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ArticlePlant biotechnology journal2023

Directed evolution rice genes with randomly multiplexed sgRNAs assembly of base editors.

Ao Zhang, Tiaofeng Shan, Yan Sun, Zhipeng Chen, Jianjian Hu, Zhichao Hu, Ziheng Ming, Zhitao Zhu, Xue Li, Jun He and 8 more

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Article in Plant biotechnology journal, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 21 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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18 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Ao Zhang *State Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics & Germplasm Enhancement and Utilization, Jiangsu Engineering Research Center for Plant Genome Editing, National Observation and Research Station of Rice Germplasm Resources, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, China.
Tiaofeng Shan *State Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics & Germplasm Enhancement and Utilization, Jiangsu Engineering Research Center for Plant Genome Editing, National Observation and Research Station of Rice Germplasm Resources, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, China.
Yan Sun *State Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics & Germplasm Enhancement and Utilization, Jiangsu Engineering Research Center for Plant Genome Editing, National Observation and Research Station of Rice Germplasm Resources, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, China.
Zhipeng ChenState Key Laboratory for Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement, Bioinformatics Center, Academy for Advanced Interdisciplinary Studies, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, China.
Jianjian HuState Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics & Germplasm Enhancement and Utilization, Jiangsu Engineering Research Center for Plant Genome Editing, National Observation and Research Station of Rice Germplasm Resources, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, China.
Zhichao HuState Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics & Germplasm Enhancement and Utilization, Jiangsu Engineering Research Center for Plant Genome Editing, National Observation and Research Station of Rice Germplasm Resources, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, China.
Ziheng MingState Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics & Germplasm Enhancement and Utilization, Jiangsu Engineering Research Center for Plant Genome Editing, National Observation and Research Station of Rice Germplasm Resources, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, China.
Zhitao ZhuState Key Laboratory for Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement, Bioinformatics Center, Academy for Advanced Interdisciplinary Studies, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, China.
Xue LiState Key Laboratory for Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement, Bioinformatics Center, Academy for Advanced Interdisciplinary Studies, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, China.
Jun HeState Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics & Germplasm Enhancement and Utilization, Jiangsu Engineering Research Center for Plant Genome Editing, National Observation and Research Station of Rice Germplasm Resources, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, China.
Shijia LiuState Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics & Germplasm Enhancement and Utilization, Jiangsu Engineering Research Center for Plant Genome Editing, National Observation and Research Station of Rice Germplasm Resources, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, China.
Ling JiangState Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics & Germplasm Enhancement and Utilization, Jiangsu Engineering Research Center for Plant Genome Editing, National Observation and Research Station of Rice Germplasm Resources, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, China.
Xiaoou DongState Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics & Germplasm Enhancement and Utilization, Jiangsu Engineering Research Center for Plant Genome Editing, National Observation and Research Station of Rice Germplasm Resources, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, China.
Yufeng WuState Key Laboratory for Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement, Bioinformatics Center, Academy for Advanced Interdisciplinary Studies, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, China.
Yanpeng WangState Key Laboratory of Plant Cell and Chromosome Engineering, Center for Genome Editing, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Innovation Academy for Seed Design, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.
Yuqiang LiuState Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics & Germplasm Enhancement and Utilization, Jiangsu Engineering Research Center for Plant Genome Editing, National Observation and Research Station of Rice Germplasm Resources, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, China.
Chao LiState Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics & Germplasm Enhancement and Utilization, Jiangsu Engineering Research Center for Plant Genome Editing, National Observation and Research Station of Rice Germplasm Resources, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, China.
Jianmin WanState Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics & Germplasm Enhancement and Utilization, Jiangsu Engineering Research Center for Plant Genome Editing, National Observation and Research Station of Rice Germplasm Resources, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, China.ORCID 0000-0002-7813-4362
Nanjing Agricultural University · CNChinese Academy of Sciences · CN

Funding

Doctor of Entrepreneurship and Innovation in Jiangsu Province JSSCBS20210272Hainan Yazhou Bay Seed Laboratory B21HJ1004Jiangsu Agricultural Science and Technology Innovation Fund cx(21)1002Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs of ChinaNatural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province BK20212010Postgraduate Research & Practice Innovation Program of Jiangsu Province KYCX22_0734Young Elite Scientists Sponsorship Program by CAST 2020QNRC001
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

CRISPR-based directed evolution is an effective breeding biotechnology to improve agronomic traits in plants. However, its gene diversification is still limited using individual single guide RNA. We described here a multiplexed orthogonal base editor (MoBE), and a randomly multiplexed sgRNAs assembly strategy to maximize gene diversification. MoBE could induce efficiently orthogonal ABE (<36.6%), CBE (<36.0%), and A&CBE (<37.6%) on different targets, while the sgRNA assembling strategy randomized base editing events on various targets. With respective 130 and 84 targets from each strand of the 34th exon of rice acetyl-coenzyme A carboxylase (OsACC), we observed the target-scaffold combination types up to 27 294 in randomly dual and randomly triple sgRNA libraries. We further performed directed evolution of OsACC using MoBE and randomly dual sgRNA libraries in rice, and obtained single or linked mutations of stronger herbicide resistance. These strategies are useful for in situ directed evolution of functional genes and may accelerate trait improvement in rice.

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Gene EditingOryzaCRISPR-Cas SystemsPlant BreedingRNA, Guide, CRISPR-Cas SystemsRNA, Guide, CRISPR-Cas Systemsdirected evolutiondual base editorherbicide resistancemultiplexed and orthogonal base editorrandomly multiplexed sgRNAs assembly

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PMID37571976
PMCPMC10651138
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