Improving cytidine and adenine base editors by expression optimization and ancestral reconstruction
Nature biotechnology, 2018•nature.com
Base editors enable targeted single-nucleotide conversions in genomic DNA. Here we show
that expression levels are a bottleneck in base-editing efficiency. We optimize cytidine (BE4)
and adenine (ABE7. 10) base editors by modification of nuclear localization signals (NLS)
and codon usage, and ancestral reconstruction of the deaminase component. The resulting
BE4max, AncBE4max, and ABEmax editors correct pathogenic SNPs with substantially
increased efficiency in a variety of mammalian cell types.
that expression levels are a bottleneck in base-editing efficiency. We optimize cytidine (BE4)
and adenine (ABE7. 10) base editors by modification of nuclear localization signals (NLS)
and codon usage, and ancestral reconstruction of the deaminase component. The resulting
BE4max, AncBE4max, and ABEmax editors correct pathogenic SNPs with substantially
increased efficiency in a variety of mammalian cell types.
Abstract
Base editors enable targeted single-nucleotide conversions in genomic DNA. Here we show that expression levels are a bottleneck in base-editing efficiency. We optimize cytidine (BE4) and adenine (ABE7.10) base editors by modification of nuclear localization signals (NLS) and codon usage, and ancestral reconstruction of the deaminase component. The resulting BE4max, AncBE4max, and ABEmax editors correct pathogenic SNPs with substantially increased efficiency in a variety of mammalian cell types.
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