CRISPR 101: RNA Editing with Cas13
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... functional A->G change. They fused ADAR deaminase domains (ADARDD) to dPspCas13b, but observed low RNA... editing, they employed hyperactive ADAR constructs, like ADAR2DD(E488Q). They also adjusted the structure...mutating residues in ADAR2 that interact with duplex RNA, they hoped to destabilize ADAR-RNA binding to decrease...Cas13 enzyme fused to an RNA adenosine deaminase (ADAR). Such a system would convert adenine to inosine...when multiple As are present in the gRNA spacer, as ADAR will preferentially edit an adenine if the template...editing portion of the protein, they examined ADAR1 and ADAR2, which deaminate adenosine to inosine in RNA...RNA. Using an ADAR2DD catalytic mutant, they showed that editing is mediated by ADAR2DD, not PspCas13b...