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Custom CRISPR-Cas9 PAM variants via scalable engineering and machine learning.

Silverstein RA, Kim N, Kroell AS, Walton RT, Delano J, Butcher RM, Pacesa M, Smith BK, Christie KA, Ha LL, Meis RJ, Clark AB, Spinner AD, Lazzarotto CR, Li Y, Matsubara A, Urbina EO, Dahl GA, Correia BE, Marks DS, Tsai SQ, Pinello L, De Ravin SS, Liu Q, Kleinstiver BP
Nature. 2025 Apr 22. doi: 10.1038/s41586-025-09021-y. (Link opens in a new window) PubMed (Link opens in a new window) Article

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ID Plasmid Purpose
223065pACYC-T7-SpCas9(BspMI/SapI/BsaI_cassettes)-T7-gRNA1 (BPK1807)Dual pT7 entry plasmid for SpCas9(6AA) library; bacterial expression plasmid with type IIS RE cassettes around D1135/S1136, G1218/E1219, R1335/T1337 (precursor to MMW94). Expresses a gRNA.
223067pCAG-SpCas9-P2A-EGFP (MSP2582)pCAG human codon optimized wild-type SpCas9 expression plasmid with C-terminal NLS(SV40)-3xFLAG-P2A-EGFP
223068pCMV-T7-SpCas9(MRRWMR)-P2A-EGFP (RAS2816)pCMV and pT7 Human expression plasmid for SpCas9 enzyme with MRRWMR amino acids at positions 1135,1136,1218,1219,1335,T1337 with C-term BPNLS-P2A-EGFP
223069pCMV-T7-SpCas9(ARGIMR)-P2A-EGFP (AHK147)pCMV and pT7 Human expression plasmid for SpCas9 enzyme with ARGIMR amino acids at positions 1135,1136,1218,1219,1335,T1337 with C-term BPNLS-P2A-EGFP
223070pCMV-T7-SpCas9(ARTWGR)-P2A-EGFP (RAS2995)pCMV and pT7 Human expression plasmid for SpCas9 enzyme with ARTWGR amino acids at positions 1135,1136,1218,1219,1335,T1337 with C-term BPNLS-P2A-EGFP
223071pCMV-T7-SpCas9(RRTIMR)-P2A-EGFP (AHK149)pCMV and pT7 Human expression plasmid for SpCas9 enzyme with RRTIMR amino acids at positions 1135,1136,1218,1219,1335,T1337 with C-term BPNLS-P2A-EGFP
223072pCMV-T7-SpCas9(MRRCQR)-P2A-EGFP (RAS2823)pCMV and pT7 Human expression plasmid for SpCas9 enzyme with MRRCQR amino acids at positions 1135,1136,1218,1219,1335,T1337 with C-term BPNLS-P2A-EGFP
223073pCMV-T7-SpCas9(IRAVQL)-P2A-EGFP (RTW3820)pCMV and pT7 Human expression plasmid for SpCas9 enzyme with IRAVQL amino acids at positions 1135,1136,1218,1219,1335,T1337 with C-term BPNLS-P2A-EGFP
223074pCMV-T7-SpCas9(SRSCMV)-P2A-EGFP (RTW3732)pCMV and pT7 Human expression plasmid for SpCas9 enzyme with SRSCMV amino acids at positions 1135,1136,1218,1219,1335,T1337 with C-term BPNLS-P2A-EGFP
223075pCMV-T7-SpCas9(MKRCMV)-P2A-EGFP (AHK162)pCMV and pT7 Human expression plasmid for SpCas9 enzyme with MKRCMV amino acids at positions 1135,1136,1218,1219,1335,T1337 with C-term BPNLS-P2A-EGFP
223076pCMV-T7-SpCas9(MWNVML)-P2A-EGFP (AHK156)pCMV and pT7 Human expression plasmid for SpCas9 enzyme with MWNVML amino acids at positions 1135,1136,1218,1219,1335,T1337 with C-term BPNLS-P2A-EGFP
223077pCMV-T7-SpCas9(MKKCMN)-P2A-EGFP (AHK129)pCMV and pT7 Human expression plasmid for SpCas9 enzyme with MKKCMN amino acids at positions 1135,1136,1218,1219,1335,T1337 with C-term BPNLS-P2A-EGFP
