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| Title: | Rational and computation-assisted engineering of a compact and efficient CRISPR-Cas12f genome editor |
| Creators: |
Liu, Jingtong, Wang, Shengzhou, Wang, Bei, Yu, Tonglu, Liu, Xuan, Li, Miaomiao  ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0007-7694-6379, Ku, Min-Chi ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0963-2461, Wang, Rui, Chai, Renjie ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3885-543X, Zheng, Wei V. and Wang, Yongming ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8269-5296
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| Abstract: | The CRISPR-Cas12f system is an ultracompact genome-editing platform, yet only a few orthologs exhibit robust activity in mammalian cells. Here, we systematically screened 23 Cas12f orthologs and identified two active nucleases, PspCas12f1 and TcCas12f1, capable of genome editing in human cells. sgRNA scaffold optimization enhanced the basal activity of PspCas12f1. To further improve its performance, we combined structure-guided rational design with protein language model-assisted filtering. Candidate mutations predicted by SaProt were further screened based on structural proximity to the DNA-binding interface and electrostatic compatibility. This integrative strategy identified Q100R and E293R, whose combination yielded the optimized variant enPspCas12f1. enPspCas12f1 achieved genome-editing efficiencies comparable to SpCas9 across multiple endogenous loci while maintaining high specificity. Collectively, our results demonstrate that integrating protein language model-assisted filtering with structure-guided rational design provides an effective strategy for engineering PspCas12f1 and may facilitate the optimization of additional compact CRISPR nucleases. |
| Keywords: | CRISPR-Cas12f, Genome Editing, Protein Engineering, Structure-Guided Design, Protein Language Model, sgRNA Engineering |
| Source: | Molecular Therapy |
| ISSN: | 1525-0016 |
| Publisher: | Elsevier / Cell Press |
| Date: | 31 August 2026 |
| Official Publication: | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ymthe.2026.08.043 |
| PubMed: | View item in PubMed |
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