The invention provides an
epigenetics editing
system based on
CRISPR (clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats) / dCas9. The
system is specially used for performing
citrullination modification on
histone at a specific position of a
genome. Specifically, through fusion of peptidyl
arginine deiminase (PPAD) and dCas9
protein with
nuclease activity removed from
streptococcus pyogenes, the
guide RNA (gRNA) can be complementarily combined with a specific target
DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid) sequence in a
genome by utilizing the guide function of the
guide RNA (gRNA), so that accurate targeting of a specific
genome position is realized, the activity of the peptidyl
arginine deiminase based on the PPAD is realized, and the accuracy of the target
DNA sequence is improved. The adjacent
histone is selectively subjected to
citrullination modification. The modification process can regulate and control the
chromatin state and epigenetic structure, and further regulate the mRNA transcriptional level of the
target site gene. The editing
system provided by the invention is a most convenient
gene operation tool for specific
gene transcription regulation and
nucleosome histone citrullination modification mechanism in
cell chromosomes, and shows huge potential application value in the aspect of accurate control of
gene expression.