223078pCMV-T7-SpCas9(KKKCMN)-P2A-EGFP (AHK131)pCMV and pT7 Human expression plasmid for SpCas9 enzyme with KKKCMN amino acids at positions 1135,1136,1218,1219,1335,T1337 with C-term BPNLS-P2A-EGFP
223079pCMV-T7-SpCas9(LWKYQS)-P2A-EGFP (AHK34)pCMV and pT7 Human expression plasmid for SpCas9 enzyme with LWKYQS amino acids at positions 1135,1136,1218,1219,1335,T1337 with C-term BPNLS-P2A-EGFP
223080pCMV-T7-SpCas9(LWKYSS)-P2A-EGFP (RAS3024)pCMV and pT7 Human expression plasmid for SpCas9 enzyme with LWKYSS amino acids at positions 1135,1136,1218,1219,1335,T1337 with C-term BPNLS-P2A-EGFP
223081pCMV-T7-SpCas9(MWKYQA)-P2A-EGFP (RAS2965)pCMV and pT7 Human expression plasmid for SpCas9 enzyme with MWKYQA amino acids at positions 1135,1136,1218,1219,1335,T1337 with C-term BPNLS-P2A-EGFP
223082pCMV-T7-SpCas9(LWQYQH)-P2A-EGFP (RAS2885)pCMV and pT7 Human expression plasmid for SpCas9 enzyme with LWQYQH amino acids at positions 1135,1136,1218,1219,1335,T1337 with C-term BPNLS-P2A-EGFP
223083pCMV-T7-SpCas9(RQMYQG)-P2A-EGFP (RAS3009)pCMV and pT7 Human expression plasmid for SpCas9 enzyme with RQMYQG amino acids at positions 1135,1136,1218,1219,1335,T1337 with C-term BPNLS-P2A-EGFP
223084pCMV-T7-SpCas9(MWKYQS)-P2A-EGFP (RAS2898)pCMV and pT7 Human expression plasmid for SpCas9 enzyme with MWKYQS amino acids at positions 1135,1136,1218,1219,1335,T1337 with C-term BPNLS-P2A-EGFP
223085pCMV-T7-SpCas9(LWSSLY)-P2A-EGFP (RAS2997)pCMV and pT7 Human expression plasmid for SpCas9 enzyme with LWSSLY amino acids at positions 1135,1136,1218,1219,1335,T1337 with C-term BPNLS-P2A-EGFP
223086pCMV-T7-SpCas9(KWMQLC)-P2A-EGFP (RAS3025)pCMV and pT7 Human expression plasmid for SpCas9 enzyme with KWMQLC amino acids at positions 1135,1136,1218,1219,1335,T1337 with C-term BPNLS-P2A-EGFP
223087pCMV-T7-SpCas9(KWRQLC)-P2A-EGFP (RAS2864)pCMV and pT7 Human expression plasmid for SpCas9 enzyme with KWRQLC amino acids at positions 1135,1136,1218,1219,1335,T1337 with C-term BPNLS-P2A-EGFP
223088pCMV-T7-SpCas9(KWAVIG)-P2A-EGFP (RAS2999)pCMV and pT7 Human expression plasmid for SpCas9 enzyme with KWAVIG amino acids at positions 1135,1136,1218,1219,1335,T1337 with C-term BPNLS-P2A-EGFP
223089pCMV-T7-SpCas9(MWRQLM)-P2A-EGFP (RAS2868)pCMV and pT7 Human expression plasmid for SpCas9 enzyme with MWRQLM amino acids at positions 1135,1136,1218,1219,1335,T1337 with C-term BPNLS-P2A-EGFP
223090pCMV-T7-SpCas9(KWHMLM)-P2A-EGFP (RAS2869)pCMV and pT7 Human expression plasmid for SpCas9 enzyme with KWHMLM amino acids at positions 1135,1136,1218,1219,1335,T1337 with C-term BPNLS-P2A-EGFP
223091pCMV-T7-SpCas9(MRKCLN)-P2A-EGFP (AHK130)pCMV and pT7 Human expression plasmid for SpCas9 enzyme with MRKCLN amino acids at positions 1135,1136,1218,1219,1335,T1337 with C-term BPNLS-P2A-EGFP
223092pCMV-T7-SpCas9(LWKFEG)-P2A-EGFP (RTW3931)pCMV and pT7 Human expression plasmid for SpCas9 enzyme with LWKFEG amino acids at positions 1135,1136,1218,1219,1335,T1337 with C-term BPNLS-P2A-EGFP
