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Real-time observation of CRISPR spacer acquisition by Cas1-Cas2 integrase.
Nature structural & molecular biology - 1 May 2020
Budhathoki Jagat B, Xiao Yibei, Schuler Gabriel, Hu Chunyi, Cheng Alexander, Ding Fran, Ke Ailong
Abstract excerpt
Cas1 integrase associates with Cas2 to insert short DNA fragments into a CRISPR array, establishing nucleic acid memory in prokaryotes. Here we applied single-molecule FRET methods to the Enterococcus faecalis (Efa) Cas1-Cas2 system to establish a kinetic framework describing target-searching, integration, and post-synapsis events. EfaCas1-Cas2 on its own is not able to find the CRISPR repeat in the CRISPR array;...
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