Scientists mapped and analyzed the atomic structure of CRISPR-Cas

CRISPR technology can be used for gene editing and has become a real revolution in scientific research.

world when it was first introduced. CRISPR-Cas9 is probably the best known CRISPR system and is commonly known as “gene scissors.”

This is just one of many CRISPR systems that exist.

Now researchers at the University of Copenhagen (UCPH) have mapped and analyzed the atomic structure of one of the most complex CRISPR systems identified to date.

Scientists dismantled the largest and most complex complexCRISPR-Cas that has been seen so far. They now understand how this system works at the molecular level, said co-author Guillermo Montoya, professor at the Novo Nordisk Foundation's Center for Protein Research at the University of Copenhagen (NNF CPR). Scientists have studied a complex called Cmr-β, which belongs to a subgroup of so-called type III-B CRISPR-Cas complexes. The new results have already been presented to the public.

In a new study, the researchers examined the role of Cmr in the immune system and the mechanisms underlying its immune response against various bacteriophages, as well as ways of regulating it.

Cmr system mapped by scientists in the newresearch may, among other things, remove single-stranded RNA and DNA, although this will be quite difficult. But in the future, the Cmr system may still be the key to understanding the immune response of bacteria, and it may find applications in the fight against antibiotic resistance.

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