Engineering a precise adenine base editor with minimal bystander editing

L Chen, S Zhang, N Xue, M Hong, X Zhang… - Nature Chemical …, 2023 - nature.com
Adenine base editors (ABEs) catalyze A-to-G transitions showing broad applications, but
their bystander mutations and off-target editing effects raise safety concerns. Through …

Adenine base editor engineering reduces editing of bystander cytosines

YK Jeong, SH Lee, GH Hwang, SA Hong, S Park… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Adenine base editors (ABEs) catalyze specific A-to-G conversions at genomic sites of
interest. However, ABEs also induce cytosine deamination at the target site. To reduce the …

Increasing the genome-targeting scope and precision of base editing with engineered Cas9-cytidine deaminase fusions

YB Kim, AC Komor, JM Levy, MS Packer, KT Zhao… - Nature …, 2017 - nature.com
Base editing induces single-nucleotide changes in the DNA of living cells using a fusion
protein containing a catalytically defective Streptococcus pyogenes Cas9, a cytidine …

An adenine base editor variant expands context compatibility

YL Xiao, Y Wu, W Tang - Nature Biotechnology, 2024 - nature.com
Adenine base editors (ABEs) are precise gene-editing agents that convert A: T pairs into G:
C through a deoxyinosine intermediate. Existing ABEs function most effectively when the …

A rationally engineered cytosine base editor retains high on-target activity while reducing both DNA and RNA off-target effects

E Zuo, Y Sun, T Yuan, B He, C Zhou, W Ying, J Liu… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Cytosine base editors (CBEs) offer a powerful tool for correcting point mutations, yet their
DNA and RNA off-target activities have caused concerns in biomedical applications. We …

A precise and efficient adenine base editor

T Tu, Z Song, X Liu, S Wang, X He, H Xi, J Wang… - Molecular Therapy, 2022 - cell.com
Adenine base editors (ABEs) are novel genome-editing tools, and their activity has been
greatly enhanced by eight additional mutations, thus named ABE8e. However, elevated …

Adenine transversion editors enable precise, efficient A• T-to-C• G base editing in mammalian cells and embryos

L Chen, M Hong, C Luan, H Gao, G Ru, X Guo… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Base editors have substantial promise in basic research and as therapeutic agents for the
correction of pathogenic mutations. The development of adenine transversion editors has …

Efficient generation of mouse models of human diseases via ABE-and BE-mediated base editing

Z Liu, Z Lu, G Yang, S Huang, G Li, S Feng… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
A recently developed adenine base editor (ABE) efficiently converts A to G and is potentially
useful for clinical applications. However, its precision and efficiency in vivo remains to be …

Genome-wide profiling of adenine base editor specificity by EndoV-seq

P Liang, X Xie, S Zhi, H Sun, X Zhang, Y Chen… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
The adenine base editor (ABE), capable of catalyzing A• T to G• C conversions, is an
important gene editing toolbox. Here, we systematically evaluate genome-wide off-target …

Increasing targeting scope of adenosine base editors in mouse and rat embryos through fusion of TadA deaminase with Cas9 variants

L Yang, X Zhang, L Wang, S Yin, B Zhu, L Xie… - Protein & …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
The clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeat (CRISPR) system has been
widely adapted to genome editing to either introduce or correct genetic mutations (Wang et …