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Unveiling the RNA-mediated allosteric activation discloses functional hotspots in CRISPR-Cas13a.
Nucleic acids research - 25 Jan 2024
Sinha Souvik, Molina Vargas Adrian M, Arantes Pablo R, Patel Amun, O'Connell Mitchell R, Palermo Giulia
Abstract excerpt
Cas13a is a recent addition to the CRISPR-Cas toolkit that exclusively targets RNA, which makes it a promising tool for RNA detection. It utilizes a CRISPR RNA (crRNA) to target RNA sequences and trigger a composite active site formed by two 'Higher Eukaryotes and Prokaryotes Nucleotide' (HEPN) domains, cleaving any solvent-exposed RNA. In this system, an intriguing form of allosteric communication controls the...
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