The PAM Requirement and Expanding CRISPR Beyond SpCas9
Type
Blog Post
Published
Aug. 20, 2020, 2:30 p.m.
... a Protospacer Adjacent Motif (PAM sequence). The 3-5 nucleotide PAM sequence serves as a binding signal...sequences for the commonly used S. pyogenes Cas9 (3'-NGG) are abundant throughout the human genome, they... derived from species other than S. pyogenes, and 3) the use of non-Cas9 enzymes.
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Streptococcus pyogenes (Sp)
3' NGG
Staphylococcus aureus (Sa)
NGRRT or NGRRN...Resources on the Addgene Blog
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Check out our CRISPR Featured... and VRER) recognize novel PAM sequences (shown above). The VQR, EQR, and VRER Cas9 variants are capable...example, Cas9 from Staphylococcus aureus (SaCas9) is about 1 kilobase smaller than SpCas9, so it can be packaged...