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ArticleNucleic acids research2021

New DNA-hydrolyzing DNAs isolated from an ssDNA library carrying a terminal hybridization stem.

Canyu Zhang, Qingting Li, Tianbin Xu, Wei Li, Yungang He, Hongzhou Gu

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Article in Nucleic acids research, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Canyu ZhangFudan University Shanghai Cancer Center, and the Shanghai Key Laboratory of Medical Epigenetics, Institutes of Biomedical Sciences, Shanghai Stomatological Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, China.
Qingting LiFudan University Shanghai Cancer Center, and the Shanghai Key Laboratory of Medical Epigenetics, Institutes of Biomedical Sciences, Shanghai Stomatological Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, China.
Tianbin XuFudan University Shanghai Cancer Center, and the Shanghai Key Laboratory of Medical Epigenetics, Institutes of Biomedical Sciences, Shanghai Stomatological Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, China.
Wei LiFudan University Shanghai Cancer Center, and the Shanghai Key Laboratory of Medical Epigenetics, Institutes of Biomedical Sciences, Shanghai Stomatological Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, China.
Yungang HeFudan University Shanghai Cancer Center, and the Shanghai Key Laboratory of Medical Epigenetics, Institutes of Biomedical Sciences, Shanghai Stomatological Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, China.ORCID 0000-0002-2931-2871
Hongzhou GuFudan University Shanghai Cancer Center, and the Shanghai Key Laboratory of Medical Epigenetics, Institutes of Biomedical Sciences, Shanghai Stomatological Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, China.ORCID 0000-0001-5058-4815
Shanghai Stomatological Hospital · CNFudan University · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

DNA-hydrolyzing DNAs represent an attractive type of DNA-processing catalysts distinctive from the protein-based restriction enzymes. The innate DNA property has enabled them to readily join DNA-based manipulations to promote the development of DNA biotechnology. A major in vitro selection strategy to identify these DNA catalysts relies tightly on the isolation of linear DNAs processed from a circular single-stranded (ss) DNA sequence library by self-hydrolysis. Herein, we report that by programming a terminal hybridization stem in the library, other than the previously reported classes (I & II) of deoxyribozymes, two new classes (III & IV) were identified with the old selection strategy to site-specifically hydrolyze DNA in the presence of Zn2+. Their representatives own a catalytic core consisting of ∼20 conserved nucleotides and a half-life of ∼15 min at neutral pH. In a bimolecular construct, class III exhibits unique broad generality on the enzyme strand, which can be potentially harnessed to engineer DNA-responsive DNA hydrolyzers for detection of any target ssDNA sequence. Besides the new findings, this work should also provide an improved approach to select for DNA-hydrolyzing deoxyribozymes that use various molecules and ions as cofactors.

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BioengineeringDNA, CatalyticDNA, Single-StrandedZincDNA, CatalyticDNA, Single-StrandedZinc

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