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Mutant-Initiated Structure-Guided Refinement Enables Second-Generation Compact IscB Genome Editors.
Chembiochem : a European journal of chemical biology - 27 May 2026
Sha Taixin, Zhao Dongdong, Zhao Xiumei, Lu Yanfang, Wang Rongfei, Liu Jikai, Li Yanrong, Li Siwei, Chen Ming, Bi Changhao, Zhang Xueli
Abstract excerpt
Compact RNA-guided nucleases such as IscB represent an attractive foundation for next-generation genome editors, yet their application in mammalian cells has been constrained by suboptimal activity. Here, instead of re-engineering enzymes, we establish a mutant-initiated, structure-guided optimization strategy to generate second-generation high-activity IscB editors. Using AlphaFold3 to model the engineered...
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