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Hyperactive Nickase Activity Improves Adenine Base Editing

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Andrianto P. Gandadireja
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Pascal D. Vos
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Stefan J. Siira
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Aleksandra Filipovska
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Oliver Rackham *
DOI:10.1021/acssynbio.4c00407delete
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Abstract

Abstract

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Base editing technologies enable programmable single-nucleotide changes in target DNA without double-stranded DNA breaks. Adenine base editors (ABEs) allow precise conversion of adenine (A) to guanine (G). However, limited availability of optimized deaminases as well as their variable efficiencies across different target sequences can limit the ability of ABEs to achieve effective adenine editing. Here, we explored the use of a TurboCas9 nickase in an ABE to improve its genome editing activity. The resulting TurboABE exhibits amplified editing efficiency on a variety of adenine target sites without increasing off-target editing in DNA and RNA. An interesting feature of TurboABE is its ability to significantly improve the editing frequency at bases with normally inefficient editing rates in the editing window of each target DNA. Development of improved ABEs provides new possibilities for precise genetic modification of genes in living cells.
Keywords:
CRISPR
adeninebase editor
Cas9
gene editing
proteinengineering

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ACS Synthetic Biology cover
ACS Synthetic Biology
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Queen Elizabeth II Medical Centre
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Curtin University
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