CRISPR-Cas12a system has been widely utilized for genome editing and molecular diagnostics applications. However, existing CRISPR-Cas12a systems still have much room for improving its functionality to expand their applications. To achieve this goal, a thorough understanding of the conformational dynamics of CRISPR-Cas12a system is essentially required. In this regard, single-molecule fluorescence assays have been recently applied to study the dynamics of CRISPR-Cas12a. In this review, we introduce single-molecule fluorescence studies on CRISPR-Cas12a system and provide practical guidelines required for reliable implementation of the single-molecule fluorescence methods to study the molecular mechanism of DNA cleavage reaction of CRISPR-Cas12a system.
INTRODUCTION
EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN FOR A SINGLE-MOLECULE FLUORESCENCE STUDY
SINGLE-MOLECULE FLUORESCENCE STUDY ON TARGET BINDING AND CLEAVAGE
SINGLE-MOLECULE FRET STUDY ON CONFORMATIONAL DYNAMICS OF Cas12a-crRNA-DNA COMPLEX
SIMULTANEOUS OBSERVATION OF CONFORMATIONAL DYNAMICS WITH THE TARGET CLEAVAGE VIA SINGLEMOLECULE ALEX FRET
CONCLUSIONS
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
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