Spy-ing on nucleic acids: Atomic resolution of the S. pyogenes CRISPR-Cas9 surveillance state

IF 4.4 2区生物学 Q2 BIOCHEMISTRY & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Structure Pub Date : 2025-04-03 DOI:10.1016/j.str.2025.03.001

Alexa L. Knight, George P. Lisi

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Abstract

In a recent issue of Cell Chemical Biology, De Paula et al.¹ report an extensive methyl-TROSY solution NMR study of the CRISPR-Cas9 holoenzyme. Studying millisecond-to-second protein dynamics using individual domain constructs of Cas9 coupled to structural interrogations of the full-length enzyme, the authors describe the Cas9 “surveillance state,” a molecular mechanism driving the discrimination between on- and off-target DNA.

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核酸间谍：化脓性链球菌CRISPR-Cas9监测状态的原子分辨率

在最近一期的《细胞化学生物学》中，De Paula等人报道了对CRISPR-Cas9全酶的甲基- trosy溶液核磁共振研究。研究人员利用Cas9的单个结构域结构与全长酶的结构疑问来研究毫秒到秒的蛋白质动力学，他们描述了Cas9的“监视状态”，这是一种驱动靶向和非靶向DNA区分的分子机制。

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Structure 生物-生化与分子生物学

CiteScore

8.90

自引率

1.80%

发文量

155

审稿时长

3-8 weeks

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