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ArticleChembiochem : a European journal of chemical biology2019

Effect of UV Radiation on Fluorescent RNA Aptamers' Functional and Templating Ability.

Ranajay Saha, Irene A Chen

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Article in Chembiochem : a European journal of chemical biology, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5citing papers in PubMed
0.6field-weighted citation impact, top 27% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed, 16 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Ranajay SahaDepartment of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA, 93106, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-6001-7363
Irene A ChenDepartment of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA, 93106, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-6040-7927
University of California, Santa Barbara · US

Funding

NASA NNX16AJ32GSimons Foundation 290356Simons Foundation 481325
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Damage from ultraviolet (UV) radiation was likely to be an important selection pressure during the origin of life. RNA is believed to have been central to the origin of life and might form the basis for simple synthetic cells. Although photodamage of DNA has been extensively studied, photodamage is highly dependent on local molecular context, and damage to functional RNAs has been relatively under-studied. We irradiated two fluorescent RNA aptamers and monitored the loss of activity, folding, and the kinetics of lesion accumulation. The loss of activity differed depending on the aptamer, with the Spinach2 aptamer retaining substantial activity after long exposure times. The binding pocket was particularly susceptible to damage, and melting of the duplex regions increased susceptibility; this is consistent with the view that duplex formation is protective. At the same time, susceptibility varied greatly depending on context, thus emphasizing the importance of studying many different RNAs to understand UV hardiness.

Indexed as

RNA StabilityAptamers, NucleotideRNAUltraviolet RaysAptamers, NucleotideRNAbiological chemistrychemical biologyfunctional RNA aptamersprebiotic evolutionUV damage

Identifiers

PMID31125512
PMCPMC6899979
OpenAlexW2945495475

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