precisely? Until 2016, precise single base changes were only possible through exploiting the homology-directed...the success of precise change via HDR limited to 0-5%. This blog post covers a brief review of different...wonder if a CRISPR-base editor can perform this change. However, there are no naturally known 'DNA adenosine...lack of base editors for plant systems. Thus, the Yang Lab at The Pennsylvania State University (PSU) is...hAPOBEC3 deaminase can edit in a stretched window ranging from 1-17 bp relative to the PAM sequence (Zong...

...poor dynamic range, meaning that if your blot contains one protein in the femtogram range and another ...dynamic range that typically spans 2–5 orders of magnitude, which includes a wide dynamic range for fluorescent...to switch from one readout method to another or change primary antibodies as needed. However, more antibodies...especially if you need a specific conjugate, and changing your reporter molecule requires either re-conjugating...protein(s) of interest.  Determining linear detection range If you are quantifying your western blot data, you... you’ll need to determine the linear detection range of your protein. The most common way to do this is..., quality, and stability Limited protein size range Tris-acetate 40–500 kDa Tris-tricine 150...

...recognition sequence, creating flanking overhangs. These overhangs can be customized to link together multiple... 2016 and last updated Sep 10, 2020 by Jennifer Tsang. CRISPR makes it easy to target multiple loci - ... editing or labeling efficiency doesn’t usually change when you add multiple gRNAs on one plasmid. Sound...appropriate Type IIS enzyme, the unique flanking overhang sequences can link together to allow for ordered... Figure 2: gRNA target sequences (colored rectangles) are cloned into various plasmids using oligonucleotides...constructs. When these plasmids are digested, unique overhangs (here, O1-4) adjacent to the cut sites “link” ...This step is necessary to generate all of the overhangs needed for the final ligation step. Plasmids are...

...science (from climate change deniers to anti-vaxxers), and the very real dangers of quackery, which is...scientists to change their priorities. For many scientists, COVID-19 will fundamentally change what they ...described in Chapter 3, and of course the rapidly changing world of genome engineering via CRISPR.  Though...non-scientists, Zimmer’s observations will likely range from mildly surprising to genuinely shocking. Mainstream..., and posits the way science is being done has changed significantly over the last decade. He describes...adoption by the scientific community and their game changing nature. Full disclosure: Zimmer also spends some...played in these fields, and seeing names like Feng Zhang, Jennifer Doudna, Karl Deisseroth, and Ed Boyden...

...detect nucleic acids at the atomolar level. The Zhang lab has adapted natural RNase activity of the Cas13...Cas13 (C2c2) was first identified in 2016 by the Zhang lab as an RNA guided RNase (Abudayyeh et al 2016...specific reporter and the activation of Csm6. The Zhang lab showed that, by adding Csm6 and a Csm6 specific...Applications of the SHERLOCK detection system The Zhang lab demonstrated that SHERLOCK could reliably distinguish... in the field (Myhrvold et al., 2018). Now, the Zhang lab has shared a protocol for using SHERLOCK to ...undergoing validation studies.     Jennifer Tsang contributed to updating this article. References... L, Severinov K, Regev A, Lander ES, Koonin EV, Zhang F (2016) C2c2 is a single-component programmable...

...conformational change in the GPCR causing the activation of the Gα subunit. The activated Gα exchanges bound GDP...PRESTO-TANGO (parallel receptorome expression and screening via transcriptional output - TANGO) (Kroeze...Kroeze et al., 2015). PRESTO-TANGO uses a modified Tango beta-arrestin recruitment assay to measure receptor...Sassano MF, Huang X-P, Lansu K, McCorvy JD, Giguère PM, Sciaky N, Roth BL (2015) PRESTO-Tango as an open-source...examples with plasmids deposited at Addgene.  PRESTO-TANGO: The ligands that activate many GPCRs are still ...for unknown GPCRs. You can find the entire PRESTO-TANGO kit at Addgene! TRUPATH: Bryan Roth’s lab also assembled... internalization of two different receptors- angiotensin II type 1 receptor and the β2 adrenoceptor. ...

