Easy-Prime: a machine learning-based prime editor design tool.

Journal: Genome biology
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Abstract

Prime editing is a revolutionary genome-editing technology that can make a wide range of precise edits in DNA. However, designing highly efficient prime editors (PEs) remains challenging. We develop Easy-Prime, a machine learning-based program trained with multiple published data sources. Easy-Prime captures both known and novel features, such as RNA folding structure, and optimizes feature combinations to improve editing efficiency. We provide optimized PE design for installation of 89.5% of 152,351 GWAS variants. Easy-Prime is available both as a command line tool and an interactive PE design server at: http://easy-prime.cc/ .

Authors

  • Yichao Li
    DHC Mediway Technology Co., Ltd., Beijing, China.
  • Jingjing Chen
    Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Affiliated Hospital of Guizhou Medical University, Guiyang, China.
  • Shengdar Q Tsai
    Department of Hematology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, USA.
  • Yong Cheng
    Department of Urology, The Affiliated Hospital of Southwest Medical University, Luzhou, China.