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A miniature alternative to Cas9 and Cas12: Transposon-associated TnpB mediates targeted genome editing in plants
A miniature alternative to Cas9 and Cas12: Transposon-associated TnpB mediates targeted genome editing in plants

The two popular genome editor nucleases, Cas9 and Cas12a, hypothetically evolved from IscB and TnpB, respectively (Altae-Tran et al., 2021). Recent reports showed that TnpBs also function as RNA-guided nucleases in human cells (Karvelis et al., 2021). TnpB proteins are much smaller (~400 aa) than Cas9 (~1000–1400 aa) and Cas12a (~1300 aa). The large cargo size of Cas9 and Cas12a hinders their delivery into cells, particularly through viral vectors

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