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2017 ; 3
(7
): e1701620
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Disabling Cas9 by an anti-CRISPR DNA mimic
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Shin J
; Jiang F
; Liu JJ
; Bray NL
; Rauch BJ
; Baik SH
; Nogales E
; Bondy-Denomy J
; Corn JE
; Doudna JA
Sci Adv
2017[Jul]; 3
(7
): e1701620
PMID28706995
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CRISPR (clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats)-Cas9 gene
editing technology is derived from a microbial adaptive immune system, where
bacteriophages are often the intended target. Natural inhibitors of CRISPR-Cas9
enable phages to evade immunity and show promise in controlling Cas9-mediated
gene editing in human cells. However, the mechanism of CRISPR-Cas9 inhibition is
not known, and the potential applications for Cas9 inhibitor proteins in
mammalian cells have not been fully established. We show that the anti-CRISPR
protein AcrIIA4 binds only to assembled Cas9-single-guide RNA (sgRNA) complexes
and not to Cas9 protein alone. A 3.9 Å resolution cryo-electron microscopy
structure of the Cas9-sgRNA-AcrIIA4 complex revealed that the surface of AcrIIA4
is highly acidic and binds with a 1:1 stoichiometry to a region of Cas9 that
normally engages the DNA protospacer adjacent motif. Consistent with this binding
mode, order-of-addition experiments showed that AcrIIA4 interferes with DNA
recognition but has no effect on preformed Cas9-sgRNA-DNA complexes. Timed
delivery of AcrIIA4 into human cells as either protein or expression plasmid
allows on-target Cas9-mediated gene editing while reducing off-target edits.
These results provide a mechanistic understanding of AcrIIA4 function and
demonstrate that inhibitors can modulate the extent and outcomes of Cas9-mediated
gene editing.
|*Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats
[MESH]
|*Gene Silencing
[MESH]
|CRISPR-Associated Protein 9/chemistry/*genetics/metabolism
[MESH]