{"id":11122,"date":"2018-12-13T18:00:02","date_gmt":"2018-12-13T17:00:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wjst.de\/blog\/?p=11122"},"modified":"2019-06-16T11:12:39","modified_gmt":"2019-06-16T10:12:39","slug":"phenotype-of-the-crisp-cas-babies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wjst.de\/blog\/sciencesurf\/2018\/12\/phenotype-of-the-crisp-cas-babies\/","title":{"rendered":"Phenotype of the CRISPR CAS babies"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_11253\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11253\" style=\"width: 620px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wjst.de\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/screen-21.png\" data-rel=\"key-image-0\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11253 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wjst.de\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/screen-21-620x245.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"620\" height=\"245\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wjst.de\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/screen-21-620x245.png 620w, https:\/\/www.wjst.de\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/screen-21-768x303.png 768w, https:\/\/www.wjst.de\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/screen-21-1267x500.png 1267w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-11253\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">CCR5 annotation, including the known delta32 Mutation and the three mutations introduced by He Jiankui. PAM=Protospacer adjacent motif, DSB=putative double strand break.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>From the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wjst.de\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/ccr5.pdf\">CCR5<\/a>\u00a0sequence\u00a0we get the following amino acid sequences<\/p>\n<pre class=\"brush: php; title: ; notranslate\" title=\"\">\r\n&gt;sp|WT.P51681|CCR5_HUMANC-Cchemokinereceptortype5OS=HomosapiensOX=9606GN=CCR5PE=1SV=1\r\nMDYQVSSPIYDINYYTSEPCQKINVKQIAARLLPPLYSLVFIFGFVGNMLVILILINCKR\r\nLKSMTDIYLLNLAISDLFFLLTVPFWAHYAAAQWDFGNTMCQLLTGLYFIGFFSGIFFII\r\nLLTIDRYLAVVHAVFALKARTVTFGVVTSVITWVVAVFASLPGIIFTRSQKEGLHYTCSS\r\nHFPYSQYQFWKNFQTLKIVILGLVLPLLVMVICYSGILKTLLRCRNEKKRHRAVRLIFTI\r\nMIVYFLFWAPYNIVLLLNTFQEFFGLNNCSSSNRLDQAMQVTETLGMTHCCINPIIYAFV\r\nGEKFRNYLLVFFQKHIAKRFCKCCSIFQQEAPERASSVYTRSTGEQEISVGL\r\n\r\n&gt;sp|-32.P51681|CCR5_HUMANC-Cchemokinereceptortype5OS=HomosapiensOX=9606GN=CCR5PE=1SV=1\r\nMDYQVSSPIYDINYYTSEPCQKINVKQIAARLLPPLYSLVFIFGFVGNMLVILILINCKR\r\nLKSMTDIYLLNLAISDLFFLLTVPFWAHYAAAQWDFGNTMCQLLTGLYFIGFFSGIFFII\r\nLLTIDRYLAVVHAVFALKARTVTFGVVTSVITWVVAVFASLPGIIFTRSQKEGLHYTCSS\r\nHFPY\r\nIKDSHLGAGPAAACHGHLLLGNPKNSASVSK\r\n\r\n&gt;sp|-15.P51681|CCR5_HUMANC-Cchemokinereceptortype5OS=HomosapiensOX=9606GN=CCR5PE=1SV=1\r\nMDYQVSSPIYDINYYTSEPCQKINVKQIAARLLPPLYSLVFIFGFVGNMLVILILINCKR\r\nLKSMTDIYLLNLAISDLFFLLTVPFWAHYAAAQWDFGNTMCQLLTGLYFIGFFSGIFFII\r\nLLTIDRYLAVVHAVFALKARTVTFGVVTSVITWVVAVFASLPGIIFTRSQKEGLHYTCS\r\nSQYQFWKNFQTLKIVILGLVLPLLVMVICYSGILKTLLRCRNEKKRHRAVRLIFTI\r\nMIVYFLFWAPYNIVLLLNTFQEFFGLNNCSSSNRLDQAMQVTETLGMTHCCINPIIYAFV\r\nGEKFRNYLLVFFQKHIAKRFCKCCSIFQQEAPERASSVYTRSTGEQEISVGL\r\n\r\n&gt;sp|-4.P51681|CCR5_HUMANC-Cchemokinereceptortype5OS=HomosapiensOX=9606GN=CCR5PE=1SV=1\r\nMDYQVSSPIYDINYYTSEPCQKINVKQIAARLLPPLYSLVFIFGFVGNMLVILILINCKR\r\nLKSMTDIYLLNLAISDLFFLLTVPFWAHYAAAQWDFGNTMCQLLTGLYFIGFFSGIFFII\r\nLLTIDRYLAVVHAVFALKARTVTFGVVTSVITWVVAVFASLPGIIFTRSQKEGLHYTCSS\r\nHFP\r\nYSINSGRISRH\r\n\r\n&gt;sp|+1.P51681|CCR5_HUMANC-Cchemokinereceptortype5OS=HomosapiensOX=9606GN=CCR5PE=1SV=1\r\nMDYQVSSPIYDINYYTSEPCQKINVKQIAARLLPPLYSLVFIFGFVGNMLVILILINCKR\r\nLKSMTDIYLLNLAISDLFFLLTVPFWAHYAAAQWDFGNTMCQLLTGLYFIGFFSGIFFII\r\nLLTIDRYLAVVHAVFALKARTVTFGVVTSVITWVVAVFASLPGIIFTRSQKEGLHYTCSS\r\nHFPY\r\nKSVSILEEFPDIKDSHLGAGPAAACHGHLLLGNPKNSASVSK\r\n<\/pre>\n<p>The -15\/WT genotype will have both, a normal and a slightly shortened CCR5 giving no HIV protection at all.\u00a0The -4\/+1 genotype may suffer <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pmc\/articles\/PMC4369343\/\">the fate of non-sense mediated decay<\/a>.\u00a0Here are the amino acid predictions for each genotype (I reverted to <a href=\"http:\/\/topcons.cbr.su.se\/pred\/result\/rst_L2SqpA\/seq_3\/\">Topcocns<\/a> as Protter had some problems in generating correct plots).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wjst.de\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/screen-18.png\" data-rel=\"key-image-1\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-11227\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wjst.de\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/screen-18-620x245.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"620\" height=\"245\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wjst.de\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/screen-18-620x245.png 620w, https:\/\/www.wjst.de\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/screen-18.png 639w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_11172\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11172\" style=\"width: 620px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wjst.de\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/WT.png\" data-rel=\"key-image-2\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11172 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wjst.de\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/WT-620x217.