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      Cas9 versus Cas12a/Cpf1: Structure-function comparisons and implications for genome editing

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          Diversity and evolution of class 2 CRISPR–Cas systems

          Class 2 CRISPR–Cas systems are characterized by effector modules that consist of a single multidomain protein. In this Analysis, using a computational pipeline, the authors discover three novel families of class 2 effectors that correspond to three new CRISPR–Cas subtypes and present a comprehensive census of class 2 systems that are encoded in complete and draft bacterial and archaeal genomes.
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            Genome-wide analysis reveals specificities of Cpf1 endonucleases in human cells.

            Programmable clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats (CRISPR) Cpf1 endonucleases are single-RNA-guided (crRNA) enzymes that recognize thymidine-rich protospacer-adjacent motif (PAM) sequences and produce cohesive double-stranded breaks (DSBs). Genome editing with CRISPR-Cpf1 endonucleases could provide an alternative to CRISPR-Cas9 endonucleases, but the determinants of targeting specificity are not well understood. Using mismatched crRNAs we found that Cpf1 could tolerate single or double mismatches in the 3' PAM-distal region, but not in the 5' PAM-proximal region. Genome-wide analysis of cleavage sites in vitro for eight Cpf1 nucleases using Digenome-seq revealed that there were 6 (LbCpf1) and 12 (AsCpf1) cleavage sites per crRNA in the human genome, fewer than are present for Cas9 nucleases (>90). Most Cpf1 off-target cleavage sites did not produce mutations in cells. We found mismatches in either the 3' PAM-distal region or in the PAM sequence of 12 off-target sites that were validated in vivo. Off-target effects were completely abrogated by using preassembled, recombinant Cpf1 ribonucleoproteins.
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              Genome-wide specificities of CRISPR-Cas Cpf1 nucleases in human cells

              The activities and genome-wide specificities of CRISPR-Cas Cpf1 nucleases 1 are not well defined. We show that two Cpf1 nucleases from Acidaminococcus sp. BV3L6 and Lachnospiraceae bacterium ND2006 (AsCpf1 and LbCpf1, respectively) have on-target efficiencies in human cells comparable with those of the widely used Streptococcus pyogenes Cas9 (SpCas9) 2–5 . We also report that four to six bases at the 3’ end of the short CRISPR RNA (crRNA) used to program Cpf1 nucleases are insensitive to single base mismatches, but that many of the other bases in this region of the crRNA are highly sensitive to single or double substitutions. Using GUIDE-seq and targeted deep sequencing analyses performed with both Cpf1 nucleases, we were unable to detect off-target cleavage for more than half of 20 different crRNAs. Our results suggest that AsCpf1 and LbCpf1 are highly specific in human cells.
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                Journal
                Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: RNA
                WIREs RNA
                Wiley
                17577004
                September 2018
                September 2018
                May 22 2018
                : 9
                : 5
                : e1481
                Affiliations
                [1 ]Department of Biochemistry; University of Zurich; Zurich Switzerland
                Article
                10.1002/wrna.1481
                29790280
                e489a99c-3fec-4766-bdee-1a4aa8497aaa
                © 2018

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