Biosciences Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN 37831, USA.
The Center for Bioenergy Innovation, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN 37831, USA.
Cells. 2022 Aug 9;11(16):2467. doi: 10.3390/cells11162467.
Multiplexed CRISPR technologies have great potential for pathway engineering and genome editing. However, their applications are constrained by complex, laborious and time-consuming cloning steps. In this research, we developed a novel method, PARA, which allows for the one-step assembly of multiple guide RNAs (gRNAs) into a CRISPR vector with up to 18 gRNAs. Here, we demonstrate that PARA is capable of the efficient assembly of transfer RNA/Csy4/ribozyme-based gRNA arrays. To aid in this process and to streamline vector construction, we developed a user-friendly PARAweb tool for designing PCR primers and component DNA parts and simulating assembled gRNA arrays and vector sequences.
多重 CRISPR 技术在通路工程和基因组编辑方面具有巨大的潜力。然而,它们的应用受到复杂、繁琐和耗时的克隆步骤的限制。在这项研究中,我们开发了一种新方法 PARA,它允许将多达 18 个 gRNA 一步组装到 CRISPR 载体中。在这里,我们证明了 PARA 能够有效地组装 tRNA/Csy4/核酶基 gRNA 阵列。为了辅助这一过程并简化载体构建,我们开发了一个用户友好的 PARAweb 工具,用于设计 PCR 引物和组件 DNA 片段以及模拟组装的 gRNA 阵列和载体序列。