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. 2020 Sep 2;5(4):277–292. doi: 10.1016/j.synbio.2020.08.003

Table 2.

Base editing and prime editing systems in plants.

Organism Editor type Base editing systema Target genes Editing frequencyb Editing window (upstream of PAM) Ref.
Rice BE3 pnCas9-PBE OsCDC48, OsNRT1.1B, OsSPL14 43.48c
0.39–7.07%f
−18 to −12 [108]
Rice BE2 APOBEC1-XTEN-Cas9(D10A) NRT1.1B, SLR1 ≤13.3%c −17 to −14 [111]
Rice BE3 APOBEC1-XTEN-Cas9n-UGI-NLS OsCERK1, OsSERK1, OsSERK2, ipa1 10–38.9%c −19 to −13 [113]
Rice BE4 APOBEC1-XTEN-Cas9n (VQR)-UGI-NLS pi-ta 18.2%c −19 to −13
Rice Target-AID nCas9Os-PmCDA1At ALS, FTIP1e 6–89%c −19 to −17 [109]
Rice ABE PABE OsALS, OsCDC48, OsAAT, OsDEP1, OsACC, OsNRT1.1B, OsEV, OsOD 3.2–59.1%c −17 to −13 [114]
Rice ABE TadA-TadA7.10-Cas9n OsMPK6, OsMPK13, OsSERK2, OsWRKY45 0–62.26%c −17 to −14 [115]
Rice ABE pRABEsp-OsU6 OsSPL14, SLR1, OsSPL16, OsSPL18, LOC_Os02g24720 >4.8%c −17 to −14 [161]
Rice ABE pRABESA-OsU6sa OsSPL14, OsSPL17, OsSPL16, OsSPL18 >17%c
Rice ABE pHUN411-ABE Wx, GL2/OsGRF4, OsGRF3 <10%f −16 to −12 [116]
Rice APOBEC3A A3A-PBE OsAAT, OsCDC48, OsDEP1, OsNRT1.1B, OsOD, OsEV 44–83%c −20 to −4 [142]
Rice hAID∗Δ hAID∗Δ-XTEN-Cas9n-NLS OsRLCK185, OsCERK1, Pi-d2, OsFLS2, OsAOS1, OsJAR1, OsJAR2, OsCOI2 −18 to −14 [112]
Rice ABE VQR-Cas9 (D10A)/VRER-Cas9 (D10A) OsSPL14, OsSPL17, OsSPL16, OsSPL18, OsIDS1, OsTOE1 ≤74.3%c −19 to −11 [162]
Rice ABE SaKKH-Cas9 (D10A) SNB 6.5%c
Rice BE VQR-Cas9 (D10A) PMS3 ≤61.1%c
Rice BE3 xCas9(D10A)-rAPOBEC1 OsDEP1 ≤30%f −19 to −16 [175]
Rice Target-AID xCas9(D10A)-PmCDA1 OsDEP1 <20%c −19 to −16
Rice Target-AID Cas9-NG (D10A)-PmCDA-UGI OsDEP1, OsCDC48, OsPDS 0–56.3%c −20 to −7
Rice Target-AID NGv1 (D10A) EPSPS, ALS, DL 5–95.5%c
4.2–86.3%f
−20 to −9 [176]
Rice BE NGv1 (D10A) EPSPS, ALS, DL 4.3–21.8%f −19 to −14
Rice BE3 pCXUN-BE3 OsPDS, OsSBEIIb 0.1–20%c −17 to −13 [110]
Rice BE3
Target-AID
ABE
eBE3, eCDA, eABE OsACC [149]
Rice BE3
ABE
Base-Editing-mediated Gene Evolution (BEMGE) OsALS1, OsALS2, OsALS3 [150]
Rice BE3
Target-AID
xCas9-epBE OsMPK2, OsMPK5, OsMPK5, OsALS, OsNRT1.1B 5–64.3%c −20 to −10/-7 [163]
Rice BE4
ABE
xCas9n-CBE, Cas9n-NG-CBE, eCas9n-NG-CBE
xCas9n-ABE, Cas9n-NG-ABE, eCas9n-NG-ABE
OsWaxy, OsEUI1, OsCKX2
OsWaxy, OsEUI1, OsCKX2
9.1–45.5%c
2–6.5%c
−18 to −13 [177]
Rice ecTadA∗7.10-nCas9 ABE-P1S OsSPL14, SLR1, OsSERK2, Tms9-1, OsNRT1.1B, OsACC1, OsDEP1 11.4–96.3%c −20 to −9 [168]