223093pCMV-T7-SpCas9(CWNWNS)-P2A-EGFP (RAS3011)pCMV and pT7 Human expression plasmid for SpCas9 enzyme with CWNWNS amino acids at positions 1135,1136,1218,1219,1335,T1337 with C-term BPNLS-P2A-EGFP
223094pCMV-T7-SpCas9(LWRYEK)-P2A-EGFP (RAS2986)pCMV and pT7 Human expression plasmid for SpCas9 enzyme with LWRYEK amino acids at positions 1135,1136,1218,1219,1335,T1337 with C-term BPNLS-P2A-EGFP
223095pCMV-T7-SpCas9(KWKYES)-P2A-EGFP (RAS2900)pCMV and pT7 Human expression plasmid for SpCas9 enzyme with KWKYES amino acids at positions 1135,1136,1218,1219,1335,T1337 with C-term BPNLS-P2A-EGFP
223096pCMV-T7-SpCas9(LWKYEY)-P2A-EGFP (RAS3001)pCMV and pT7 Human expression plasmid for SpCas9 enzyme with LWKYEY amino acids at positions 1135,1136,1218,1219,1335,T1337 with C-term BPNLS-P2A-EGFP
223097pCMV-T7-SpCas9(MKACKV)-P2A-EGFP (AHK136)pCMV and pT7 Human expression plasmid for SpCas9 enzyme with MKACKV amino acids at positions 1135,1136,1218,1219,1335,T1337 with C-term BPNLS-P2A-EGFP
223098pCMV-T7-SpCas9(MKRCKS)-P2A-EGFP (AHK140)pCMV and pT7 Human expression plasmid for SpCas9 enzyme with MKRCKS amino acids at positions 1135,1136,1218,1219,1335,T1337 with C-term BPNLS-P2A-EGFP
223099pCMV-T7-SpCas9(KRRCKV)-P2A-EGFP (RAS3014)pCMV and pT7 Human expression plasmid for SpCas9 enzyme with KRRCKV amino acids at positions 1135,1136,1218,1219,1335,T1337 with C-term BPNLS-P2A-EGFP
223100pCMV-T7-SpCas9(VKMAKG)-P2A-EGFP (RAS3015)pCMV and pT7 Human expression plasmid for SpCas9 enzyme with VKMAKG amino acids at positions 1135,1136,1218,1219,1335,T1337 with C-term BPNLS-P2A-EGFP
223101pCMV-T7-SpCas9(SKNCKS)-P2A-EGFP (RAS2951)pCMV and pT7 Human expression plasmid for SpCas9 enzyme with SKNCKS amino acids at positions 1135,1136,1218,1219,1335,T1337 with C-term BPNLS-P2A-EGFP
223102pCMV-T7-SpCas9(MRKCRS)-P2A-EGFP (RAS2821)pCMV and pT7 Human expression plasmid for SpCas9 enzyme with MRKCRS amino acids at positions 1135,1136,1218,1219,1335,T1337 with C-term BPNLS-P2A-EGFP
223103pCMV-T7-SpCas9(SRQMRG)-P2A-EGFP (RAS3017)pCMV and pT7 Human expression plasmid for SpCas9 enzyme with SRQMRG amino acids at positions 1135,1136,1218,1219,1335,T1337 with C-term BPNLS-P2A-EGFP
223104pCMV-T7-SpCas9(MRKQKC)-P2A-EGFP (RAS2838)pCMV and pT7 Human expression plasmid for SpCas9 enzyme with MRKQKC amino acids at positions 1135,1136,1218,1219,1335,T1337 with C-term BPNLS-P2A-EGFP
223105pCMV-T7-SpCas9(MRKSKC)-P2A-EGFP (RAS2840)pCMV and pT7 Human expression plasmid for SpCas9 enzyme with MRKSKC amino acids at positions 1135,1136,1218,1219,1335,T1337 with C-term BPNLS-P2A-EGFP
223106pCBh-T7-SpCas9(KRTMQR)-P2A-mTagBFP2(RAS3591)pCBh Human expression plasmid for SpCas9 enzyme with KRTMQR amino acids at positions 1135,1136,1218,1219,1335,T1337 with C-term BPNLS-P2A-mTagBFP2
223107pCBh-T7-SpCas9(KRHWMR)-P2A-mTagBFP2(RAS3594)pCBh Human expression plasmid for SpCas9 enzyme with KRHWMR amino acids at positions 1135,1136,1218,1219,1335,T1337 with C-term BPNLS-P2A-mTagBFP2
