Design of CRISPR-Cas12b (C2c1) guide RNAs
The CRISPR-Cas12b (TTN + 20bp) is an RNA-guided endonuclease that can specifically cleave target double stranded DNA in the presence of PAM.
Cas12b has high cleavage activity, and the optimal temperature of cleavage reaction is 48 °C, which makes it nearly impossible to use it in mammalian and plant cells. Fortunately, scientists have found several other Cas12b variants which cleave DNA at lower temperatures.
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Advantages:
- Cas12b nucleases are smaller than Cas9 and Cas12a/Cpf1
- Cas12b can maintain high enzyme activity in a wide temperature and pH range
- Cas12b have very high target specificity (low off-target editing)