Abstract:
:Cpf1 nucleases were recently reported to be highly specific and programmable nucleases with efficiencies comparable to those of SpCas9. AsCpf1 and LbCpf1 require a single crRNA and recognize a 5'-TTTN-3' protospacer adjacent motif (PAM) at the 5' end of the protospacer for genome editing. For widespread application in precision site-specific human genome editing, the range of sequences that AsCpf1 and LbCpf1 can recognize is limited due to the size of this PAM. To address this limitation, we sought to identify a novel Cpf1 nuclease with simpler PAM requirements. Specifically, here we sought to test and engineer FnCpf1, one reported Cpf1 nuclease (FnCpf1) only requires 5'-TTN-3' as a PAM but does not exhibit detectable levels of nuclease-induced indels at certain locus in human cells. Surprisingly, we found that FnCpf1 possesses DNA cleavage activity in human cells at multiple loci. We also comprehensively and quantitatively examined various FnCpf1 parameters in human cells, including spacer sequence, direct repeat sequence and the PAM sequence. Our study identifies FnCpf1 as a new member of the Cpf1 family for human genome editing with distinctive characteristics, which shows promise as a genome editing tool with the potential for both research and therapeutic applications.
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Nucleic Acids Resjournal_title
Nucleic acids researchauthors
Tu M,Lin L,Cheng Y,He X,Sun H,Xie H,Fu J,Liu C,Li J,Chen D,Xi H,Xue D,Liu Q,Zhao J,Gao C,Song Z,Qu J,Gu Fdoi
10.1093/nar/gkx783subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2017-11-02 00:00:00pages
11295-11304issue
19eissn
0305-1048issn
1362-4962pii
4107217journal_volume
45pub_type
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