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ArticleNature chemical biology2024

Continuous directed evolution of a compact CjCas9 variant with broad PAM compatibility.

Lukas Schmidheini, Nicolas Mathis, Kim Fabiano Marquart, Tanja Rothgangl, Lucas Kissling, Desirée Böck, Christelle Chanez, Jingrui Priscilla Wang, Martin Jinek, Gerald Schwank

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Article in Nature chemical biology, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 32 papers.

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32 citing papers in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

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10 authors.

Lukas SchmidheiniInstitute of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0001-5993-9985
Nicolas MathisInstitute of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0002-4051-8344
Kim Fabiano MarquartInstitute of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0001-7393-4398
Tanja RothganglInstitute of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0001-7799-2413
Lucas KisslingInstitute of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0002-4989-0695
Desirée BöckInstitute of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0001-8142-0629
Christelle ChanezDepartment of Biochemistry, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0002-3432-4375
Jingrui Priscilla WangInstitute of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.ORCID 0009-0003-2317-5911
Martin JinekDepartment of Biochemistry, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0002-7601-210X
Gerald SchwankInstitute of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland. schwank@pharma.uzh.ch.ORCID 0000-0003-0767-2953

Funding

Schweizerischer Nationalfonds zur Förderung der Wissenschaftlichen Forschung (Swiss National Science Foundation) 180257Swiss National Science Foundation 182567Swiss National Science Foundation 185293
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

CRISPR-Cas9 genome engineering is a powerful technology for correcting genetic diseases. However, the targeting range of Cas9 proteins is limited by their requirement for a protospacer adjacent motif (PAM), and in vivo delivery is challenging due to their large size. Here, we use phage-assisted continuous directed evolution to broaden the PAM compatibility of Campylobacter jejuni Cas9 (CjCas9), the smallest Cas9 ortholog characterized to date. The identified variant, termed evoCjCas9, primarily recognizes N

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CRISPR-Cas SystemsGene EditingCRISPR-Associated Protein 9GenomeMutationCRISPR-Associated Protein 9

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PMID37735239
PMCPMC7616171

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