Caged RNA: photo-control of a ribozyme reaction

被引:113
作者
Chaulk, SG [1 ]
MacMillan, AM [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Toronto, Dept Chem, Toronto, ON M5S 3HC, Canada
基金
加拿大自然科学与工程研究理事会;
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10.1093/nar/26.13.3173
中图分类号
Q5 [生物化学]; Q7 [分子生物学];
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071010 ; 081704 ;
摘要
We report here the first photo-chemical control of a ribozyme reaction by the site-specific modification of the 2'-hydroxyl nucleophile in the hammerhead system with a caging functionality. Rapid laser photolysis of the O-(2-nitrobenzyl) caging group initiates an efficient and accurate hammerhead-catalyzed cleavage of substrate RNA under native conditions. RNAs in which reactive functionalities or recognition elements are caged in this manner will be useful tools to probe RNA reactivity and dynamics.
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页码:3173 / 3178
页数:6
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