Behind-the-scenes of the Isolation of the Thermostable IgnaviCas9 From a Yellowstone Hot Spring
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Nov. 12, 2019, 2 p.m.
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... also led to the discovery of IgnaviCas9, a new CRISPR enzyme from a sample from Mound Spring in Lower...throughput and rigorous assembly. There, they found a CRISPR array in the resulting Ignavibacteriae phylum genome... genome.
IgnaviCas9 is a hyperthermostable Cas9 CRISPR nuclease that is active up to 100°C. The IgnaviCas9...temperatures for long time periods and workflows where CRISPR nuclease activity is desired and time or protocol...
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Read about GeoCas9, another thermostable... protein is 1,241 amino acids long, has optimal sgRNA spacer length of 22-25 nts, and is thermostable ...