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"620\" height=\"217\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wjst.de\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/WT-620x217.png 620w, https:\/\/www.wjst.de\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/WT-768x269.png 768w, https:\/\/www.wjst.de\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/WT-1429x500.png 1429w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-11172\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Wildtype: There are 7 transmembrane alpha helices I to VII,\u00a0connected by three extracellular loops (ECL1\u20133) and three intracellular loops (ICL1\u20133).\u00a0ECL2, forms a \u03b2-hairpin structure (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pmc\/articles\/PMC3819204\/pdf\/nihms519137.pdf\">Tan 2013<\/a>).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_11230\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11230\" style=\"width: 620px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wjst.de\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/32.png\" data-rel=\"key-image-3\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11230 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wjst.de\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/32-620x217.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"620\" height=\"217\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wjst.de\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/32-620x217.png 620w, https:\/\/www.wjst.de\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/32-768x269.png 768w, https:\/\/www.wjst.de\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/32-1429x500.png 1429w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-11230\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Known delta 32<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_11173\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11173\" style=\"width: 620px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wjst.de\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/4.png\" data-rel=\"key-image-4\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11173 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wjst.de\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/4-620x217.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"620\" height=\"217\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wjst.de\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/4-620x217.png 620w, https:\/\/www.wjst.de\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/4-768x269.png 768w, https:\/\/www.wjst.de\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/4-1429x500.png 1429w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-11173\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Nana -4 genotype has a much shorter predicted amino acid sequence with missing G protein coupling. Resembles delta 32.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_11174\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11174\" style=\"width: 620px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wjst.de\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/1.png\" data-rel=\"key-image-5\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11174 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wjst.de\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/1-620x217.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"620\" height=\"217\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wjst.de\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/1-620x217.png 620w, https:\/\/www.wjst.de\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/1-768x269.png 768w, https:\/\/www.wjst.de\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/1-1429x500.png 1429w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-11174\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Nana +1 genotype is somewhat longer but missing helices VI and VII. No analogue known.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_11175\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11175\" style=\"width: 620px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wjst.de\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/15.png\" data-rel=\"key-image-6\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11175 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wjst.de\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/15-620x217.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"620\" height=\"217\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wjst.de\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/15-620x217.png 620w, https:\/\/www.wjst.de\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/15-768x269.png 768w, https:\/\/www.wjst.de\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/15-1429x500.png 1429w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-11175\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lulu -15: resembles wild type, however, will be sensitive\u00a0to allosteric changes by small-molecule CCR5 inhibitors .