The present invention relates to a polypeptide comprising at least one at least one deletion selected from the group consisting of ΔHNH (Δ775-909), ARuvCIII-b (Δ1002-1074), AREC1-a (Δ510-655), AREC1-b (Δ525-587), AREC1-c (Δ662-710), AREC2 (Δ180-308), AREC2-a (Δ212-244), AREC2-b (Δ244-276), AREC2-c (Δ276-308), AREC2-d (Δ199-283), AREC2-e (Δ198-257), AREC2-f (Δ235-286), AREC2-g (Δ217-266), AREC3 (Δ498-712) and combinations thereof, wherein the position
numbering is in accordance with SEQ ID NO: 1 encoding for S. pyogenes Cas9, and wherein the polypeptide has
CRISPR-Cas
DNA-binding activity. The polypeptide may further comprises a missense mutations selected from G12R, T13K, T13R, N14K, N497K, T657K, T657R, N767K, T770K, T770R, Q920K, Q920R, S1109R, D1135K, D1135R, S1338R and combinations thereof. Also claimed are
nucleic acid molecules encoding for said polypeptides, compositions and method of site-directed
engineering of a target
DNA thereof.