223108pCBh-T7-SpCas9(MRRWYR)-P2A-mTagBFP2(RAS3598)pCBh Human expression plasmid for SpCas9 enzyme with MRRWYR amino acids at positions 1135,1136,1218,1219,1335,T1337 with C-term BPNLS-P2A-mTagBFP2
223109pCBh-T7-SpCas9(MRRWMR)-P2A-mTagBFP2(RAS3579)pCBh Human expression plasmid for SpCas9 enzyme with MRRWMR amino acids at positions 1135,1136,1218,1219,1335,T1337 with C-term BPNLS-P2A-mTagBFP2
223110pCBh-T7-SpG-P2A-mTagBFP2(RAS3583)pCBh Human expression plasmid for SpG with with C-term BPNLS-P2A-mTagBFP2
223111pCBh-T7-SpCas9-P2A-mTagBFP2(RAS3575)pCBh Human expression plasmid for SpCas9 with with C-term BPNLS-P2A-mTagBFP2
223112pCMV-T7-ABE8e-SpCas9(KWRQLC)-P2A-EGFP (RAS3467)pCMV and pT7 Human expression plasmid for ABE8e SpCas9 enzyme with KWRQLC amino acids at positions 1135,1136,1218,1219,1335,T1337 with C-term BPNLS-P2A-EGFP
223113pCMV-T7-ABE8e-SpCas9(LWKYQS)-P2A-EGFP (AHK404)pCMV and pT7 Human expression plasmid for ABE8e using SpCas9 enzyme with LWKYQS amino acids at positions 1135,1136,1218,1219,1335,T1337 with C-term BPNLS-P2A-EGFP
223114pCMV-T7-ABE8e-SpCas9(LWRYEK)-P2A-EGFP (BKS1028)pCMV and pT7 Human expression plasmid for ABE8e using SpCas9 enzyme with LWRYEK amino acids at positions 1135,1136,1218,1219,1335,T1337 with C-term BPNLS-P2A-EGFP
223115pCMV-T7-ABE8e-SpCas9(MKRCMV)-P2A-EGFP (BKS1030)pCMV and pT7 Human expression plasmid for ABE8e using SpCas9 enzyme with MKRCMV amino acids at positions 1135,1136,1218,1219,1335,T1337 with C-term BPNLS-P2A-EGFP
223116pCMV-T7-ABE8e-SpCas9(MKRCKS)-P2A-EGFP (RAS3455)pCMV and pT7 Human expression plasmid for ABE8e using SpCas9 enzyme with MKRCKS amino acids at positions 1135,1136,1218,1219,1335,T1337 with C-term BPNLS-P2A-EGFP
223117pCMV-T7-ABE8e-SpCas9(MRKCRS)-P2A-EGFP (BKS1034)pCMV and pT7 Human expression plasmid for ABE8e using SpCas9 enzyme with MRKCRS amino acids at positions 1135,1136,1218,1219,1335,T1337 with C-term BPNLS-P2A-EGFP
223118pCMV-T7-ABE8e-SpCas9(ARGIMR)-P2A-EGFP (AHK507)pCMV and pT7 Human expression plasmid for ABE8e using SpCas9 enzyme with ARGIMR amino acids at positions 1135,1136,1218,1219,1335,T1337 with C-term BPNLS-P2A-EGFP
223119pCMV-T7-ABE8e-SpCas9(LWQYQH)-P2A-EGFP (AHK504)pCMV and pT7 Human expression plasmid for ABE8e using SpCas9 enzyme with LWQYQH amino acids at positions 1135,1136,1218,1219,1335,T1337 with C-term BPNLS-P2A-EGFP
223120pCMV-T7-ABE8e-SpCas9(MWKYQS)-P2A-EGFP (AHK505)pCMV and pT7 Human expression plasmid for ABE8e using SpCas9 enzyme with MWKYQS amino acids at positions 1135,1136,1218,1219,1335,T1337 with C-term BPNLS-P2A-EGFP
223122pCMV-T7-ABE8e-SpCas9(MWKYQA)-P2A-EGFP (AHK503)pCMV and pT7 Human expression plasmid for ABE8e using SpCas9 enzyme with MWKYQA amino acids at positions 1135,1136,1218,1219,1335,T1337 with C-term BPNLS-P2A-EGFP
223123pCMV-T7-TadCBEd-SpCas9-P2A-EGFP (BKS327)pCMV and pT7 Human expression plasmid for TadCBEd-SpCas9 with C-term BPNLS-P2A-EGFP
223124pCMV-T7-TadCBEd-SpG-P2A-EGFP (BKS777/AHK571)pCMV and pT7 Human expression plasmid for TadCBEd-SpG with C-term BPNLS-P2A-EGFP
