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ArticleNature chemical biology2025

Engineering covalent small molecule-RNA complexes in living cells.

Raphael Bereiter, Laurin Flemmich, Kamila Nykiel, Sarah Heel, Stephan Geley, Malou Hanisch, Clemens Eichler, Kathrin Breuker, Alexandra Lusser, Ronald Micura

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Article in Nature chemical biology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 21 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

21 citing papers in PubMed.

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  8. Site-Selective Ligand Selection by Mutational Profiling for Covalent RNA Targeting.Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English) · 2026
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  9. Programmable artificial RNA condensates in mammalian cells.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2026
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  11. Fluorogenic Covalent Probes for RNA.Journal of the American Chemical Society · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors.

Raphael Bereiter *University of Innsbruck, Institute of Organic Chemistry and Center for Molecular Biosciences (CMBI), Innsbruck, Austria.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0003-7455-9405
Laurin Flemmich *University of Innsbruck, Institute of Organic Chemistry and Center for Molecular Biosciences (CMBI), Innsbruck, Austria.
Kamila Nykiel *Institute of Molecular Biology, Biocenter, Medical University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0009-2716-4930
Sarah HeelUniversity of Innsbruck, Institute of Organic Chemistry and Center for Molecular Biosciences (CMBI), Innsbruck, Austria.
Stephan GeleyInstitute of Pathophysiology, Biocenter, Medical University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3169-5322
Malou HanischInstitute of Molecular Biology, Biocenter, Medical University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria.
Clemens EichlerUniversity of Innsbruck, Institute of Organic Chemistry and Center for Molecular Biosciences (CMBI), Innsbruck, Austria.
Kathrin BreukerUniversity of Innsbruck, Institute of Organic Chemistry and Center for Molecular Biosciences (CMBI), Innsbruck, Austria.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4978-0883
Alexandra LusserInstitute of Molecular Biology, Biocenter, Medical University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria. alexandra.lusser@i-med.ac.at.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2226-9081
Ronald MicuraUniversity of Innsbruck, Institute of Organic Chemistry and Center for Molecular Biosciences (CMBI), Innsbruck, Austria. ronald.micura@uibk.ac.at.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2661-6105

Funding

Austrian Science Fund (Fonds zur Förderung der Wissenschaftlichen Forschung) F8009Austrian Science Fund (Fonds zur Förderung der Wissenschaftlichen Forschung) F8011Austrian Science Fund (Fonds zur Förderung der Wissenschaftlichen Forschung) P33936Austrian Science Fund (Fonds zur Förderung der Wissenschaftlichen Forschung) P36011
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Covalent labeling of RNA in living cells poses many challenges. Here we describe a structure-guided approach to engineer covalent RNA aptamer-ligand complexes. The key is to modify the cognate ligand with an electrophilic handle that allows it to react with a guanine at the RNA binding site. We illustrate this for the preQ

Indexed as

Aptamers, NucleotideRNASmall Molecule LibrariesBinding SitesFluorescent DyesHumansLigandsRiboswitchAptamers, NucleotideFluorescent DyesLigandsRiboswitchRNASmall Molecule Libraries

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PMID39762536
PMCPMC12122380

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