Cas6 is an endoribonuclease that generates guide RNAs for invader defense in prokaryotes.

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Summary

This work has identified Pyrococcus furiosus Cas6 as a novel endoribonuclease that cleaves CRISPR RNAs within the repeat sequences to release individual invader targeting RNAs.

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2008-12-15
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Biology, Endoribonuclease, Computational biology, Evolutionary biology, RNA

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