Structural roles of guide RNAs in the nuclease activity of Cas9 endonuclease

In bacteria, CRISPR-Cas9 identifies and cleaves the target DNA with the assistance of a tracrRNA and a crRNA. Here the authors use single-molecule spectroscopy to investigate conformational changes and show that the tracrRNA keeps Cas9 in a functionally active form.

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Main Authors: Youngbin Lim, So Young Bak, Keewon Sung, Euihwan Jeong, Seung Hwan Lee, Jin-Soo Kim, Sangsu Bae, Seong Keun Kim
Format: article
Language:EN
Published: Nature Portfolio 2016
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Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/bd61a1e9e4df45b785666f33100ca9fe
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