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ArticleCommunications biology2022

Versatile and efficient genome editing with Neisseria cinerea Cas9.

Zhiquan Liu, Siyu Chen, Wanhua Xie, Hao Yu, Liangxue Lai, Zhanjun Li

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Article in Communications biology, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3 citing papers in PubMed, 6 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Efforts to Downsize Base Editors for Clinical Applications.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

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6 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Zhiquan Liu *Key Laboratory of Zoonosis Research, Ministry of Education, College of Animal Science, Jilin University, Changchun, 130062, China.
Siyu Chen *Key Laboratory of Zoonosis Research, Ministry of Education, College of Animal Science, Jilin University, Changchun, 130062, China.
Wanhua XieThe Precise Medicine Center, Shenyang Medical College, Shenyang, 110000, China.
Hao YuKey Laboratory of Zoonosis Research, Ministry of Education, College of Animal Science, Jilin University, Changchun, 130062, China.
Liangxue LaiKey Laboratory of Zoonosis Research, Ministry of Education, College of Animal Science, Jilin University, Changchun, 130062, China. lai_liangxue@gibh.ac.cn.ORCID 0000-0002-5256-6802
Zhanjun LiKey Laboratory of Zoonosis Research, Ministry of Education, College of Animal Science, Jilin University, Changchun, 130062, China. lizj_1998@jlu.edu.cn.ORCID 0000-0001-6914-8589
Jilin University · CNShenyang Medical College · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The CRISPR/Cas9 system is a versatile genome editing platform in biotechnology and therapeutics. However, the requirement of protospacer adjacent motifs (PAMs) limits the genome targeting scope. To expand this repertoire, we revisited and engineered a compact Cas9 orthologue derived from Neisseria cinerea (NcCas9) for efficient genome editing in mammal cells. We demonstrated that NcCas9 generates genome editing at target sites with N4GYAT (Y = T/C) PAM which cannot be recognized by existing Cas9s. By optimizing the NcCas9 architecture and its spacer length, editing efficacy of NcCas9 was further improved in human cells. In addition, the NcCas9-derived Base editors can efficiently generate base conversions. Six anti-CRISPR (Acr) proteins were identified as off-switches for NcCas9. Moreover, NcCas9 successfully generated efficient editing of mouse embryos by microinjection of NcCas9 mRNA and the corresponding sgRNA. Thus, the NcCas9 holds the potential to broaden the CRISPR/Cas9 toolsets for efficient gene modifications and therapeutic applications.

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Gene EditingNeisseria cinereaAnimalsCRISPR-Associated Protein 9CRISPR-Cas SystemsGenomeHumansMammalsMiceCRISPR-Associated Protein 9

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PMID36435853
PMCPMC9701194
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