<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>From the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/pii\/S0002929707602262\">original AJHG paper<\/a>, however, also delta 32 carriers may be HIV infected. As there exists also non-CCR5 dependent virus replication, also Nana is at risk of HIV infection when being virus exposed.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wjst.de\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/screen-5.jpg\" data-rel=\"key-image-7\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-11125\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wjst.de\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/screen-5-620x401.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"620\" height=\"401\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wjst.de\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/screen-5-620x401.jpg 620w, https:\/\/www.wjst.de\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/screen-5-768x497.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.wjst.de\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/screen-5-772x500.jpg 772w, https:\/\/www.wjst.de\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/screen-5.jpg 1426w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"bottom-note\">\n  <span class=\"mod1\">CC-BY-NC Science Surf , accessed 05.04.2026<\/span>\n <\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From the CCR5\u00a0sequence\u00a0we get the following amino acid sequences &gt;sp|WT.P51681|CCR5_HUMANC-Cchemokinereceptortype5OS=HomosapiensOX=9606GN=CCR5PE=1SV=1 MDYQVSSPIYDINYYTSEPCQKINVKQIAARLLPPLYSLVFIFGFVGNMLVILILINCKR LKSMTDIYLLNLAISDLFFLLTVPFWAHYAAAQWDFGNTMCQLLTGLYFIGFFSGIFFII LLTIDRYLAVVHAVFALKARTVTFGVVTSVITWVVAVFASLPGIIFTRSQKEGLHYTCSS HFPYSQYQFWKNFQTLKIVILGLVLPLLVMVICYSGILKTLLRCRNEKKRHRAVRLIFTI MIVYFLFWAPYNIVLLLNTFQEFFGLNNCSSSNRLDQAMQVTETLGMTHCCINPIIYAFV GEKFRNYLLVFFQKHIAKRFCKCCSIFQQEAPERASSVYTRSTGEQEISVGL &gt;sp|-32.P51681|CCR5_HUMANC-Cchemokinereceptortype5OS=HomosapiensOX=9606GN=CCR5PE=1SV=1 MDYQVSSPIYDINYYTSEPCQKINVKQIAARLLPPLYSLVFIFGFVGNMLVILILINCKR LKSMTDIYLLNLAISDLFFLLTVPFWAHYAAAQWDFGNTMCQLLTGLYFIGFFSGIFFII LLTIDRYLAVVHAVFALKARTVTFGVVTSVITWVVAVFASLPGIIFTRSQKEGLHYTCSS HFPY IKDSHLGAGPAAACHGHLLLGNPKNSASVSK &gt;sp|-15.P51681|CCR5_HUMANC-Cchemokinereceptortype5OS=HomosapiensOX=9606GN=CCR5PE=1SV=1 MDYQVSSPIYDINYYTSEPCQKINVKQIAARLLPPLYSLVFIFGFVGNMLVILILINCKR LKSMTDIYLLNLAISDLFFLLTVPFWAHYAAAQWDFGNTMCQLLTGLYFIGFFSGIFFII LLTIDRYLAVVHAVFALKARTVTFGVVTSVITWVVAVFASLPGIIFTRSQKEGLHYTCS SQYQFWKNFQTLKIVILGLVLPLLVMVICYSGILKTLLRCRNEKKRHRAVRLIFTI MIVYFLFWAPYNIVLLLNTFQEFFGLNNCSSSNRLDQAMQVTETLGMTHCCINPIIYAFV GEKFRNYLLVFFQKHIAKRFCKCCSIFQQEAPERASSVYTRSTGEQEISVGL &gt;sp|-4.P51681|CCR5_HUMANC-Cchemokinereceptortype5OS=HomosapiensOX=9606GN=CCR5PE=1SV=1 MDYQVSSPIYDINYYTSEPCQKINVKQIAARLLPPLYSLVFIFGFVGNMLVILILINCKR LKSMTDIYLLNLAISDLFFLLTVPFWAHYAAAQWDFGNTMCQLLTGLYFIGFFSGIFFII LLTIDRYLAVVHAVFALKARTVTFGVVTSVITWVVAVFASLPGIIFTRSQKEGLHYTCSS HFP YSINSGRISRH &gt;sp|+1.P51681|CCR5_HUMANC-Cchemokinereceptortype5OS=HomosapiensOX=9606GN=CCR5PE=1SV=1 MDYQVSSPIYDINYYTSEPCQKINVKQIAARLLPPLYSLVFIFGFVGNMLVILILINCKR LKSMTDIYLLNLAISDLFFLLTVPFWAHYAAAQWDFGNTMCQLLTGLYFIGFFSGIFFII LLTIDRYLAVVHAVFALKARTVTFGVVTSVITWVVAVFASLPGIIFTRSQKEGLHYTCSS HFPY KSVSILEEFPDIKDSHLGAGPAAACHGHLLLGNPKNSASVSK The -15\/WT genotype will have both, a normal and a slightly shortened CCR5 giving &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wjst.de\/blog\/sciencesurf\/2018\/12\/phenotype-of-the-crisp-cas-babies\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Phenotype of the CRISPR CAS babies<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[3079,3080,3081,3083],"class_list":["post-11122","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-genetics-biology","tag-genome-editing","tag-lulu","tag-nana","tag-crisprbabies"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wjst.de\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11122","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wjst.de\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wjst.de\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wjst.de\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wjst.de\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11122"}],"version-history":[{"count":28,"href":"https:\/\/www.wjst.de\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11122\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11374,"href":"https:\/\/www.wjst.de\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11122\/revisions\/11374"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wjst.de\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11122"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wjst.de\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11122"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wjst.de\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11122"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}