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  1. To effectively reprogram cellular regulatory networks towards desired phenotypes, it is critical to have the ability to provide precise gene regulation in a spatiotemporal manner. We have previously engineered toehold-gated guide RNA (thgRNA) to enable conditional activation of dCas9-mediated transcriptional upregulation in mammalian cells using synthetic RNA triggers. Here, we demonstrate that microRNA (miR)-gated thgRNAs can be transcribed by type II RNA polymerase to allow multiplexed transcriptional activation using both mRNA and miR. Activation is achieved only by proper miR-mediated processing of the flanking 5′ cap and 3′ poly A tail and hairpin unblocking by mRNA via strand displacement. This new AND-gate design is exploited to elicit conditional protein degradation based on induced expression of a specific ubiquibody. This new strategy may find many new applications in an RNA-responsive manner. 
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    We report a new modular strategy to assemble dCas9-guided enzyme cascades by employing orthogonal post-translation chemistry. Two orthogonal SpyCatcher and SnoopCatcher pairs were used for the one-pot enzyme bioconjugation onto two different dCas9 proteins to enable their guided assembly onto a DNA scaffold. The resulting two-component cellulosomes exhibited 2.8-fold higher reducing sugar production over unassembled enzymes. This platform retains the high binding affinity afforded by dCas9 proteins for easy control over enzyme assembly while offering the flexibility for both in vivo and in vitro assembly of a wide array of enzyme cascades with minimal optimization. 
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