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. 2026 Jun 15;26(5-6):e001. doi: 10.48130/els-0026-0001

Table 2. Summary of compact transposon-based systems used in plants.

TnpB PAM or TAM Species Engineering strategy Mutation efficiency Spot Ref.
PAM, protospacer adjacent motif; TAM, target adjacent motif; STU, single-transcript unit.
ISYmu1 TTGAT Arabidopsis protoplasts and plants Wild type 0.1%–4.2% in protoplasts;
8.5% in plants
Delivery with tobacco rattle virus; transgene-free editing [30]
ISYmu1 TTGAT Rice Wild type 6.3%–4.5% Produces edited plants with no off-target mutations [27]
Ymu1 TTGAT Arabidopsis plants Mutated amino acids 8.2%–24.1% Virus-mediated delivery without Tissue culture [46]
eTnpBc TTGAT Tobacco Mutated amino acids 100% Virus-mediated delivery without Tissue culture [31]
eTnpBe TTGAT pepper Mutated amino acids 10% High editing efficiency [24]
eTnpBe TTGAT rice Mutated amino acids 29.3% High editing efficiency [24]
eTnpBc TTGAT Tobacco Mutated amino acids 55% High editing efficiency [24]
ISDra2 TTGAT Arabidopsis protoplasts Wild type 0–4.8% – [30]
ISDra2 TTGAT Rice Wild type 5.6–41.9% Produces edited plants with no off-target mutations [27]
ISDra2 TTGAT Rice Wild type 33.6% Produces edited plants [26]
ISAam1 TTTAA Arabidopsis protoplasts Wild type 0%–0.3% – [30]
ISAam1 TTTAA Rice Wild type 4.5%–6.3% – [27]
ISAam1(N3Y) TTTAA Soybean hairy roots Mutated amino acids 1.5% – [47]
ISAam1(T296R) TTTAA Soybean hairy roots Mutated amino acids 1.3% – [47]
TnpB TTGAT Arabidopsis Wild type 14% Works in multiple species [12]
IsDge10 TTAT Rice Mutated amino acids 4.2%–25% Multiple sites edited [28]
enIscB TGCTAA Rice Combination of mutated IscB and ωRNA 41.9% Fused to T5E [44]
enIscB CAGGAA Rice protoplasts Mutated amino acids and truncated ωRNA 2.05%–8.3% – [28]
SpuFz1 CATA Rice protoplasts Wild type 0 No activity observed [28]
NlovFz2-STU CCG Rice Uses STU 2.8% in rice protoplast;
22.5%–50.0% in rice
Uses the enhanced editing efficiency of STU [48]
SpuFz1-STU CATA Rice Uses STU 1.4% in rice protoplasts; 24.8%–34.6% in rice Uses the enhanced editing efficiency of STU [48]
MmeFz2-STU TAG Rice Uses STU 0.9% in rice protoplasts; 17.8%–18.8% in rice Uses the enhanced editing efficiency of STU [48]
GtFz1-STU TTAAN Rice protoplasts Uses STU 0 – [48]