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ArticleChembiochem : a European journal of chemical biology2025

Versatile Enzymatic Approach for Truncation, Labeling, and Mutation of Nucleobase-Modified Aptamers Demonstrated on Indole-Modified β-Conglutin Aptamer.

Marek Ondruš, Pablo Alberto Franco-Urquijo, Teresa Mairal Lerga, Lucie Mužíkova Čechová, M Carmen Bermudo Redondo, Ciara K O Sullivan, Michal Hocek

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Marek OndrušInstitute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, Czech Academy of Sciences, Flemingovo nam. 542/2, 160 00, Prague 6, Czech Republic.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7653-1866
Pablo Alberto Franco-UrquijoInstitute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, Czech Academy of Sciences, Flemingovo nam. 542/2, 160 00, Prague 6, Czech Republic.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0007-3062-5764
Teresa Mairal LergaInterfibio Consolidated Research Group, Departament d'Enginyeria Química, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, 43007, Tarragona, Spain.
Lucie Mužíkova ČechováInstitute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, Czech Academy of Sciences, Flemingovo nam. 542/2, 160 00, Prague 6, Czech Republic.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8288-350X
M Carmen Bermudo RedondoInterfibio Consolidated Research Group, Departament d'Enginyeria Química, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, 43007, Tarragona, Spain.
Ciara K O SullivanInterfibio Consolidated Research Group, Departament d'Enginyeria Química, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, 43007, Tarragona, Spain.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2603-2230
Michal HocekInstitute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, Czech Academy of Sciences, Flemingovo nam. 542/2, 160 00, Prague 6, Czech Republic.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1113-2047

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Czech Science Foundation 20-00885X
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A new enzymatic method for truncation of aptamers from 5'-end has been developed and demonstrated on a newly selected indole-modified β-conglutin aptamer. This method relies on extension of a primer containing ribonucleotides, which can be specifically hydrolyzed by RNase, thereby removing the whole or 5'-part of the primer. This approach enables flexible synthesis of modified aptamers truncated from the 5' end, 3' end, or both ends-a capability previously achievable only through chemical oligonucleotide synthesis. Furthermore, by employing doubly labeled primers, diverse labeled or modified nucleotides are introduced to prepare 5'-labeled aptamers suitable for fluorescence- or immobilization-based assays. The different variations of this method also enable the synthesis of mutated sequences to study the effect of modifications and their positions. Overall, this enzymatic method provides a valuable alternative for the truncation or labeling of (hyper)modified and functional oligonucleotides avoiding the need for chemical synthesis.

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Aptamers, NucleotideIndolesRibonucleasesMutationAptamers, NucleotideindoleIndolesRibonucleasesaptamersenzymatic synthesesnucleotidesoligonucleotidespolymerases

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PMID41001721
PMCPMC12582157

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