223125pCMV-T7-TadCBEd-SpRY-P2A-EGFP (BKS428)pCMV and pT7 Human expression plasmid for TadCBEd-SpRY with C-term BPNLS-P2A-EGFP
223126pCMV-T7-TadCBEd-SpCas9(KWRQLC)-P2A-EGFP (BKS1026)pCMV and pT7 Human expression plasmid for TadCBEd using SpCas9 CBE enzyme with KWRQLC amino acids at positions 1135,1136,1218,1219,1335,T1337 with C-term BPNLS-P2A-EGFP
223127pCMV-T7-TadCBEd-SpCas9(LWKYQS)-P2A-EGFP (BKS1014)pCMV and pT7 Human expression plasmid for TadCBEd using SpCas9 CBE enzyme with LWKYQS amino acids at positions 1135,1136,1218,1219,1335,T1337 with C-term BPNLS-P2A-EGFP
223128pCMV-T7-TadCBEd-SpCas9(LWRYEK)-P2A-EGFP (BKS1022)pCMV and pT7 Human expression plasmid for TadCBEd using SpCas9 CBE enzyme with LWRYEK amino acids at positions 1135,1136,1218,1219,1335,T1337 with C-term BPNLS-P2A-EGFP
223129pCMV-T7-TadCBEd-SpCas9(MKRCMV)-P2A-EGFP (BKS1032)pCMV and pT7 Human expression plasmid for TadCBEd using SpCas9 CBE enzyme with MKRCMV amino acids at positions 1135,1136,1218,1219,1335,T1337 with C-term BPNLS-P2A-EGFP
223130pCMV-T7-TadCBEd-SpCas9(MKRCKS)-P2A-EGFP (RAS3445)pCMV and pT7 Human expression plasmid for TadCBEd using SpCas9 CBE enzyme with MKRCKS amino acids at positions 1135,1136,1218,1219,1335,T1337 with C-term BPNLS-P2A-EGFP
223132pCMV-T7-TadCBEd-SpCas9(ARGIMR)-P2A-EGFP (BKS1036)pCMV and pT7 Human expression plasmid for TadCBEd using SpCas9 CBE enzyme with ARGIMR amino acids at positions 1135,1136,1218,1219,1335,T1337 with C-term BPNLS-P2A-EGFP
223133pCMV-T7-TadCBEd-SpCas9(MRKCRS)-P2A-EGFP (AHK545)pCMV and pT7 Human expression plasmid for TadCBEd using SpCas9 CBE enzyme with MRKCRS amino acids at positions 1135,1136,1218,1219,1335,T1337 with C-term BPNLS-P2A-EGFP
223134pCMV-T7-TadCBEd-SpCas9(MRKQKC)-P2A-EGFP (AHK574)pCMV and pT7 Human expression plasmid for TadCBEd using SpCas9 CBE enzyme with MRKQKC amino acids at positions 1135,1136,1218,1219,1335,T1337 with C-term BPNLS-P2A-EGFP
223135pCMV-T7-TadCBEd-SpCas9(MRKSKC)-P2A-EGFP (AHK446)pCMV and pT7 Human expression plasmid for TadCBEd using SpCas9 CBE enzyme with MRKSKC amino acids at positions 1135,1136,1218,1219,1335,T1337 with C-term BPNLS-P2A-EGFP
223136pCMV-T7-PEmax-P2A-EGFP (LM1589)pCMV and pT7 Human expression plasmid for PEmax(nSpCas9(H840A)-M-MMLV_RT**)-P2A-EGFP
223137pUC19-U6-[BsmBI_pegRNA_entry]-tevopreQ1-term (LM1138)pU6 entry plamid for cloning prime editor tevopreQ1 epegRNAs (requires BsmBI or Esp3I digest and ligation of duplexed oligos)
228251pCMV-T7-SpCas9(KRHWMR)-P2A-EGFP_(RAS3808)pCMV human expression plasmid for SpCas9 enzyme with KRHWMR amino acids at positions 1135,1136,1218,1219,1335,T1337 with C-term BPNLS-P2A-EGFP
228252pAAV-U6-SpCas9_gRNA(RHO-P23H)-CMV-mTagBFP2_(RAS3613)pU6 (human U6) expression of SpCas9 sgRNA targeting RHO P23H mutation and pCMV expression of mTagBFP2
228253pUC19-U6-BsmBI_epegRNA_entry-mpknot_(LM1140)pU6 entry plamid for cloning prime editor mpknot epegRNAs (requires BsmBI or Esp3I digest and ligation of duplexed oligos)

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