Efficient genome editing of an extreme thermophile, Thermus thermophilus, using a thermostable Cas9 variant

BT Adalsteinsson, T Kristjansdottir, W Merre… - Scientific reports, 2021 - nature.com
… We sought to identify and test a thermostable CRISPR-Cas9thermostable Cas9 enzymes
had not been reported and we therefore aimed to identify a previously uncharacterized Cas9

Characterizing a thermostable Cas9 for bacterial genome editing and silencing

I Mougiakos, P Mohanraju, EF Bosma, V Vrouwe… - Nature …, 2017 - nature.com
… for conferring the thermostability of ThermoCas9. First, … thermostability strongly depends on
the association with an appropriate sgRNA guide. This stabilization of the multi-domain Cas9

A thermostable Cas9 with increased lifetime in human plasma

LB Harrington, D Paez-Espino, BT Staahl… - Nature …, 2017 - nature.com
… as a thermostable Cas9 homolog and expand the temperatures at which Cas9 can be
used. We anticipate that the development of GeoCas9 will enhance the utility of CRISPR-Cas9

Structure of Geobacillus stearothermophilus Cas9: Insights into the Catalytic Process and Thermostability of CRISPR-Cas9

P Shen, L Zhang, B Liu, X Li, C Wang, J Min… - ACS …, 2024 - ACS Publications
… Here, the cryo-electron microscopy structures of thermostable Cas9 from Geobacillus
stearothermophilus (GeoCas9) in a complex with sgRNA and target DNA are reported. The …

Structural basis for the ribonuclease activity of a thermostable CRISPR-Cas13a from Thermoclostridium caenicola

F Wang, C Zhang, H Xu, W Zeng, L Ma, Z Li - Journal of Molecular Biology, 2023 - Elsevier
… In this study, we determined the structures of the thermostable TccCas13a protein with and
… pre-crRNA,36, 41 suggesting the thermostability of these two Cas13a proteins and the lack of …

Genome editing of the anaerobic thermophile Thermoanaerobacter ethanolicus using thermostable Cas9

Y Le, Y Fu, J Sun - Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 2020 - Am Soc Microbiol
… To address this issue, we developed a thermostable Cas9-based system for … a thermostable
Cas9-based engineering tool for gene editing in T. ethanolicus. The thermostable Cas9-…

Dynamics and thermostability of HNH nuclease in divergent Cas9 species

C Pindi, S Sinha, H Belato, C Norbrun, J Luo… - Biophysical …, 2023 - cell.com
CRISPR-Cas9 is a powerful technology that has rapidly transformed genome editing. The
Cas9 from Streptococcus pyogenes (SpCas9) is susceptible to degradation and unsuitable for …

Expression and Functional Analysis of the Compact Thermophilic Anoxybacillus flavithermus Cas9 Nuclease

A Matveeva, A Ryabchenko, V Petrova… - International Journal of …, 2023 - mdpi.com
… Currently, researchers are still exploring a pool of thermostable Cas9 nucleases, with novel
proteins being discovered and characterized. However, this subclass of Cas effectors has …

Directed evolution studies of a thermophilic Type II-C Cas9

TH Hand, A Das, H Li - Methods in enzymology, 2019 - Elsevier
… nearly half of the known CRISPRCas9 family of enzymes, the Type II-C CRISPRCas9 has
been … Structural basis of PAM-dependent target DNA recognition by the Cas9 endonuclease

Two CRISPR/Cas9 systems developed in Thermomyces dupontii and characterization of key gene functions in thermolide biosynthesis and fungal adaptation

WP Huang, YJ Du, Y Yang, JN He, Q Lei… - Applied and …, 2020 - Am Soc Microbiol
… Furthermore, we tried to evaluate whether the latest bacterial thermostable CRISPR/Cas9
system could be functionally developed in thermophilic fungi at the optimum growth …