The invention relates generally to the field of
genome editing and provides
DNA recombinases, which efficiently and specifically recombine genomic target sequences via the fusion of
recombinase monomers. More specifically, the invention provides a method to generate a
fusion protein for efficient and specific
genome editing, comprising a complex of recombinases comprising at least a first
recombinase enzyme, a second
recombinase enzyme and at least one
linker, wherein said first recombinase
enzyme and said second recombinase enzyme specifically recognize a first half-site and a second half-site of an upstream
target site and / or a downstream
target site of a recombinase; wherein said first recombinase enzyme and said second recombinase enzyme are interconnected via a
linker; and wherein said
linker comprises or consists of an
oligopeptide. The invention further relates to fusion proteins generated with this method. The invention also discloses designer-recombinases, which catalyze the inversion of
a DNA sequence present in the int1h regions on the human
X chromosome. The invention further relates to
nucleic acid molecules encoding said
DNA recombinases and fusion proteins, as well as to the use of said fusion proteins,
DNA recombinases and
nucleic acid molecules in a pharmaceutical composition.