In silico approaches for prediction of anti-CRISPR proteins

KS Makarova, YI Wolf, EV Koonin - Journal of molecular biology, 2023 - Elsevier
Numerous viruses infecting bacteria and archaea encode CRISPR-Cas system inhibitors,
known as anti-CRISPR proteins (Acr). The Acrs typically are highly specific for particular …

Structures, mechanisms and applications of RNA-centric CRISPR–Cas13

H Yang, DJ Patel - Nature Chemical Biology, 2024 - nature.com
Prokaryotes are equipped with a variety of resistance strategies to survive frequent viral
attacks or invading mobile genetic elements. Among these, CRISPR–Cas surveillance …

Anti-CRISPR prediction using deep learning reveals an inhibitor of Cas13b nucleases

KG Wandera, OS Alkhnbashi, H vI Bassett… - Molecular cell, 2022 - cell.com
As part of the ongoing bacterial-phage arms race, CRISPR-Cas systems in bacteria clear
invading phages whereas anti-CRISPR proteins (Acrs) in phages inhibit CRISPR defenses …

Search for origins of anti-CRISPR proteins by structure comparison

H Sahakyan, KS Makarova, EV Koonin - The CRISPR Journal, 2023 - liebertpub.com
Many bacterial and archaeal viruses encode anti-CRISPR proteins (Acrs) that specifically
inhibit CRISPR-Cas systems via various mechanisms. The majority of the Acrs are small …

A deep mutational scanning platform to characterize the fitness landscape of anti-CRISPR proteins

T Stadelmann, D Heid, M Jendrusch, J Mathony… - bioRxiv, 2021 - biorxiv.org
Deep mutational scanning is a powerful method to explore the mutational fitness landscape
of proteins. Its adaptation to anti-CRISPR proteins, which are natural CRISPR-Cas inhibitors …

CRISPR-Enabled Graphene-Based Bio-Cyber Interface Model for In Vivo Monitoring of Non-Invasive Therapeutic Processes

UAK Chude-Okonkwo… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this paper, we present a model of the bio-cyber interface for the Internet of Bio-Nano
Things application. The proposed model is inspired by the gains of integrating the Clustered …

Anti-CRISPR discovery: using magnets to find needles in haystacks

KJ Forsberg - Journal of molecular biology, 2023 - Elsevier
CRISPR-Cas immune systems in bacteria and archaea protect against viral infection, which
has spurred viruses to develop dedicated inhibitors of these systems called anti-CRISPRs …

Anti-CRISPR Proteins and Their Application to Control CRISPR Effectors in Mammalian Systems

CM Gebhardt, D Niopek - Mammalian Synthetic Systems, 2024 - Springer
CRISPR-Cas effectors are powerful tools for genome and transcriptome targeting and
editing. Naturally, these protein–RNA complexes are part of the microbial innate immune …

Discovery and Characterization of Small-Molecule Inhibitors of CRISPR/Cas13a

FM Reformat - 2021 - era.library.ualberta.ca
Background: Clustered Regularly Interspaced Palindromic Repeats, or CRISPR, is an array
of DNA sequences found in bacteria that confer immunity against phage. Sequences within …