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Published in final edited form as: Nat Protoc. 2022 Aug 8;17(11):2431–2468. doi: 10.1038/s41596-022-00724-4

Table 2.

Example oligonucleotide sequences for prime editing procedure

Step Oligo Name Sequence (5’ -3’) Purpose Usage
3A(i) Golden Gate Part 1, top oligo CACC(N20–21)GTTTT Top oligo with cloning overhangs to insert the desired spacer (target) sequence Replace the (N20–21) with the desired epegRNA or sgRNA spacer sequence.
3A(i) Golden Gate Part 1, bottom oligo CTCTAAAAC(N20–21) Bottom oligo with cloning overhangs to insert the desired spacer (target) sequence Replace the (N20–21) with the reverse complement of the desired epegRNA or sgRNA spacer sequence.
3A(i) Golden Gate Part 2, top oligo /5Phos/AGAGCTAGAAATAGCAAGTTAAAATAAGGCTAGTCCGTTATCAACTTGAAAAAGTGGCACCGAGTCG Top oligo with cloning overhangs to insert a standard SpCas9 sgRNA scaffold sequence in an epegRNA cloning reaction This oligo must be 5′ phosphorylated for the epegRNA Golden Gate assembly to work. The position of the 5′ phosphorylation is indicated with the bolded /5Phos/ notation.

If cloning sgRNAs, alternate Golden Gate Part 2 oligos must be used (see below).
3A(i) Golden Gate Part 2, bottom oligo /5Phos/GCACCGACTCGGTGCCACTTTTTCAAGTTGATAACGGACTAGCCTTATTTTAACTTGCTATTTCTAG Bottom oligo with cloning overhangs to insert a standard SpCas9 sgRNA scaffold sequence in an epegRNA cloning reaction This oligo must be 5′ phosphorylated for the epegRNA Golden Gate assembly to work. The position of the 5′ phosphorylation is indicated with the bolded /5Phos/ notation.

If cloning sgRNAs, alternate Golden Gate Part 2 oligos must be used (see below).
3A(i) Golden Gate Part 2, top oligo [sgRNA alternate] /5Phos/AGAGCTAGAAATAGCAAGTTAAAATAAGGCTAGTCCGTTATCAACTTGAAAAAGTGGCACCGAGTCGGTGC Top oligo with cloning overhangs to insert a standard SpCas9 sgRNA scaffold sequence in a sgRNA cloning reaction This oligo must be 5′ phosphorylated for the sgRNA Golden Gate assembly to work. The position of the 5′ phosphorylation is indicated with the bolded /5Phos/ notation.

If cloning epegRNAs, alternate Golden Gate Part 2 oligos must be used (see above).
3A(i) Golden Gate Part 2, bottom oligo [sgRNA alternate] /5Phos/AAAAGCACCGACTCGGTGCCACTTTTTCAAGTTGATAACGGACTAGCCTTATTTTAACTTGCTATTTCTAG Bottom oligo with cloning overhangs to insert a standard SpCas9 sgRNA scaffold sequence in an sgRNA cloning reaction This oligo must be 5′ phosphorylated for the sgRNA Golden Gate assembly to work. The position of the 5′ phosphorylation is indicated with the bolded /5Phos/ notation.

If cloning epegRNAs, alternate Golden Gate Part 2 oligos must be used (see above).
3A(i) Golden Gate Part 3, top oligo GTGC(Nextenison) Top oligo with cloning overhangs to insert the desired epegRNA RTT/PBS 3′ extension Replace the (Nextenison) with the desired epegRNA RTT/PBS 3′ extension.
3A(i) Golden Gate Part 3, bottom oligo CGCG(Nextension) Bottom oligo with cloning overhangs to insert the desired epegRNA RTT/PBS 3′ extension Replace the (Nextenison) with the reverse complement of the desired epegRNA rTt/PBS 3′ extension.
3B(i) Isothermal gene fragment CTTGGCTTTATATATCTTGTGGAAAGGACGAAACACC(NepegRNA)TTTTTTTAAGCTTGGGCCGCTCGAGGTACCTCTCTACATATGACATGTGAGCAAAAGGCCAGCAAAAGGCCAGGAACCGTAAAAAGGCCGCGTTGCTGGCGTTTTTCCATAGGCTCCGCCCCCCTGACGAGCATCACAAAAATCGACGCTCAAGTC Gene fragment to insert a complete epegRNA or sgRNA with isothermal assembly overhangs.

(Note: unlike the other sequences listed in this table, the isothermal gene fragment should be a double-stranded DNA piece, not a single-stranded oligonucleotide.)
Replace the (NepegRNA) with the sequence of the desired epegRNA or sgRNA. epegRNA sequences should include a spacer, sgRNA scaffold, RTT, PBS and 3′ structural motif. sgRNA sequences should include a spacer and sgRNA scaffold.

The underlined sequence is an isothermal assembly cloning overhang that overlaps the human U6 promoter from the 3′ end of the PCR amplified product from Step 3B(iii).

The italicized sequence is an isothermal assembly cloning overhang that overlaps to the 5′ end of the PCR amplified product from Step 3B(iii).
3B(ii) Isothermal assembly forward primer CAAAAATCGACGCTCAAGTC Forward primer to PCR amplify pU6-tevopreq1-GG-acceptor plasmid for isothermal assembly Anneals to the pU6-tevopreq1-GG-acceptor plasmid origin of replication to amplify the full-length plasmid for an isothermal assembly.
3B(ii) Isothermal assembly reverse primer ACAAGATATATAAAGCCAAGAAATCGAAATACTTTCAAG Reverse primer to PCR amplify pU6-tevopreq1-GG-acceptor plasmid for isothermal assembly Anneals to the pU6-tevopreq1-GG-acceptor plasmid human U6 promoter sequence to amplify the full-length plasmid for an isothermal assembly.
4 in vitro transcription forward primer TCGAGCTCGGTACCTAATACGACTCACTATAAGG Forward primer for PCR amplification of a template for in vitro transcription of editor mRNA Amplification with this primer installs a functional T7 promoter sequence into the generated PCR amplicon.
4 in vitro transcription reverse primer TTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTCTTCCTACTCAGGCTTTATTCAAAGACCA Reverse primer for PCR amplification of a template for in vitro transcription of editor mRNA Amplification with this primer installs a templated poly(A) tail.
27 PCR1 Forward ACACTCTTTCCCTACACGACGCTCTTCCGATCTNNNN (NAnneal) Forward primer for amplifying gDNA in preparation for HTS Replace NAnneal with a sequence matching the 5′ end of the targeted genomic site (for a 300 bp amplicon, this primer should typically anneal to the genomic region ~150 nt 5′ of the target prime edit). The Illumina PCR1 forward adapter is shown in italics.
27 PCR1 Reverse TGGAGTTCAGACGTGTGCTCTTCCGATCT(NAnneal) Reverse primer for amplifying gDNA in preparation for HTS Replace NAnneal with a sequence matching the reverse complement of the 3′ end of the targeted genomic site (for a 300 bp amplicon, this primer should typically anneal to the genomic region ~150 nt 3′ of the target prime edit). The Illumina PCR1 reverse adapter is shown in italics.