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Directed evolution using dCas9-targeted somatic hypermutation in mammalian cells
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Engineering and study of protein function by directed evolution has been limited by the technical requirement to use global mutagenesis or introduce DNA libraries. Here, we develop CRISPR-X, a strategy to repurpose the somatic hypermutation machinery for protein engineering in situ. Using catalytically inactive dCas9 to recruit variants of cytidine deaminase (AID) with MS2-modified sgRNAs, we can specifically mutagenize endogenous targets with limited off-target damage. This generates diverse libraries of localized point mutations and can target multiple genomic locations simultaneously. We mutagenize GFP and select for spectrum-shifted variants, including EGFP. Additionally, we mutate the target of the cancer therapeutic bortezomib, PSMB5, and identify known and novel mutations that confer bortezomib resistance. Finally, using a hyperactive AID variant, we mutagenize loci both upstream and downstream of transcriptional start sites. These experiments illustrate a powerful approach to create complex libraries of genetic variants in native context, which is broadly applicable to investigate and improve protein function.
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Metadata
- Authors
- Hess, G. T., Frésard, L., Han, K., Lee, C. H., Li, A., Cimprich, K. A., Montgomery, S. B., & Bassik, M. C.
- Venue
- Nature Methods
- Published
- 2016-10-31
- Volume
- 13
- Issue
- 12
- Pages
- 1036-1042
- ISSN
- 1548-7091 (ISSN-L)
- 1548-7105
- OpenAlex
- W2542621333
- Cited by
- 476
- References
- 17
- FWCI
- 26.03
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
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