TABLE 1.
ENZYME | Species | Gene Size (Kb) | Protein Size (kD) | PAM | DNA/RNA | Reference |
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SpCas9 | Streptococcus Pyogenes | 4.2 | 160 | NGG | DNA | Jinek et al., 2012 |
SaCas9 | Streptococcus aureus | 3.3 | 105 | NGRRT or NGRRN | DNA | Ran et al., 2016 |
CjCas9 | Campylobacter jejuni | 2.95 | 99 | NNNNACAC or NNNNRY | DNA | Kim et al., 2017 |
FnCas9 | Francisella Novicida | 4.8 | 160 | NGG | RNA | Hirano et al., 2016 |
Cpf1 | Acidamino coccus sp. | 3.9 | 130 | TTTN or YTN | DNA | Zetsche et al., 2015 |
C2c2 | Leptotrichia Shahii | 4.3 | 140 | Not Applicable | RNA | Abudayyeh et al., 2015 |
CasX | Plancto mycetes/Deltaproteo bacteria | 2.94 | 98 | TTCN | DNA | Burstein et al., 2017 |
CasY | Unknown | 3.6 | 120 | TA | DNA | Burstein et al., 2017 |
PAM is the protospacer adjacent motif.
N = A, C, G or T; R = C or G; Y = A or T