Rice ecTadA∗7.10-nSaCas9, ABE-P2S SPX-MSF2, OsSPL14, OsSPL17, OsSPL14, OsSPL17, OsSPL16, OsSPL18 15.9–61.1%c −20 to −18
Rice ecTadA∗7.10-nSaKKH-Cas9 ABE-P5S OsSPL13, SNB 6.1–33.9%c −17 to −10
Rice BE3 nCas9-PBE GL1-1, NAL1 58–68%c −18 to −12 [125]
Rice ABE ABE7.10-nSpCas9-NGv1 sgOs-siteG1, sgOs-site2, sgOs-site3, sgOs-site4 29.2–45.8%c −16 to −13 [178]
Rice ABE pPUN411-HABE, pPUN411-ABEH Pid3, WX >97.9%c [117]
Rice PE PPE2, PPE3, PPE3b OsCDC48, OsALS, OsDEP1, OsEPSPS, OsLDMAR, OsGAPDH, OsAAT, TaUbi10, TaGW2, TaGASR7, TaLOX2, TaMLO, TaDME1 ≤21.8%c [118]
Rice PE pPE2, pPE3, pPE3b OsPDS, OsACC1, OsWx 0–31.3%c [121]
Rice PE PE-P1, PE-P2 OsALS, OsACC, OsDEP1 ≤26%c [119]
Rice PE pCXUN-Ubi-NLS-nCas9(H840A)-Linker1 (33aa)-M-MLV-RT-Linker2 (14aa)-NLS-PolyA-E9-Actin-Nos hptll, OsEPSPS 2.22–9.38%c [120]
Rice PE Sp-PE2, Sp-PE3, Sa-PE3 ALS, APO1, SLR1, OsSPL14, APO2 0–17.1%c [122]
Wheat BE3 pnCas9-PBE TaLOX2 1.25%d −18 to −12 [108]
Wheat ABE PABE TaDEP1, TaGW2 0.4–1.1%c −17 to −13 [114]
Wheat APOBEC3A A3A-PBE TaALS, TaMTL, TaLOX2 16.7–22.5%d −20 to −4 [142]
Wheat BE3 PBE TaALS-P174 33–75%d −18 to −12 [141]
Maize BE3 pnCas9-PBE ZmCENH3 10%c −18 to −12 [108]
Tomato Target-AID nCas9At-PmCDA1Hs/nCas9At-PmCDA1At DELLA, ETR1 41–92%c −20 to −18 [109]
Tomato Target-AID pDeSpnCas9-NG_PmCDA1_UGI SIALS1 32%c −20 to −13 [179]
Potato Target-AID pDeSpnCas9-NG_PmCDA1_UGI StDMR6-1, StGBSSI 9–64%c −18 to −16
Potato APOBEC3A pDeSpnCas9-NG_hAPOBEC3A_PmCDA1_UGI StDMR6-1, StGBSSI 8–42%c −18 to −11
Potato APOBEC3A A3A-PBE StALS, StGBSS 6.5%e −20 to −4 [142]
Potato Target-AID SlALS1 100%c [128]
Arabidopsis ABE pcABEs AtALS, AtPDS, AtFT, AtLFY 0–85%c −16 to −12 [127]
Arabidopsis BE3 BE3 ALS 2.7–40%c −17 to −12 [124]
Arabidopsis BE3 nCas9-PBE MTA 39.3%c −18 to −12 [125]
Arabidopsis BE3 BE3 eIF4E1 50%c [126]
Rapeseed ABE pcABEs BnALS, BnPDS 8.8% e −16 to −12 [127]
Watermelon BE3 CBE3 ALS 23%c −14 to −13 [130]
Cotton BE3 GhBE3 GhCLA, GhPEBPc 26–58%c
≤18.63%f
−17 to −12 [129]
Soybean BE3 pTF101.1-sgRNA-BE GmFT2a, GmFT4 ≤18.2%c [180]
Oilseed rape BE3 CBE BnALS1 1.8%c [181]
a

Base editing system refers to the specific name of the editor in the specific papers.

b

Editing frequency refers to the ratio of edited to unedited plants.

c

Agrobacterium mediated system.

d

Particle bombardment.

e

Protoplast transformation.

f

Efficiency in targeted sequence.