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[Preprint]. 2026 May 30:2025.01.05.631166. [Version 2] doi: 10.1101/2025.01.05.631166

Table 2.

Cas12a2 collateral cleavage kinetics.

Substrate
10-nt Collateral Substrates
Km (μM) Vmax (nM sec−1) kcat (sec−1) kcat/Km (M−1 sec−1)
ssRNA 0.09 ± 0.01 0.39 ± 0.01 0.0260 ± 0.0007 (2.9 ± 0.3) × 105
5'-UGUAACGACC-3'
 Cas12a2 (Y465A) 0.104 ± 0.008 0.422 ± 0.009 0.0281 ± 0.0006 (2.7 ± 0.2) × 105
 Cas12a2 (Y1080A) 0.12 ± 0.01 0.359 ± 0.009 0.0239 ± 0.0006 (2.0 ± 0.2) × 105
 Cas12a2 (Y1069A) 0.16 ± 0.01 0.58 ± 0.01 0.0387 ± 0.0007 (2.4 ± 0.2) × 105
 Cas12a2 (F1092A) 3.6 ± 3.7 0.5 ± 0.4 0.03 ± 0.03 (1.0 ± 1.7) × 104
ssDNA 0.025 ± 0.007 0.185 ± 0.004 0.0123 ± 0.0003 (4.9 ± 1.4) × 105
5'-TGTAACGACC-3'
 Cas12a2 (Y465A) 0.025 ± 0.004 0.243 ± 0.005 0.0162 ± 0.0003 (6.5 ± 1.1) × 105
 Cas12a2 (Y1080A) 0.015 ± 0.003 0.189 ± 0.004 0.0126 ± 0.0003 (8.4 ± 1.7) × 105
 Cas12a2 (Y1069A) 0.030 ± 0.007 0.251 ± 0.009 0.0167 ± 0.0006 (5.6 ± 1.3) × 105
 Cas12a2 (F1092A) 0.25 ± 0.06 0.054 ± 0.004 0.0036 ± 0.0003 (1.4 ± 0.4) × 104
dsDNA 0.042 ± 0.006 0.18 ± 0.005 0.0120 ± 0.0003 (2.9 ± 0.4) × 105
5'-F-TGTAACGACC-Q-3'
3'- ACATTGCTGG −5'
 Cas12a2 (Y465A) 0.10 ± 0.03 0.18 ± 0.01 0.0120± 0.0007 (1.2 ± 0.4) × 105
 Cas12a2 (Y1080A) 0.03 ± 0.01 0.14 ± 0.01 0.0093 ± 0.0007 (3.1 ± 1.1) × 105
 Cas12a2 (Y1069A) 0.10 ± 0.02 0.19 ± 0.01 0.0127 ± 0.0007 (1.3 ± 0.3) × 105
 Cas12a2 (F1092A) -- -- -- --
dsDNA( Quencher on opposite strand) 0.040 ± 0.005 0.218 ± 0.005 0.0145 ± 0.0003 (3.6 ± 0.5) × 105
5'-F-TGTAACGACC −3'
3'- ACATTGCTGG-Q-5'