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. 2019 Aug 9;8:e49110. doi: 10.7554/eLife.49110

Figure 7. Model for the co-evolution of AcrVA4 susceptibility.

Figure 7.

The ancestral Cas12a likely possessed a helical bundle, hindering any exploitation of the processing nuclease and bridge-helix (bottom left). While AsCas12a maintained the ancestral helical bundle and resistance to Acr activity at that site (top right), LbCas12a and related orthologs lost the helical bundle, providing a co-evolutionary opportunity for AcrVA4 allosteric inhibition.