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ArticleNucleic acids research2024

Apollon: a deoxyribozyme that generates a yellow product.

Martin Volek, Jaroslav Kurfürst, Milan Kožíšek, Pavel Srb, Václav Veverka, Edward A Curtis

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Article in Nucleic acids research, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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Martin VolekInstitute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague 166 10, Czech Republic.ORCID 0000-0001-5695-5621
Jaroslav KurfürstInstitute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague 166 10, Czech Republic.
Milan KožíšekInstitute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague 166 10, Czech Republic.
Pavel SrbInstitute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague 166 10, Czech Republic.
Václav VeverkaInstitute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague 166 10, Czech Republic.ORCID 0000-0003-3782-5279
Edward A CurtisInstitute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague 166 10, Czech Republic.ORCID 0000-0003-2680-0770

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European UnionGAČR 24-11210SGAUK 337022IOCB
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Colorimetric assays in which the color of a solution changes in the presence of an input provide a simple and inexpensive way to monitor experimental readouts. In this study we used in vitro selection to identify a self-phosphorylating kinase deoxyribozyme that produces a colorimetric signal by converting the colorless substrate pNPP into the yellow product pNP. The minimized catalytic core, sequence requirements, secondary structure, and buffer requirements of this deoxyribozyme, which we named Apollon, were characterized using a variety of techniques including reselection experiments, high-throughput sequencing, comparative analysis, biochemical activity assays, and NMR. A bimolecular version of Apollon catalyzed multiple turnover phosphorylation and amplified the colorimetric signal. Engineered versions of Apollon could detect oligonucleotides with specific sequences as well as several different types of nucleases in homogenous assays that can be performed in a single tube without the need for washes or purifications. We anticipate that Apollon will be particularly useful to reduce costs in high-throughput screens and for applications in which specialized equipment is not available.

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ColorimetryDNA, CatalyticHigh-Throughput Nucleotide SequencingNucleic Acid ConformationOligonucleotidesPhosphorylationSubstrate SpecificityDNA, CatalyticOligonucleotides

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PMID38869058
PMCPMC11347176

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