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ArticleBMC biology2023

Engineered domain-inlaid Nme2Cas9 adenine base editors with increased on-target DNA editing and targeting scope.

Ding Zhao, Xun Gao, Jiale Zhou, Jinze Li, Yuqiang Qian, Di Wang, Wenchao Niu, Tao Zhang, Mingyang Hu, Haoyang Xiong and 2 more

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Article in BMC biology, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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12 authors at 1 institution in 2 countries.

Ding Zhao *Jilin Provincial Key Laboratory of Animal Embryo Engineering, College of Veterinary Medicine, Jilin University, Changchun, 130062, China.
Xun Gao *Jilin Provincial Key Laboratory of Animal Embryo Engineering, College of Veterinary Medicine, Jilin University, Changchun, 130062, China.
Jiale Zhou *Jilin Provincial Key Laboratory of Animal Embryo Engineering, College of Veterinary Medicine, Jilin University, Changchun, 130062, China.
Jinze LiJilin Provincial Key Laboratory of Animal Embryo Engineering, College of Veterinary Medicine, Jilin University, Changchun, 130062, China.
Yuqiang QianJilin Provincial Key Laboratory of Animal Embryo Engineering, College of Veterinary Medicine, Jilin University, Changchun, 130062, China.
Di WangJilin Provincial Key Laboratory of Animal Embryo Engineering, College of Veterinary Medicine, Jilin University, Changchun, 130062, China.
Wenchao NiuJilin Provincial Key Laboratory of Animal Embryo Engineering, College of Veterinary Medicine, Jilin University, Changchun, 130062, China.
Tao ZhangJilin Provincial Key Laboratory of Animal Embryo Engineering, College of Veterinary Medicine, Jilin University, Changchun, 130062, China.
Mingyang HuJilin Provincial Key Laboratory of Animal Embryo Engineering, College of Veterinary Medicine, Jilin University, Changchun, 130062, China.
Haoyang XiongJilin Provincial Key Laboratory of Animal Embryo Engineering, College of Veterinary Medicine, Jilin University, Changchun, 130062, China.
Liangxue LaiJilin Provincial Key Laboratory of Animal Embryo Engineering, College of Veterinary Medicine, Jilin University, Changchun, 130062, China. lai_liangxue@gibh.ac.cn.
Zhanjun LiJilin Provincial Key Laboratory of Animal Embryo Engineering, College of Veterinary Medicine, Jilin University, Changchun, 130062, China. lizj_1998@jlu.edu.cn.ORCID 0000-0001-6914-8589
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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundNme2ABE8e has been constructed and characterized as a compact, accurate adenine base editor with a less restrictive dinucleotide protospacer-adjacent motif (PAM: N4CC) but low editing efficiency at challenging loci in human cells. Here, we engineered a subset of domain-inlaid Nme2Cas9 base editors to bring the deaminase domain closer to the nontarget strand to improve editing efficiency.

resultsOur results demonstrated that Nme2ABE8e-797 with adenine deaminase inserted between amino acids 797 and 798 has a significantly increased editing efficiency with a wide editing window ranging from 4 to 18 bases in mammalian cells, especially at the sites that were difficult to edit by Nme2ABE8e. In addition, by swapping the PAM-interacting domain of Nme2ABE8e-797 with that of SmuCas9 or introducing point mutations of eNme2-C in Nme2ABE8e-797, we created Nme2ABE8e-797

conclusionsThese novel Nme2ABE8es with increased on-target DNA editing and expanded PAM compatibility will expand the base editing toolset for efficient gene modification and therapeutic applications.

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CRISPR-Associated Protein 9CRISPR-Cas SystemsAdenineAnimalsDNAGene EditingHumansMammalsMiceAdenineCRISPR-Associated Protein 9DNAAdenine base editorsInlaid domainNme2ABE8e-797Nme2ABE8e-797−CNme2ABE8e-797Smu

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