Cas9 protein

GPTKB entity

Statements (52)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:protein
gptkbp:alternativeName gptkb:CRISPR-associated_protein_9
gptkbp:component gptkb:CRISPR-Cas_system
gptkbp:discoveredBy gptkb:Emmanuelle_Charpentier
gptkb:Jennifer_Doudna
gptkbp:foundIn gptkb:Streptococcus_pyogenes
gptkbp:function DNA cleavage
endonuclease
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Cas9 protein
gptkbp:mechanismOfAction forms complex with guide RNA
induces double-strand breaks
site-specific DNA targeting
gptkbp:molecularWeight ~160 kDa
gptkbp:orthologIn gptkb:Cpf1
gptkb:Cas12
gptkb:Cas13
gptkbp:PDB gptkb:4CMP
gptkb:4UN3
gptkb:5F9R
gptkbp:recognizedBy PAM sequence
gptkbp:requires gptkb:guide_RNA
gptkbp:sequence gptkb:UniProt:_Q99ZW2
gptkbp:structure bilobed
gptkbp:usedFor drug discovery
synthetic biology
genetic engineering
base editing
gene therapy
prime editing
disease modeling
gene silencing
functional genomics
crop improvement
animal model creation
epigenome editing
gene activation
gene knock-in
gene knockout
gene repression
transcriptional regulation
targeted mutagenesis
gene tagging
screening genetic variants
studying gene function
gptkbp:usedIn gptkb:biotechnology
gptkb:medicine
gptkb:CRISPR-Cas9_technology
agriculture
genome editing
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:CRISPR-Cas9_gene_editing_technology
gptkb:CRISPR
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5