Cas9 (IMAGE)

DOE/Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

Cas9

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The crystal structure of SpyCas9 features a nuclease domain lobe (red) and an alpha-helical lobe (gray) each with a nucleic acid binding cleft that becomes functionalized when Cas9 binds to guide RNA.

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Image courtesy of Doudna, Nogales, et. al

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