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ArticleSmall (Weinheim an der Bergstrasse, Germany)2025

Engineering of Peptide-Inserted Base Editors with Enhanced Accuracy and Security.

Qi Chen, Yangning Sun, Jia Yao, Yingfan Lu, Ruikang Qiu, Fuling Zhou, Zixin Deng, Yuhui Sun

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Article in Small (Weinheim an der Bergstrasse, Germany), 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors.

Qi ChenDepartment of Hematology, Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan, 430071, China.ORCID 0009-0007-0131-8474
Yangning SunDepartment of Hematology, Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan, 430071, China.ORCID 0000-0002-5942-3599
Jia YaoDepartment of Hematology, Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan, 430071, China.ORCID 0009-0002-9658-3660
Yingfan LuDepartment of Hematology, Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan, 430071, China.ORCID 0009-0001-3209-4799
Ruikang QiuDepartment of Hematology, Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan, 430071, China.ORCID 0009-0005-8732-1468
Fuling ZhouDepartment of Hematology, Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan, 430071, China.ORCID 0000-0003-0982-0382
Zixin DengDepartment of Hematology, Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan, 430071, China.ORCID 0000-0001-5668-5350
Yuhui SunDepartment of Hematology, Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan, 430071, China.ORCID 0000-0001-5720-9620

Funding

Funds for International Cooperation and Exchange of the National Natural Science Foundation of China 31920103001National Key R&D Program of China 2018YFA0903200
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Base editors are effective tools for introducing base conversions without double-strand breaks, showing broad applications in biotechnological and clinical areas. However, their non-negligible bystander mutations and off-target effects have raised extensive safety concerns. To address these issues, a novel method is developed by inserting specific peptide fragments into the substrate binding pocket of deaminases in base editors to modify these outcomes. It is validated that the composition and position of the inserted peptide can significantly impact the performance of A3A-based cytosine base editor and TadA-8e-based adenine base editor, leading to improved editing activity and precision in human HEK293T cells. Importantly, the TadA-8e variant with DPLVLRRRQ peptide inserted behind S116 residue showed a strong motif preference of Y

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PeptidesProtein EngineeringAmino Acid SequenceBase SequenceHEK293 CellsHumansPeptidesbase editorCRISPR‐Cashigh accuracylow off‐targetingpeptide insertion

Identifiers

PMID39995348
PMCPMC11983243

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