Methods and Platform of Designing Genetic Editing Tools

摘要

This application provides a system and related methods that determine residue sequences for engineered proteins that facilitate genome engineering, including transcription activator-like effector nucleases. The system may receive an input DNA sequence for a region of a given genome and desired cleavage positions within the region. The system may determine candidate residue sequences for proteins that bind to the region and cleave the region at the desired cleavage positions, such as transcription activator-like effector nucleases (TALENs). The determination may be based on how the proteins may interact with the region and perform other biological functions. A selection can be made from the candidate residue sequences to achieve high accuracy and efficiency in the genome engineering tasks. The system may thus allow development of proteins that incorporate the selected residue sequences to perform the genome engineering tasks.