RNA-mediated Allosteric Activation in CRISPR-Cas13a

S Sinha, AM Molina Vargas, PR Arantes, A Patel… - bioRxiv, 2023 - biorxiv.org
Cas13a is a recent addition to the CRISPR-Cas toolkit that exclusively targets RNA, which
makes it a promising tool for RNA detection. The protein uses a CRISPR RNA (crRNA) to …

Unveiling the RNA-mediated allosteric activation discloses functional hotspots in CRISPR-Cas13a

S Sinha, AM Molina Vargas, PR Arantes… - Nucleic Acids …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
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 …

Defining the allosteric role of RNA in the CRISPR-associated Cas13a protein activation

S Sinha, AMM Vergas, PR Arantes, AC Patel… - Biophysical …, 2023 - cell.com
Cas13a is one of the latest additions in the CRISPR-Cas library that exclusively targets RNA,
a remarkable property being leveraged for the development of tools for RNA detection …

CRISPR-RNA binding drives structural ordering that primes Cas7-11 for target cleavage

CP Lin, H Li, DJ Brogan, T Wang, OS Akbari… - bioRxiv, 2024 - biorxiv.org
ABSTRACT Type III-E CRISPR-Cas effectors, referred to as Cas7-11 of gRAMPs, are single
proteins that cleave target RNAs without nonspecific collateral cleavage, opening new …

[HTML][HTML] RNA binding and HEPN-nuclease activation are decoupled in CRISPR-Cas13a

A Tambe, A East-Seletsky, GJ Knott, JA Doudna… - Cell Reports, 2018 - cell.com
CRISPR-Cas13a enzymes are RNA-guided, RNA-activated RNases. Their properties have
been exploited as powerful tools for RNA detection, RNA imaging, and RNA regulation …

Atomistic understanding of the RNA-mediated allosteric crosstalk in Cas13a

S Sinha, PR Arantes, A Saha, G Palermo - Biophysical Journal, 2022 - cell.com
Cas13a is one of the latest additions in the CRISPR-Cas library that exclusively targets RNA,
a remarkable property being leveraged for the development of tools for RNA detection …

[HTML][HTML] Structural basis for the activation of a compact CRISPR-Cas13 nuclease

X Deng, E Osikpa, J Yang, SJ Oladeji, J Smith… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
The CRISPR-Cas13 ribonucleases have been widely applied for RNA knockdown and
transcriptional modulation owing to their high programmability and specificity. However, the …

[HTML][HTML] RNA structure modulates Cas13 activity and enables mismatch detection

O Kimchi, BB Larsen, ORS Dunkley, AJW Te Velthuis… - bioRxiv, 2023 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
The RNA-targeting CRISPR nuclease Cas13 has emerged as a powerful tool for
applications ranging from nucleic acid detection to transcriptome engineering and RNA …

CRISPR/Cas13 effectors have differing extents of off-target effects that limit their utility in eukaryotic cells

Y Ai, D Liang, JE Wilusz - Nucleic Acids Research, 2022 - academic.oup.com
CRISPR/Cas13 effectors have garnered increasing attention as easily customizable tools for
detecting and depleting RNAs of interest. Near perfect complementarity between a target …

Engineering improved Cas13 effectors for targeted post-transcriptional regulation of gene expression

EJ Charles, SE Kim, GJ Knott, D Smock, J Doudna… - BioRxiv, 2021 - biorxiv.org
Cas13 is a family of unique RNA-targeting CRISPR-Cas effectors, making it an appealing
tool for probing and perturbing RNA function. However only a few Cas13 homologs have …