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- Title
Deep learning models to predict the editing efficiencies and outcomes of diverse base editors.
- Authors
Kim, Nahye; Choi, Sungchul; Kim, Sungjae; Song, Myungjae; Seo, Jung Hwa; Min, Seonwoo; Park, Jinman; Cho, Sung-Rae; Kim, Hyongbum Henry
- Abstract
Applications of base editing are frequently restricted by the requirement for a protospacer adjacent motif (PAM), and selecting the optimal base editor (BE) and single-guide RNA pair (sgRNA) for a given target can be difficult. To select for BEs and sgRNAs without extensive experimental work, we systematically compared the editing windows, outcomes and preferred motifs for seven BEs, including two cytosine BEs, two adenine BEs and three C•G to G•C BEs at thousands of target sequences. We also evaluated nine Cas9 variants that recognize different PAM sequences and developed a deep learning model, DeepCas9variants, for predicting which variants function most efficiently at sites with a given target sequence. We then develop a computational model, DeepBE, that predicts editing efficiencies and outcomes of 63 BEs that were generated by incorporating nine Cas9 variants as nickase domains into the seven BE variants. The predicted median efficiencies of BEs with DeepBE-based design were 2.9- to 20-fold higher than those of rationally designed SpCas9-containing BEs. The best base editor for specific applications is predicted with a deep learning model.
- Publication
Nature Biotechnology, 2024, Vol 42, Issue 3, p484
- ISSN
1087-0156
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1038/s41587-023-01792-x