The PAM Requirement and Expanding CRISPR Beyond SpCas9
Type
Blog Post
Published
Aug. 20, 2020, 2:30 p.m.
...the use of novel S. pyogenes Cas9 variants with varying PAM sequences, 2) the use of Cas9 homologs derived... Jung MH, Kim S, Kim JH, Kim JH, Kim J-S (2017) In vivo genome editing with a small Cas9 orthologue derived...them more useful than SpCas9. For example, Cas9 from Staphylococcus aureus (SaCas9) is about 1 kilobase...as a binding signal for Cas9 and this sequence is a strict requirement for Cas9-mediated DNA cleavage.
...2020).
Characterization of Cas9 from additional bacterial species
Many more Cas9 orthologs have been isolated...
~20 additional Cas9 species
PAM sequence may not be characterized
Non-SpCas9's bind a variety of... In vivo genome editing using Staphylococcus aureus Cas9. Nature 520:186–191 . https://doi.org/10.1038...