Development of a base editor for protein evolution via in situ mutation in vivo.

ABSTRACT: Protein evolution has significantly enhanced the development of life science. However, it is difficult to achieve in vitro evolution of some special proteins because of difficulties with heterologous expression, purification, and function detection. To achieve protein evolution via in situ mutation in vivo, we developed a base editor by fusing nCas with a cytidine deaminase in Bacillus subtilis through genome integration. The base editor introduced a cytidine-to-thymidine mutation of approximately 100% across a 5 nt editable window, which was much higher than those of other base editors. The editable window was expanded to 8 nt by extending the length of sgRNA, and conversion efficiency could be regulated by changing culture conditions, which was suitable for constructing a mutant protein

SUBMITTER: Hao W 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8450078 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature