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ArticleNature2015

Synthesis and applications of RNAs with position-selective labelling and mosaic composition.

Yu Liu, Erik Holmstrom, Jinwei Zhang, Ping Yu, Jinbu Wang, Marzena A Dyba, De Chen, Jinfa Ying, Stephen Lockett, David J Nesbitt and 4 more

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Article in Nature, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 72 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

14 authors.

Yu LiuProtein-Nucleic Acid Interaction Section, Structural Biophysics Laboratory, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Frederick, Maryland 21702, USA.
Erik HolmstromJILA, National Institute of Standards and Technology and Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado 80309, USA.
Jinwei ZhangBiochemistry and Biophysics Center, National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA.
Ping YuStructural Biophysics Laboratory, Basic Science Program, Leidos Biomedical Research, Inc., Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research, Frederick, Maryland 21702, USA.
Jinbu WangProtein-Nucleic Acid Interaction Section, Structural Biophysics Laboratory, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Frederick, Maryland 21702, USA.
Marzena A DybaStructural Biophysics Laboratory, Basic Science Program, Leidos Biomedical Research, Inc., Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research, Frederick, Maryland 21702, USA.
De ChenOptical Microscopy and Analysis Laboratory, Leidos Biomedical Research, Inc., Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research, Frederick, Maryland 21702, USA.
Jinfa YingLaboratory of Chemical Physics, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA.
Stephen LockettOptical Microscopy and Analysis Laboratory, Leidos Biomedical Research, Inc., Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research, Frederick, Maryland 21702, USA.
David J NesbittJILA, National Institute of Standards and Technology and Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado 80309, USA.
Adrian R Ferré-D'AmaréBiochemistry and Biophysics Center, National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA.
Rui SousaDepartment of Biochemistry, University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio, Texas 78229, USA.
Jason R StagnoProtein-Nucleic Acid Interaction Section, Structural Biophysics Laboratory, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Frederick, Maryland 21702, USA.
Yun-Xing WangProtein-Nucleic Acid Interaction Section, Structural Biophysics Laboratory, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Frederick, Maryland 21702, USA.

Funding

Search for the Structural Basis of Biomacromolecular Function and ActivityZIABC010379 · NCI · DIVISION OF BASIC SCIENCES - NCI · PI WANG, YUN XING M · 2009 to 2025
$30.4M
SAXS FacilityZICBC011535 · NCI · DIVISION OF BASIC SCIENCES - NCI · PI WANG, YUN XING M · 2014 to 2025
$7.5M
Predoctoral Training Molecular BiophysicsT32GM065103 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO AT BOULDER · PI FALKE, JOSEPH J · 2002 to 2021
$4.3M
STRUCTURE/FUNCTION STUDIES OF T7 RNA POLYMERASER01GM052522 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HLTH SCIENCE CENTER · PI SOUSA, RUI J. · 1995 to 2012
$3.6M
CCR NIH HHS HHSN261200800001CIntramural NIH HHS Z99 CA999999Intramural NIH HHS ZIA BC010379NCI NIH HHS HHSN261200800001ENIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM052522NIGMS NIH HHS T32 GM-065103
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Knowledge of the structure and dynamics of RNA molecules is critical to understanding their many biological functions. Furthermore, synthetic RNAs have applications as therapeutics and molecular sensors. Both research and technological applications of RNA would be dramatically enhanced by methods that enable incorporation of modified or labelled nucleotides into specifically designated positions or regions of RNA. However, the synthesis of tens of milligrams of such RNAs using existing methods has been impossible. Here we develop a hybrid solid-liquid phase transcription method and automated robotic platform for the synthesis of RNAs with position-selective labelling. We demonstrate its use by successfully preparing various isotope- or fluorescently labelled versions of the 71-nucleotide aptamer domain of an adenine riboswitch for nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy or single-molecule Förster resonance energy transfer, respectively. Those RNAs include molecules that were selectively isotope-labelled in specific loops, linkers, a helix, several discrete positions, or a single internal position, as well as RNA molecules that were fluorescently labelled in and near kissing loops. These selectively labelled RNAs have the same fold as those transcribed using conventional methods, but they greatly simplify the interpretation of NMR spectra. The single-position isotope- and fluorescently labelled RNA samples reveal multiple conformational states of the adenine riboswitch. Lastly, we describe a robotic platform and the operation that automates this technology. Our selective labelling method may be useful for studying RNA structure and dynamics and for making RNA sensors for a variety of applications including cell-biological studies, substance detection, and disease diagnostics.

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FluorescenceAdenineAptamers, NucleotideAutomationBase SequenceBiosensing TechniquesDNAFluorescence Resonance Energy TransferIn Vitro TechniquesIsotope LabelingMagnetic Resonance SpectroscopyMolecular Sequence DataNucleic Acid ConformationRiboswitchRNARoboticsAdenineAptamers, NucleotideDNARiboswitchRNA

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PMID25938715
PMCPMC4800989

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