...most common diseases. References Zhang Y, Yin C, Zhang T, Li F, Yang W, Kaminski R, Fagan PR, Putatunda...publication at Addgene. Wang Z, Pan Q, Gendron P, Zhu W, Guo F, Cen S, Wainberg MA, Liang C. CRISPR/Cas9-Derived...integrated HIV-1 genome. For a targeted approach, Zhang et al. turned to the CRISPR/Cas9 Synergistic Activation...and p65) to enhance transcriptional activation. Zhang et al. designed multiple gRNAs to target the 5’ ... in the T-cell line 2D10. PCR amplification and Sanger sequencing of pooled samples showed that most of...Shortly after Kaminski et al. published their results, Wang et al. showed that HIV-1 could escape from CRISPR...mutations were located near the Cas9 cut site, leading Wang et al. to conclude that some Cas9-derived indels...

...large changes in binding affinity with light stimulation. Indeed oLID showed only a two-fold change in affinity...variant of PSmOrange, a photoswitchable fluorescent protein which transitions from emitting orange (λ= 565nm...response regulator. These changes reduced system leakiness and increased the dynamic range, resulting in more... and a mostly c-terminal nuclease domain. Feng Zhang's group utilized the bi-lobed architecture of Cas9...constructs or as the fully assembled pMemoryArray.   Yang et al., Nat Methods 2014 Dec;11(12):1261-6. doi:...order to determine the relationships between pH changes and cellular events. To overcome the issues with... of varying fusion protein expression levels. Zhang et al., PLoS One. 2012;7(8):e43072. doi: 10.1371...

...identify how MagLOV’s structure changes under magnetic field. Such changes could be harnessed or enhanced...proteins. Motivated by curiosity Although a wide range of fluorescent proteins and optogenetic tools exist... good ol’ EGFP — showed a slight but detectable change in fluorescence when a small magnet was passed ...Fluorescence intensity of EGFP-FlavinTag in E. coli changes in response to a ~25 mT magnet. Gray regions indicate...could be expressed and purified. Although a ~1% change in signal might not make a very powerful tool, ... Q513K, G528K, D540M) that shows a fluorescence change of ~75% in response to the magnetic field (Figure...MagLOV-based tools, just as light-induced conformational changes are the basis of many optogenetic tools. And, since...

... consists of NLuc fused to the more penetrative orange fluorescent protein fusion (OgNLuc). Both fluorescent...for excitation. The result was the cyan-excitable orange fluorescent protein, CyOFP1. CyOFP1 was molecularly...and improved maturation time compared to similar orange fluorescent proteins. In their work, the authors...great imaging tools generate cyan, yellow, green, orange and red fluorescence. The paper reports a wide ...Plasmid #85199), Yellow (YeNL; Plasmid #85201), Orange (OeNL; plasmid #85202) and Red (ReNL; plasmid #85203...When the responsive protein binds to calcium it changes conformation and brings the two fluorescent proteins...sought to alleviate many of these challenges by exchanging the fluorescent donor for a bioluminescent donor...

...and Types of Edits with Low-Cost Sanger Sequencing   ICE uses Sanger sequencing data to produce quantitative...tools. For example, we examined ICE analysis of Sanger sequencing data alongside the analysis of NGS-based...sequencing. To use the tool, you start by uploading your Sanger sequencing files, either one at a time or as a ...targeted gene.   Analyze Complex Edits   Traditional Sanger sequencing-based analysis tools are unable to detect...unedited (control) populations is PCR-amplified and Sanger sequenced. ICE compares these sequence traces to...software tool is quick and easy. Simply upload your Sanger sequencing files and provide basic information ...file. On the plot, the green (edited sample) and orange (control sample) lines should be close together...

