THERMOSTABLE RNA-GUIDED ENDONUCLEASES AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF (GeoCas9)
Patent Status
| Country | Type | Number | Dated | Case |
| United States Of America | Issued Patent | 11,692,184 | 07/04/2023 | 2017-151 |
Brief Description
The CRISPR-Cas
system is now understood to confer bacteria and archaea with acquired immunity against
phage and viruses. CRISPR-Cas systems consist of Cas proteins, which are
involved in acquisition, targeting and cleavage of foreign DNA or RNA, and a
CRISPR array, which includes direct repeats flanking short spacer sequences
that guide Cas proteins to their targets. The programmable nature of these systems
has facilitated their use as a versatile technology that is revolutionizing the
field of genome manipulation. There is a need in the art for additional CRISPR-Cas
systems with improved cleavage and manipulation under a variety of conditions
and ones that are particularly thermostable under those conditions.
UC researchers discovered a new type of RNA-guided endonuclease (GeoCas9) and variants of GeoCas9. GeoCas9 was found to be stable and enzymatically active in a temperature range of from 15°C to 75°C and has extended lifetime in human plasma. With evidence that GeoCas9 maintains cleavage activity at mesophilic temperatures, the ability of GeoCas9 to edit mammalian genomes was then assessed. The researchers found that when comparing the editing efficiency for both GeoCas9 and SpyCas9, similar editing efficiencies by both proteins were observed, demonstrating that GeoCas9 is an effective alternative to SpyCas9 for genome editing in mammalian cells. Similar to CRISPR-Cas9, GeoCas9 enzymes are expected to have a wide variety of applications in genome editing and nucleic acid manipulation.
Suggested uses
Genome editing
Genetic
engineering
Gene therapy
Research tools
(e.g., high-throughput screening of gene functions in cell lines and in vivo)
Creation of
transgenic animal models
Advantages
Functions under different conditions than current CRISPR-Cas9 proteins (e.g, thermostable and enzymatically active in a wide temperature range)
Has an extended lifetime in human plasma
Shown to work in mammalian cells
Publication
Contact
- Terri Sale
- terri.sale@berkeley.edu
- tel: View Phone Number.
Inventors
- Doudna, Jennifer A.
Other Information
Keywords
CRISPR, gene editing, genome, gene therapy, cell biology
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