Rna and dna base editing via engineered adar recruitment

A vector comprising a nucleic acid encoding for RNA with a two dimensional shape that is substantially a cruciform, wherein the RNA comprises at least one sequence encoding an RNA editing entity recruiting domain.

A non-naturally occurring RNA comprising a first domain sequence comprising a two dimensional shape that is substantially a cruciform and a second domain sequence that has a substantially linear two dimensional structure connected to the first domain sequence, wherein the first domain sequence encodes for an RNA editing entity recruiting domain and the second domain sequence encodes for a targeting domain, wherein the second domain sequence is complementary to at least a portion of a target RNA.

A nucleic acid comprising an RNA editing entity recruiting domain and an antisense domain sequence, wherein when the nucleic acid is contacted with an RNA editing entity and a target nucleic acid complementary to at least a portion of the antisense domain, modifies at least one base pair of the target nucleic acid at an efficiency of at least about 4 times greater than a comparable nucleic acid complexed with a Cas13b protein or an active fragment thereof, as determined by Sanger Method sequencing of the target nucleic acid.

A nucleic acid comprising an RNA editing entity recruiting domain and an antisense domain, wherein the nucleic acid when contacted with an RNA editing entity and a target nucleic acid complementary to at least a portion of the antisense domain, modifies at least one base pair of the target nucleic acid at an efficiency of at least about 4 times greater than a comparable nucleic acid complexed with a GluR2 domain and the antisense domain, as determined by Sanger Method sequencing of the target nucleic acid.

A nucleic acid that comprises sequences comprising an antisense domain, a first stem-loop forming sequence, and a second stem-loop forming sequence, wherein the nucleic acid when contacted with (a) a first polypeptide comprising a first portion of an RNA editing entity and a first polynucleotide binding domain configured to bind to the first stem-loop forming sequence, and (b) a second polypeptide comprising a second portion of an RNA editing entity and a second polynucleotide binding domain configured to bind to the second stem-loop forming sequence, and (c) a target nucleic acid complementary to at least a portion of the antisense domain, modifies at least one base pair of the target nucleic acid.

A method of treating muscular dystrophy in a subject comprising administering to the subject a pharmaceutical composition comprising an adeno-associated virus (AAV) vector that comprises a first nucleic acid encoding a second nucleic acid, wherein the second nucleic acid comprises (a) an antisense region that is at least partially complementary to an RNA sequence implicated in muscular dystrophy, and (b) at least one RNA editing entity recruiting domain, wherein the at least one RNA editing entity recruiting domain does not comprise a stem-loop, or wherein the at least one RNA editing entity recruiting domain comprises at least about 80% sequence identity to at least one of:

• an Alu domain, an Apolipoprotein B mRNA Editing Catalytic Polypeptide-like (APOBEC) recruiting domain, and any combination thereof.

A method of making a vector comprising:

• cloning at least one copy of a nucleic acid into the vector, wherein the nucleic acid encodes for at least one RNA editing entity recruiting domain, and wherein a sequence encoding the at least one RNA editing entity recruiting domain does not form a secondary structure that comprises a stem-loop, or wherein the nucleic acid that encodes the at least one RNA editing entity recruiting domain comprises at least about 80% sequence identity to a sequence selected from:
• an Alu domain encoding sequence, an Apolipoprotein B mRNA Editing Catalytic Polypeptide-like (APOBEC) recruiting domain encoding sequence, and any combination thereof.