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Robust genome editing with broad-targeting CRISPR enzymes

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Chatterjee, Pranam.
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Program in Media Arts and Sciences (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
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Joseph M. Jacobson.
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Programmable CRISPR enzymes are powerful and versatile tools for genome editing. They, however, require a specific protospacer adjacent motif (PAM) flanking the target site, which constrains the accessible sequence space for position-specific genome editing applications, such as base editing and precise gene insertion. For example, the standard Cas9 from Streptococcus pyogenes (SpyCas9) requires a PAM sequence of 5'-NG̲G̲-3' downstream of its RNA-programmed target, which limits genome editing applications to around 10% of all DNA sequences. To broaden the targeting range of CRISPR, we first bioinformatically discover and characterize a highly similar SpyCas9 homolog from Streptococcus canis (ScCas9) with a more minimal 5'-NNG̲-3' PAM specificity. Furthermore, we employ motifs from closely-related Streptococcus orthologs to engineer an optimized variant of Sc- Cas9 (Sc++) that simultaneously exhibits broadened targeting capability, robust DNA cleavage activity, and minimal off-targeting propensity. Next, we recombine the PAM-interacting domain of Streptococcus macacae Cas9 (SmacCas9) with SpyCas9, and subsequently introduce enhancing mutations to generate iSpyMac with altered and efficient 5'-NA̲A̲-3' PAM preference. Together, these efforts expand the range of CRISPR nucleases to over 70% of DNA sequences, allowing for targeting of genomic loci that were previously inaccessible, including sequences within candidate genes for denser CRISPR screens and disease-related mutations that can now be fixed with genome editing architectures expressing our engineered variants.
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Thesis: Ph. D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, School of Architecture and Planning, Program in Media Arts and Sciences, September, 2020
 
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 85-97).
 
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2020
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https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/129319
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Program in Media Arts and Sciences (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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Program in Media Arts and Sciences

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