CRISPR 101: Any Base Transversion Editors
Type
Blog Post
Published
April 1, 2025, 1:15 p.m.
... create an abasic (empty) DNA site using either fused or endogenous Uracil DNA N-glycosylase (UNG) enzymes...researchers at HuidaGene Therapeutics guessed that fusing MPG to an ABE would allow it to act on newly-deaminated...nucleobase hypoxanthine + a ribose sugar.
Their fusion of wild-type MPG to an ABE was able to edit A →...al., 2023).
gGBE consists only of engineered MPG fused to nCas9. First, MPG removes the G base from DNA...invented.
CGBE
C → G Base Editor
Converts C → G by fusing a uracil DNA glycosylase to a CBE; the first type... H. (2023). Programmable A-to-Y base editing by fusing an adenine base editor with an N-methylpurine DNA...