RNA-activated protein cleavage with a CRISPR-associated endopeptidase

Authors: Jonathan Strecker, F. Esra Demircioglu, David Li, Guilhem Faure, Max E. Wilkinson, Jonathan S. Gootenberg, Omar O. Abudayyeh, Hiroshi Nishimasu, Rhiannon K. Macrae, Feng Zhang

Published: 2022-11-03

DOI: 10.1126/science.add7450

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Abstract

In prokaryotes, CRISPR-Cas systems provide adaptive immune responses against foreign genetic elements through RNA-guided nuclease activity. Recently, additional genes with non-nuclease functions have been found in genetic association with CRISPR systems, suggesting that there may be other RNA-guided non-nucleolytic enzymes. One such gene from