High-throughput biochemistry in RNA sequence space: predicting structure and function

E Marklund, Y Ke, WJ Greenleaf - Nature Reviews Genetics, 2023 - nature.com
RNAs are central to fundamental biological processes in all known organisms. The set of
possible intramolecular interactions of RNA nucleotides defines the range of alternative …

Systems-Level Modeling for CRISPR-Based Metabolic Engineering

RAL Cardiff, JM Carothers, JG Zalatan… - ACS Synthetic …, 2024 - ACS Publications
The CRISPR-Cas system has enabled the development of sophisticated, multigene
metabolic engineering programs through the use of guide RNA-directed activation or …

Genome-wide CRISPR off-target prediction and optimization using RNA-DNA interaction fingerprints

Q Chen, G Chuai, H Zhang, J Tang, L Duan… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
The powerful CRISPR genome editing system is hindered by its off-target effects, and
existing computational tools achieved limited performance in genome-wide off-target …

Massively parallel kinetic profiling of natural and engineered CRISPR nucleases

SK Jones, JA Hawkins, NV Johnson, C Jung, K Hu… - Biophysical …, 2021 - cell.com
Engineered SpCas9s and AsCas12a cleave fewer off-target genomic sites than natural
SpCas9. However, understanding their fidelity, mechanisms and cleavage outcomes …

Negative DNA supercoiling induces genome-wide Cas9 off-target activity

MD Newton, M Losito, QM Smith, N Parnandi, BJ Taylor… - Molecular Cell, 2023 - cell.com
CRISPR-Cas9 is a powerful gene-editing technology; however, off-target activity remains an
important consideration for therapeutic applications. We have previously shown that force …

The energy landscape for R-loop formation by the CRISPR–Cas Cascade complex

DJ Kauert, J Madariaga-Marcos… - Nature structural & …, 2023 - nature.com
Clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats (CRISPR) sequences and
CRISPR-associated (Cas) genes comprise CIRSPR-Cas effector complexes, which have …

Inhibition of CRISPR-Cas12a DNA targeting by nucleosomes and chromatin

I Strohkendl, FA Saifuddin, BA Gibson, MK Rosen… - Science …, 2021 - science.org
Genome engineering nucleases must access chromatinized DNA. Here, we investigate how
AsCas12a cleaves DNA within human nucleosomes and phase-condensed nucleosome …

Titrating CD47 by mismatch CRISPR-interference reveals incomplete repression can eliminate IgG-opsonized tumors but limits induction of antitumor IgG

BH Hayes, H Zhu, JC Andrechak, LJ Dooling… - Pnas …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Phagocytic elimination of solid tumors by innate immune cells seems attractive for
immunotherapy, particularly because of the possibilities for acquired immunity. However, the …

Coordinated actions of Cas9 HNH and RuvC nuclease domains are regulated by the bridge helix and the target DNA sequence

K Babu, V Kathiresan, P Kumari, S Newsom… - Biochemistry, 2021 - ACS Publications
CRISPR-Cas systems are RNA-guided nucleases that provide adaptive immune protection
in bacteria and archaea against intruding genomic materials. Cas9, a type-II CRISPR …

Guide-target mismatch effects on dCas9–sgRNA binding activity in living bacterial cells

H Feng, J Guo, T Wang, C Zhang… - Nucleic Acids …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
As an effective programmable DNA targeting tool, CRISPR–Cas9 system has been adopted
in varieties of biotechnological applications. However, the off-target effects, derived from the …