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| Title | Structural insights into RNA-guided RNA editing by the Cas13b-ADAR2 complex. |
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| Journal, issue, pages | Nat Struct Mol Biol, Vol. 32, Issue 8, Page 1567-1578, Year 2025 |
| Publish date | Apr 11, 2025 |
Authors | Junichiro Ishikawa / Kazuki Kato / Soumya Kannan / Sae Okazaki / Soh Ishiguro / Keitaro Yamashita / Nozomu Yachie / Tomohiro Nishizawa / Feng Zhang / Hiroshi Nishimasu / ![]() |
| PubMed Abstract | Cas13 is an RNA-guided RNA endonuclease derived from the type VI CRISPR-Cas system, which has been used in numerous RNA-targeting technologies, such as RNA knockdown, detection and editing. The ...Cas13 is an RNA-guided RNA endonuclease derived from the type VI CRISPR-Cas system, which has been used in numerous RNA-targeting technologies, such as RNA knockdown, detection and editing. The catalytically inactive Prevotella sp. Cas13b (dPspCas13b) fused to the human adenosine deaminase acting on RNA 2 (ADAR2) deaminase domain can edit adenosine in target transcripts to inosine, in an RNA-editing technology called REPAIR (RNA editing for programmable A-to-I replacement), which has potential for gene therapy. Here we report the cryo-electron microscopy structures of the PspCas13b-guide RNA binary complex, the PspCas13b-guide RNA-target RNA ternary complex and the dPspCas13b-ADAR2-guide RNA-target RNA complex. These structures provide mechanistic insights into RNA cleavage and editing. We applied our structural insights to engineer a compact and efficient dPspCas13b-ADAR2 complex (REPAIR-mini). Overall, our findings advance the understanding of CRISPR-Cas13 effector nucleases and could enable the development of improved RNA-targeting technologies. |
External links | Nat Struct Mol Biol / PubMed:40217120 |
| Methods | EM (single particle) |
| Resolution | 2.59 - 3.71 Å |
| Structure data | EMDB-37486, PDB-8wf8: EMDB-37487, PDB-8wf9: EMDB-37488, PDB-8wfa: EMDB-37489, PDB-8wfb: |
| Chemicals | ![]() ChemComp-MG: ![]() ChemComp-IHP: ![]() ChemComp-ZN: |
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Keywords | RNA BINDING PROTEIN/RNA / CRISPR / RNase / RNA BINDING PROTEIN-RNA COMPLEX |
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