5AXW

Crystal structure of Staphylococcus aureus Cas9 in complex with sgRNA and target DNA (TTGGGT PAM)

Experimental Data Snapshot

  • Method: X-RAY DIFFRACTION
  • Resolution: 2.70 Å
  • R-Value Free: 0.230 
  • R-Value Work: 0.203 
  • R-Value Observed: 0.205 

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Literature

Crystal Structure of Staphylococcus aureus Cas9.

Nishimasu, H., Cong, L., Yan, W.X., Ran, F.A., Zetsche, B., Li, Y., Kurabayashi, A., Ishitani, R., Zhang, F., Nureki, O.

(2015) Cell 162: 1113-1126

  • DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2015.08.007
  • Primary Citation of Related Structures:  
    5CZZ, 5AXW

  • PubMed Abstract: 

    • The RNA-guided DNA endonuclease Cas9 cleaves double-stranded DNA targets with a protospacer adjacent motif (PAM) and complementarity to the guide RNA. Recently, we harnessed Staphylococcus aureus Cas9 (SaCas9), which is significantly smaller than Str ...

    The RNA-guided DNA endonuclease Cas9 cleaves double-stranded DNA targets with a protospacer adjacent motif (PAM) and complementarity to the guide RNA. Recently, we harnessed Staphylococcus aureus Cas9 (SaCas9), which is significantly smaller than Streptococcus pyogenes Cas9 (SpCas9), to facilitate efficient in vivo genome editing. Here, we report the crystal structures of SaCas9 in complex with a single guide RNA (sgRNA) and its double-stranded DNA targets, containing the 5'-TTGAAT-3' PAM and the 5'-TTGGGT-3' PAM, at 2.6 and 2.7 Å resolutions, respectively. The structures revealed the mechanism of the relaxed recognition of the 5'-NNGRRT-3' PAM by SaCas9. A structural comparison of SaCas9 with SpCas9 highlighted both structural conservation and divergence, explaining their distinct PAM specificities and orthologous sgRNA recognition. Finally, we applied the structural information about this minimal Cas9 to rationally design compact transcriptional activators and inducible nucleases, to further expand the CRISPR-Cas9 genome editing toolbox.

    Organizational Affiliation: 

    Department of Biological Sciences, Graduate School of Science, The University of Tokyo, 2-11-16 Yayoi, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0032, Japan. Electronic address: nureki@bs.s.u-tokyo.ac.jp.



Macromolecules

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Entity ID: 1
MoleculeChainsSequence LengthOrganismDetailsImage
CRISPR-associated endonuclease Cas9A1056Staphylococcus aureus subsp. aureusMutation(s): 2 
Gene Names: cas9
EC: 3.1
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RNA (73-MER)B73Staphylococcus aureus
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DNA (28-MER)C28Staphylococcus aureus
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    • Entity ID: 4
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    DNA (5'-D(*TP*TP*GP*GP*GP*TP*AP*G)-3')D8Staphylococcus aureus
    Experimental Data & Validation

    Experimental Data

    • Method: X-RAY DIFFRACTION
    • Resolution: 2.70 Å
    • R-Value Free: 0.230 
    • R-Value Work: 0.203 
    • R-Value Observed: 0.205 
    • Space Group: P 21 21 2
    Unit Cell:
    Length ( Å )Angle ( ˚ )
    a = 67.596α = 90
    b = 345.664β = 90
    c = 98.052γ = 90
    Software Package:
    Software NamePurpose
    PHENIXrefinement
    PDB_EXTRACTdata extraction

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    Entry History 

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    Revision History 

    • Version 1.0: 2015-09-02
      Type: Initial release
    • Version 1.1: 2019-12-25
      Changes: Data collection, Database references, Derived calculations, Source and taxonomy