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ArticleComputational and structural biotechnology journal2023

Long Chen, Bibi Zhang, Zengrui Wu, Guixia Liu, Weihua Li, Yun Tang

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Article in Computational and structural biotechnology journal, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers.

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13 citing papers in PubMed.

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  5. Using aptamers for targeted delivery of RNA therapies.Molecular therapy : the journal of the American Society of Gene Therapy · 2025
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  7. StructRMDB: A database of RNA modification sites that affect RNA secondary structure.Computational and structural biotechnology journal · 2025
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  13. Anti-nucleolin aptamer AS1411: an advancing therapeutic.Frontiers in molecular biosciences · 2023
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5 · Who and what money

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6 authors.

Long ChenShanghai Frontiers Science Center of Optogenetic Techniques for Cell Metabolism, School of Pharmacy, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai 200237, China.
Bibi ZhangShanghai Frontiers Science Center of Optogenetic Techniques for Cell Metabolism, School of Pharmacy, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai 200237, China.
Zengrui WuShanghai Frontiers Science Center of Optogenetic Techniques for Cell Metabolism, School of Pharmacy, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai 200237, China.
Guixia LiuShanghai Frontiers Science Center of Optogenetic Techniques for Cell Metabolism, School of Pharmacy, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai 200237, China.
Weihua LiShanghai Frontiers Science Center of Optogenetic Techniques for Cell Metabolism, School of Pharmacy, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai 200237, China.
Yun TangShanghai Frontiers Science Center of Optogenetic Techniques for Cell Metabolism, School of Pharmacy, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai 200237, China.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

With advances in force fields and algorithms, robust tools have been developed for molecular simulation of three-dimensional structures of nucleic acids and investigation of aptamer-target interactions. The traditional aptamer discovery technique, Systematic Evolution of Ligands by EXponential enrichment (SELEX), continues to suffer from high investment and low return, while in vitro screening by simulated SELEX remains a challenging task, where more accurate structural modeling and enhanced sampling limit the large-scale application of the method. Here, we proposed a modified aptamer enhanced library design strategy to facilitate the screening of target-binding aptamers. In this strategy, a comprehensive analysis of the original complexes and the target secondary structure were used to construct an enhanced initial library for screening. Our enhanced sequence library design strategy based on the target secondary structure explored a certain sequence space while ensuring the accuracy of the structural conformation and the calculation method. In an enhanced library of only a few dozen sequences, four sequences showed a similar or better binding free energy than the original aptamer, with consistently high binding stability over three rounds of multi-timescale simulations, ranging from - 30.27 to - 32.25 kcal/mol. Consequently, the enhanced library strategy based on the target secondary structure is shown to have very significant potential as a new aptamer design and optimization strategy.

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Binding free energyEnhanced libraryNucleic-acid aptamerTarget secondary structure

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PMID36733700
PMCPMC9883144

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