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September 17, 2025Molecular Systems BiologyOpen Access

AI-guided Cas9 engineering provides an effective strategy to enhance base editing

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DWDongyi WeiPCPeng ChengZSZiguo Song

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Overview

This approach demonstrates improved editing efficiency in various gene editing tools, indicating AI's potential in protein engineering.

Key Points

  • AI-guided Cas9 engineering significantly increases base editing efficiency by 2-3 times.
  • The developed variant AncBE4max-AI-8.3 was tested in seven cancer cell lines with notable performance improvements.
  • Protein Mutational Effect Predictor was used to identify and optimize point mutations in Cas9 for enhanced functionality.
  • This advancement may provide a universal strategy for optimizing multiple gene editing tools across different applications.

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Wei et al. (2025) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/68d4328c713b0b5dfea71df2https://doi.org/10.1038/s44320-025-00142-0
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