...medium. Daily medium exchanges help alleviate cellular stresses associated with pH changes and resource consumption... ion channels, and growth factors resulting in changes to the cell line’s growth and behavior. Signs of...In addition to benefitting your cells, medium exchanges may also impact the quality of the lentiviral ...harvest. Studies have demonstrated that extreme changes in osmotic pressure and pH can destabilize the ... receptor to infect cells and have a broad host range. However, viruses pseudotyped with other envelope... To overcome this issue, try transducing with a range of dilutions of your lentiviral prep. Hopefully,...conditions for specific applications, stick with them! Changes in such variables as cell density, volume, incubation...

...proteins change configurations or binding partners, the epitopes available for binding change as well....often change shapes and epitope accessibility naturally, by binding to other proteins, changing locations...well. If this change hides the epitope that the antibodies used to recognize the protein, your antibody will... you're working with antibodies.) Conformation changes usually fall into one of two categories: ones induced...  First, let’s think about induced conformation changes. Several types of assays, such as ELISAs and Westerns... some of the bonds keeping the protein folded, changing it from its native state to a less folded, or ...the available epitopes in any given protein might change depending on the conditions and the assay can help...

... Habib, N., Hsu, P. D., Wu, X., Jiang, W., Marraffini, L. A., & Zhang, F. (2013). Multiplex genome engineering...complex (blue subunits) with a guide RNA (green and orange) bound to the target DNA with Cas3 (pink). Complex...double-stranded breaks caused by Cas12 create short 3’ overhangs, which leads to slightly increased efficiency ...., Lander, E. S., Voytas, D. F., Ting, A. Y., & Zhang, F. (2017). RNA targeting with CRISPR–Cas13. Nature...Makarova, K. S., Macrae, R. K., Koonin, E. V., & Zhang, F. (2023). Uncovering the functional diversity ... O., Franklin, B., Kellner, M. J., Joung, J., & Zhang, F. (2017). RNA editing with CRISPR-Cas13. Science...., Zhou, X., Hou, Z., Lozen, M. L., Nam, K. H., Zhang, Y., & Ke, A. (2024). Exploiting activation and ...

...dynamic range of your FRET assay (Figure 2). These labeling methods are freely interchangeable and new... Central PMCID: PMC26749. 9. Ni, Qiang, Denis V. Titov, and Jin Zhang. "Analyzing protein kinase dynamics...1999), monitoring kinase activity (Ni, Titov, & Zhang, 2006), quantifying antibody/antigen interactions...Saraheimo et al., 2013), and visualizing structural changes in the ribosome during protein translation (Ermolenko...protein mass into your protein and so structural changes due to this bulky insertion are inevitable. Most... a problem, as long as they are beyond the FRET range of the donor (i.e. >100 Å). Researchers have developed... above can be paired together to measure a wide range of molecular distances (see Table). However, proper...

...bacteria Article contributed by Will Arnold Baojun Wang’s lab recently developed a CRISPR tool for the specific...called the upstream activating sequence (UAS). The Wang Lab created a tripartite system consisting of dCas9...other bEBP/UAS pairs, and displays high dynamic range. However, the promoter in question must be σ54-dependent... Genetically encoded voltage indicators (GEVIs) change fluorescence in real time when neurons or muscle...technical difficulties such as small fluorescence changes or a requirement for very high excitation light...to work with.  The Gottschalk lab has surveyed a range of microbial rhodopsin GEVIs in excitable cells ... that can be used to monitor real time voltage changes in worms and have made these constructs available...

...transcriptional changes. Using this road map, and what was known about previously characterized TFs, the Zhang group...interest to the scientific community. Recently, the Zhang lab generated a TF library (aka the MORF Collection...unique isoforms transcribed from these sites. The Zhang lab generated a comprehensive library of each unique...human TF can contribute to differentiation, the Zhang lab transduced human embryonic stem cells with the... is a useful finding. Transcriptional program changes from this screen successfully differentiated cells...each TF help streamline identification. While the Zhang lab controlled their multiplicity of infection so... transformation and amplification, refer to the Zhang lab’s previously published protocol and its relevant...