Mechanistic insight on a chimeric Cas9 protein's specificity for DNA target with 5 '-NAA-3' PAM
Thesis: Ph. D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, School of Architecture and Planning, Program in Media Arts and Sciences, 2019
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| spelling | mit-1721.1/1541202024-04-11T03:39:18Z Mechanistic insight on a chimeric Cas9 protein's specificity for DNA target with 5 '-NAA-3' PAM Nip, Lisa. Program in Media Arts and Sciences (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) Program in Media Arts and Sciences (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) Program in Media Arts and Sciences Thesis: Ph. D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, School of Architecture and Planning, Program in Media Arts and Sciences, 2019 Cataloged from the official PDF of thesis. Includes bibliographical references (pages 62-65). Numerous protein variants have been made to expand the repertoire of CRISPR-Cas nucleases that can recognize protospacer-adjacent motifs (PAMs) other than the canonical NGG discovered in wild-type Streptococcus pyogenes. While Cas nuclease engineering has largely yielded proteins with enhanced specificity for NGG and variations on G-containing PAMs, we were able to construct a chimeric Cas protein with consistent specificity for a 5'-NAA-3' PAM by rationally combining the PAM-interacting domain of Streptococcus macacae with the S. pyogenes Cas9 scaffold. We have been able to demonstrate during in vitro incubations that our chimeric protein is capable of cleaving dsDNA with an NAA PAM, but a deeper biochemical understanding of the nature of these new chimeric proteins' binding and cleavage activities is of paramount importance for their practical use. Here, we use of the principles of enzyme kinetics to investigate our chimeric protein's comparative efficiency to Cas12a and the biophysical mechanism by which our grafted S. macacae segment works synergistically with the S. pyogenes Cas9 scaffold to cleave target DNA with an NAA PAM. We show that SpySmacCas9 does not bind or cleave at rates comparable to Casl2a, but its overall performance rivals that of wild-type SpyCas9 with a new PAM preference. Lisa Nip Ph. D. Ph. D. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, School of Architecture and Planning, Program in Media Arts and Sciences 2024-04-10T21:40:44Z 2024-04-10T21:40:44Z 2019 2019 Thesis https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/154120 1418761029 eng MIT theses may be protected by copyright. Please reuse MIT thesis content according to the MIT Libraries Permissions Policy, which is available through the URL provided. http://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/7582 65 pages application/pdf Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| spellingShingle | Program in Media Arts and Sciences Nip, Lisa. Mechanistic insight on a chimeric Cas9 protein's specificity for DNA target with 5 '-NAA-3' PAM |
| title | Mechanistic insight on a chimeric Cas9 protein's specificity for DNA target with 5 '-NAA-3' PAM |
| title_full | Mechanistic insight on a chimeric Cas9 protein's specificity for DNA target with 5 '-NAA-3' PAM |
| title_fullStr | Mechanistic insight on a chimeric Cas9 protein's specificity for DNA target with 5 '-NAA-3' PAM |
| title_full_unstemmed | Mechanistic insight on a chimeric Cas9 protein's specificity for DNA target with 5 '-NAA-3' PAM |
| title_short | Mechanistic insight on a chimeric Cas9 protein's specificity for DNA target with 5 '-NAA-3' PAM |
| title_sort | mechanistic insight on a chimeric cas9 protein s specificity for dna target with 5 naa 3 pam |
| topic | Program in Media Arts and Sciences |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/154120 |
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