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ArticleNature structural & molecular biology2025

Structural insights into RNA-guided RNA editing by the Cas13b-ADAR2 complex.

Junichiro Ishikawa, Kazuki Kato, Soumya Kannan, Sae Okazaki, Soh Ishiguro, Keitaro Yamashita, Nozomu Yachie, Tomohiro Nishizawa, Feng Zhang, Hiroshi Nishimasu

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Article in Nature structural & molecular biology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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Junichiro IshikawaDepartment of Chemistry and Biotechnology, Graduate School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4112-4168
Kazuki KatoDepartment of Molecular and Mechanistic Immunology, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo, Japan.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1141-0059
Soumya KannanBroad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MA, USA.
Sae OkazakiStructural Biology Division, Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan.
Soh IshiguroSchool of Biomedical Engineering, Faculty of Applied Science and Faculty of Medicine, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
Keitaro YamashitaStructural Biology Division, Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5442-7582
Nozomu YachieSchool of Biomedical Engineering, Faculty of Applied Science and Faculty of Medicine, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
Tomohiro NishizawaGraduate School of Medical Life Science, Yokohama City University, Yokohama, Japan.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7463-8398
Feng ZhangBroad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MA, USA.
Hiroshi NishimasuDepartment of Chemistry and Biotechnology, Graduate School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan. nisimasu@g.ecc.u-tokyo.ac.jp.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2505-1416

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Cas13 is an RNA-guided RNA endonuclease derived from the type VI CRISPR-Cas system, which has been used in numerous RNA-targeting technologies, such as RNA knockdown, detection and editing. The catalytically inactive Prevotella sp. Cas13b (dPspCas13b) fused to the human adenosine deaminase acting on RNA 2 (ADAR2) deaminase domain can edit adenosine in target transcripts to inosine, in an RNA-editing technology called REPAIR (RNA editing for programmable A-to-I replacement), which has potential for gene therapy. Here we report the cryo-electron microscopy structures of the PspCas13b-guide RNA binary complex, the PspCas13b-guide RNA-target RNA ternary complex and the dPspCas13b-ADAR2-guide RNA-target RNA complex. These structures provide mechanistic insights into RNA cleavage and editing. We applied our structural insights to engineer a compact and efficient dPspCas13b-ADAR2 complex (REPAIR-mini). Overall, our findings advance the understanding of CRISPR-Cas13 effector nucleases and could enable the development of improved RNA-targeting technologies.

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Adenosine DeaminaseBacterial ProteinsCRISPR-Associated ProteinsRNA-Binding ProteinsRNA EditingRNA, Guide, CRISPR-Cas SystemsCRISPR-Cas SystemsCryoelectron MicroscopyHumansModels, MolecularADARB1 protein, humanAdenosine DeaminaseBacterial ProteinsCRISPR-Associated ProteinsRNA-Binding ProteinsRNA, Guide, CRISPR-Cas Systems

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