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ArticleJournal of the American Chemical Society2013

Binding of a structured D-RNA molecule by an L-RNA aptamer.

Jonathan T Sczepanski, Gerald F Joyce

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Article in Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 42 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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42 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Jonathan T SczepanskiDepartments of Chemistry and Molecular Biology and The Skaggs Institute for Chemical Biology, The Scripps Research Institute , 10550 North Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla, California 92037, United States.
Gerald F Joyce

Funding

Ligand-Dependent Exponential Amplification of RNAR01GM065130 · NIGMS · SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE, THE · PI JOYCE, GERALD F · 2002 to 2015
$4.1M
In vitro evolution of ribozymes capable of site-specific histone acetylationF32GM101741 · NIGMS · SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE, THE · PI SCZEPANSKI, JONATHAN THOMAS · 2012 to 2013
$101k
NIGMS NIH HHS F32 GM101741NIGMS NIH HHS F32GM101741NIGMS NIH HHS GM065130NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM065130
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

An L-RNA aptamer was developed that binds the natural D-form of the HIV-1 trans-activation responsive (TAR) RNA. The aptamer initially was obtained as a D-aptamer against L-TAR RNA through in vitro selection. Then the corresponding L-aptamer was prepared by chemical synthesis and used to bind the desired target. The L-aptamer binds D-TAR RNA with a Kd of 100 nM. It binds D-TAR exclusively at the six-nucleotide distal loop, but does so through tertiary interactions rather than simple Watson-Crick pairing. This complex is the first example of two nucleic acids molecules of opposing chirality that interact through a mode of binding other than primary structure. Binding of the L-aptamer to D-TAR RNA inhibits formation of the Tat-TAR ribonucleoprotein complex that is essential for TAR function. This suggests that L-aptamers, which are intrinsically resistant to degradation by ribonucleases, might be pursued as an alternative to antisense oligonucleotides to target structured RNAs of biological or therapeutic interest.

Indexed as

Aptamers, NucleotideBinding SitesNucleic Acid ConformationRNAAptamers, NucleotideDNA-like RNARNA

Identifiers

PMID23977945
PMCPMC3804424

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