The deposited structure of PDB entry 8gan coloured by chain, front view. This structure contains:

• 7 copies of Cas7;
• 3 copies of Cas11;
• 1 copy of Cas8;
• 1 copy of crRNA (43-MER);
• 1 copy of Target strand DNA (53-MER);
• 1 copy of pre-crRNA processing endonuclease;
• 1 copy of Proximal Non target strand DNA (5'-D(P*AP*TP*GP*AP*AP*CP*TP*TP*CP*AP*AP*AP*AP*AP*AP*AP*AP*AP*A)-3');
• 1 copy of Distal Non target strand DNA (5'-D(P*AP*TP*TP*AP*TP*AP*TP*TP*AP*AP*TP*AP*TP*TP*AP*TP*AP*TP*TP*TP*A)-3').