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In molecular biology, Centromere and Promoter Factor 1[a] or Cpf1 is a single RNA-guided endonuclease lacking a small trans-encoded RNA, a tracrRNA, and it utilizes a T-rich 2-6 base pair DNA sequence immediately following the DNA sequence targeted by the Cas9 nuclease in the CRISPR bacterial adaptive immune system[4], also known as PAM.[5] It recognizes a T-rich PAM, TTTN, but on the 5' side of the guide. Cpf1 cleaves DNA via a staggered DNA double-stranded break.[6]

Genome editing

Out of 16 Cpf1-family proteins, scientists identified two candidate enzymes from Acidaminococcus and Lachnospiraceae, with efficient genome-editing activity in human cells.[7] Cpf1 was introduced with features that SpCas9 is lacking. Cpf1 requires only a 42-nt short CRISPR RNA (crRNA) to find its target, instead of the ~100-nt guide RNA for SpCas9, and it recognizes a protospacer-adjacent motif (PAM) that is 5′ instead of 3′ of the target site.[8]

See also

References

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  5. ^ Zetsche B, Gootenberg JS, Abudayyeh OO, Slaymaker IM, Makarova KS, Essletzbichler P, Volz SE, Joung J, van der Oost J, Regev A, Koonin EV, Zhang F (2015). "Cpf1 Is a Single RNA-Guided Endonuclease of a Class 2 CRISPR-Cas System". Cell. 163 (3): 759–771. doi:10.1016/j.cell.2015.09.038.
  6. ^ Using Cpf1 for CRISPR published by "Benchling" (2015)
  7. ^ Genome-wide specificities of CRISPR-Cas Cpf1 nucleases in human cells by Benjamin P Kleinstiver, Shengdar Q Tsai, Michelle S Prew, Nhu T Nguyen, Moira M Welch, Jose M Lopez, Zachary R McCaw, Martin J Aryee & J Keith Joung in "Nature Biotechnology" 34, 869–874 (2016) doi:10.1038/nbt.3620 Published online 27 June 2016
  8. ^ Showdown between Cas9 and Cpf1 by Nature Methods 13, 714 - (2016) doi:10.1038/nmeth.3979 Published online 30 August 2016
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