CRISPR 101: Any Base Transversion Editors
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Blog Post
Published
April 1, 2025, 1:15 p.m.
... inosine from DNA: N-methylpurine DNA glycosylase (MPG), also known as alkyladenine DNA glycosylase (AAG...N-methylpurine DNA glycosylase / alkyladenine DNA glycosylase
Removes hypoxanthine from DNA, creating an...create an abasic (empty) DNA site using either fused or endogenous Uracil DNA N-glycosylase (UNG) enzymes...(AP) site.
UNG / UDG
Uracil DNA N-Glycosylase
Removes uracil from DNA, creating an abasic site.
MPG...W. (2024). Programmable DNA pyrimidine base editing via engineered uracil-DNA glycosylase. Nature Communications...fused to nCas9. First, MPG removes the G base from DNA to create an abasic site. Like in most other base...non-edited strand to encourage the cell to repair the DNA using the edited strand as a template — in this case...