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ArticleNucleic acids research2020

Structure of an RNA aptamer in complex with the fluorophore tetramethylrhodamine.

Elke Duchardt-Ferner, Michael Juen, Benjamin Bourgeois, Tobias Madl, Christoph Kreutz, Oliver Ohlenschläger, Jens Wöhnert

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Article in Nucleic acids research, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers.

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12citing papers in PubMed
0.6field-weighted citation impact, top 32% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

12 citing papers in PubMed, 24 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Honeydew: A Fluorescent Aptamer for Low-Cost Azo Food Dyes.Chembiochem : a European journal of chemical biology · 2026
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  3. Investigating the Conformational Diversity of the TMR-3 Aptamer.Journal of the American Chemical Society · 2025
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  5. Structure-based investigation of a DNA aptamer targeting PTK7 reveals an intricate 3D fold guiding functional optimization.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2024
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  11. An overview of structural approaches to study therapeutic RNAs.Frontiers in molecular biosciences · 2022
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  12. Using Aptamers as a Novel Method for Determining GnRH/LH Pulsatility.International journal of molecular sciences · 2020
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Elke Duchardt-FernerInstitute for Molecular Biosciences, Goethe University, Frankfurt/M., Max-von-Laue-Str. 9, D-60438 Frankfurt, Germany and Center for Biomolecular Magnetic Resonance (BMRZ), Goethe University, Frankfurt/M., Max-von-Laue-Str. 9, D-60438 Frankfurt, Germany.
Michael JuenInstitute of Organic Chemistry, Centre for Molecular Biosciences (CMBI), University of Innsbruck, Innrain 80/82, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria.
Benjamin BourgeoisGottfried Schatz Research Center for Cell Signaling, Metabolism and Aging, Institute of Molecular Biology & Biochemistry, Medical University of Graz, Neue Stiftingtalstrasse 6, 8010 Graz, Austria.
Tobias MadlGottfried Schatz Research Center for Cell Signaling, Metabolism and Aging, Institute of Molecular Biology & Biochemistry, Medical University of Graz, Neue Stiftingtalstrasse 6, 8010 Graz, Austria.
Christoph KreutzInstitute of Organic Chemistry, Centre for Molecular Biosciences (CMBI), University of Innsbruck, Innrain 80/82, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria.
Oliver OhlenschlägerLeibniz-Institute on Aging - Fritz-Lipmann-Institute, Beutenbergstrasse 11, D-07745 Jena, Germany.
Jens WöhnertInstitute for Molecular Biosciences, Goethe University, Frankfurt/M., Max-von-Laue-Str. 9, D-60438 Frankfurt, Germany and Center for Biomolecular Magnetic Resonance (BMRZ), Goethe University, Frankfurt/M., Max-von-Laue-Str. 9, D-60438 Frankfurt, Germany.
Goethe University Frankfurt · DEMedical University of Graz · ATUniversität Innsbruck · ATLeibniz Institute on Aging - Fritz Lipmann Institute (FLI) · DE

Funding

Austrian Science Fund FWF I 3792Austrian Science Fund FWF P 28725Austrian Science Fund FWF P 28854Austrian Science Fund FWF P 30370Austrian Science Fund FWF W 1226
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

RNA aptamers-artificially created RNAs with high affinity and selectivity for their target ligand generated from random sequence pools-are versatile tools in the fields of biotechnology and medicine. On a more fundamental level, they also further our general understanding of RNA-ligand interactions e. g. in regard to the relationship between structural complexity and ligand affinity and specificity, RNA structure and RNA folding. Detailed structural knowledge on a wide range of aptamer-ligand complexes is required to further our understanding of RNA-ligand interactions. Here, we present the atomic resolution structure of an RNA-aptamer binding to the fluorescent xanthene dye tetramethylrhodamine. The high resolution structure, solved by NMR-spectroscopy in solution, reveals binding features both common and different from the binding mode of other aptamers with affinity for ligands carrying planar aromatic ring systems such as the malachite green aptamer which binds to the tetramethylrhodamine related dye malachite green or the flavin mononucleotide aptamer.

Indexed as

Nucleic Acid ConformationAptamers, NucleotideLigandsMagnetic Resonance SpectroscopyRhodaminesRNARNA FoldingAptamers, NucleotideLigandsRhodaminesRNAtetramethylrhodamine

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PMID31754719
PMCPMC6954400
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