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ArticleNature biotechnology2024

Glycosylase-based base editors for efficient T-to-G and C-to-G editing in mammalian cells.

Lijun Ye, Dongdong Zhao, Ju Li, Yiran Wang, Bo Li, Yuanzhao Yang, Xueting Hou, Huibin Wang, Zhandong Wei, Xiaoqi Liu and 5 more

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Article in Nature biotechnology, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 55 papers.

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15 authors.

Lijun Ye *Tianjin Institute of Industrial Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Tianjin, China.
Dongdong Zhao *Tianjin Institute of Industrial Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Tianjin, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9691-1308
Ju Li *College of Life Science, Tianjin Normal University, Tianjin, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0037-4144
Yiran WangTianjin Institute of Industrial Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Tianjin, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3939-2123
Bo LiTianjin Institute of Industrial Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Tianjin, China.
Yuanzhao YangTianjin Institute of Industrial Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Tianjin, China.
Xueting HouTianjin Institute of Industrial Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Tianjin, China.
Huibin WangTianjin Institute of Industrial Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Tianjin, China.
Zhandong WeiTianjin Institute of Industrial Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Tianjin, China.
Xiaoqi LiuTianjin Institute of Industrial Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Tianjin, China.
Yaqiu LiTianjin Institute of Industrial Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Tianjin, China.
Siwei LiTianjin Institute of Industrial Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Tianjin, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6057-2957
Yajing LiuTianjin Institute of Industrial Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Tianjin, China.
Xueli ZhangTianjin Institute of Industrial Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Tianjin, China. zhang_xl@tib.cas.cn.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8660-4037
Changhao BiTianjin Institute of Industrial Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Tianjin, China. bi_ch@tib.cas.cn.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1940-8511

Funding

National Natural Science Foundation of China (National Science Foundation of China) 32001041National Natural Science Foundation of China (National Science Foundation of China) 32171449National Natural Science Foundation of China (National Science Foundation of China) 32225031National Natural Science Foundation of China (National Science Foundation of China) 32271483National Natural Science Foundation of China (National Science Foundation of China) 81903776Youth Innovation Promotion Association of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (Youth Innovation Promotion Association CAS) 2022177
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Base editors show promise for treating human genetic diseases, but most current systems use deaminases, which cause off-target effects and are limited in editing type. In this study, we constructed deaminase-free base editors for cytosine (DAF-CBE) and thymine (DAF-TBE), which contain only a cytosine-DNA or a thymine-DNA glycosylase (CDG/TDG) variant, respectively, tethered to a Cas9 nickase. Multiple rounds of mutagenesis by directed evolution in Escherichia coli generated two variants with enhanced base-converting activity-CDG-nCas9 and TDG-nCas9-with efficiencies of up to 58.7% for C-to-A and 54.3% for T-to-A. DAF-BEs achieve C-to-G/T-to-G editing in mammalian cells with minimal Cas9-dependent and Cas9-independent off-target effects as well as minimal RNA off-target effects. Additional engineering resulted in DAF-CBE2/DAF-TBE2, which exhibit altered editing windows from the 5' end to the middle of the protospacer and increased C-to-G/T-to-G editing efficiency of 3.5-fold and 1.2-fold, respectively. Compared to prime editing or CGBEs, DAF-BEs expand conversion types of base editors with similar efficiencies, smaller sizes and lower off-target effects.

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Gene EditingCRISPR-Associated Protein 9CRISPR-Cas SystemsCytosineDNA GlycosylasesEscherichia coliHEK293 CellsHumansThymineThymine DNA GlycosylaseCRISPR-Associated Protein 9CytosineDNA GlycosylasesThymineThymine DNA Glycosylase

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