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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 08, 2018
Filed:
Dec. 29, 2014
The Regents of the University of California, Oakland, CA (US);
Jennifer A. Doudna, Oakland, CA (US);
Samuel H. Sternberg, Oakland, CA (US);
Martin Jinek, Oakland, CA (US);
Fuguo Jiang, Oakland, CA (US);
Emine Kaya, Oakland, CA (US);
David W. Taylor, Jr., Oakland, CA (US);
THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, Oakland, CA (US);
Abstract
The present disclosure provides atomic structures of Cas9 with and without polynucleotides bound thereto. Also provided is a computer-readable medium comprising atomic coordinates for Cas9 polypeptides in both an unbound configuration and a configuration wherein the Cas9 polypeptide is bound to one or more polynucleotides. The present disclosure provides crystals comprising Cas9 polypeptides; and compositions comprising the crystals. The present disclosure provides methods for the engineering of Cas9 polypeptides wherein Cas9 activity has been altered, ablated, or preserved and amended with additional activities.