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A peptide-dependent ribozyme ligase (aptazyme ligase) has been selected from a random sequence population based on the small L1 ligase. The aptazyme ligase is activated > 18,000-fold by its cognate peptide effector, the HIV-1 Rev arginine-rich motif (ARM), and specifically recognizes the Rev ARM relative to other peptides containing arginine-rich motifs. Moreover, the aptazyme ligase can preferentially recognize the Rev ARM in the context of the full-length HIV-1 Rev protein. The only cross-reactivity exhibited by the aptazyme is toward the Tat ARM. Reselection of peptide- and protein-dependent aptazymes from a partially randomized population yielded aptazymes that could readily discriminate against the Tat ARM. These results have important implications for the development of aptazymes that can be used in arrays for the detection and quantitation of multiple cellular proteins (proteome arrays). 相似文献
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Sequence-specific recognition between HIV-1 Rev and viral RNA mediates the nuclear export of the viral mRNA and thus is important for the viral life cycle. HIV Rev binds to its viral RNA target with high affinity and specificity and also binds to an in vitro selected RNA aptamer that has a significantly different sequence from the viral RNA target with a 6-fold higher affinity than its natural target. The high-resolution structures of HIV Rev Arg-rich motif (ARM) in complexes with the wild-type RNA and the RNA aptamer reveal that, despite the significantly different RNA sequences, the two complexes share similar structural features and the protein-RNA interactions are mediated mostly by the Arg side chains in Rev ARM. To gain further insight into the role of these Arg side chains in the sequence-specific protein-RNA recognition, we have characterized the flexibility of these Arg side chains at the interfaces of the two high-affinity complexes using (15)N R(1), R(2), nuclear Overhauser effect, and chemical-shift anisotropy dipolar cross-correlation relaxation measurements. The ARM peptide contains uniformly (13)C/(15)N-labeled Arg residues, and the RNA samples were unlabeled. Despite the apparently similar roles of Arg side chains in both complexes, most of them display a different dynamic behavior in the context of different RNA molecules, and extensive and highly diverse motions have been observed for all of these side chains that interact with RNA. Most of the differences in side-chain dynamics between the complexes cannot be inferred from the three-dimensional structures. Additionally, more than half of the residues have increased flexibility in the Rev-RNA aptamer complex that has a higher affinity. This study provides new insights into ARM-RNA recognition and indicates that retention of conformational flexibility is likely important in high-affinity ARM-RNA recognition. 相似文献
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L. M. Skobeltsyna D. V. Pyshnyi I. G. Shishkina D. R. Tabatadze G. M. Dymshits V. F. Zarytova E. M. Ivanova 《Molecular Biology》2000,34(3):321-327
A new approach for detection of point mutations has been developed. The nonradioactive test system proposed is based on enzymatic
ligation of a tandem of three short oligonucleotides B∼pN8+pN4+pN′8 Bio in the presence of a complementary DNA template. The 5′-terminal octanucleotide B∼pN8 is immobilized on polymer methacrylate beads (B) and the 3′-terminal octanucleotide pN′8 Bio contains a biotin residue at the 3′-phosphate. Ligation of the tandem produces a 20-mer biotinylated oligonucleotide
on a polymer bead, which is then visualized via subsequent treatments with streptavidin-alkaline phosphatase conjugate and
chromogenic substrates. Intense staining of the polymer beads is observed when the amount of DNA template (20-mer oligonucleotide)
is as low as ∼10−14 mol. It is shown that practically no polymer staining is observed when the complex formed by the tandem and the 20-mer DNA
template contains a mismatch either in the tetranucleotide duplex or in the duplex of octanucleotide immobilized on the beads.
This suggests a possibility of using the presented approach in test systems for detection of point mutations in PCR-amplified
DNA fragments. 相似文献
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The Rev protein of HIV-1 regulates the synthesis of partially spliced forms of cytoplasmic viral mRNA by binding to a cis-acting RNA sequence, the Rev response element (RRE). We have investigated the regulation of splicing in vitro and have shown that Rev specifically inhibits splicing of pre-mRNAs containing an RRE by 3- to 4-fold. A synthetic peptide of 17 amino acids containing the RNA-binding domain of Rev is highly functional and specifically inhibits splicing by up to 30-fold. Other peptides that bind to the RRE with high affinity, but with low specificity, do not specifically inhibit splicing. Six repeated monomeric binding sites for the peptide can substitute for the RRE, indicating that regulation by Rev requires interactions with multiple sites. The peptide acts at a step in the assembly of splicing complexes, suggesting that one of the functions of the basic region of Rev is to prevent formation of a functional spliceosome. 相似文献
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A new method was developed for the synthesis of peptide thioesters from free amino acids and thiols in water. This one-pot
simple method involves two steps: (1) activation in water of an amino acid presumably as its N-carboxyanhydride (NCA) using 1,1′-carbonyldiimidazole (CDI), and (2) subsequent condensation of the activated amino acid-NCA
in the presence of a thiol. With this method citrulline peptide thioesters containing up to 10 amino acid residues were prepared
in a single reaction. This aqueous synthetic method provides a simple way to prepare peptide thioesters for studies of peptide
replication involving ligation of peptide thioesters on peptide templates. The relevance of peptide replication to the origin-of-life
process is supported by previous studies showing that amino acid thioesters (peptide thioester precursors) can be synthesized
under prebiotic conditions by reaction of small sugars with ammonia and a thiol. 相似文献
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A genome walking strategy based on annealing and ligation of single-stranded DNA primers to 3′ overhangs following restriction
endonuclease digestion was developed. A set of primers contains 4 nucleotides at the 3′ end that are complementary to overhangs
formed by restriction endonucleasesApaI;PstI;SacI andSphI. Following ligation, 5′ end overhangs are formed on the DNA, which serves as sites for the adaptor primers and nested primers
for PCR amplification in combination with the gene-specific primers. This strategy was verified by the amplification of up
to 4 kb of a potato leafroll virus full-length infectious clone. The procedure could be adopted to target any upstream and
downstream regions flanking known sequences within the plant genome. 相似文献
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P. E. Vorobjev I. A. Pyshnaya D. V. Pyshnyi M. N. Repkova A. G. Venyaminova M. A. Zenkova E. M. Ivanova C. Scalfi-Happ H. Seliger G. M. Bonora V. F. Zarytova 《Russian Journal of Bioorganic Chemistry》2000,26(8):758-764
The 20-mer bridged oligodeoxynucleotides containing short oligomers joined by the hexamethylenediol and hexaethylene glycol
linkers were shown to form complementary DNA/DNA and RNA/DNA complexes whose thermostability depends on the length and number
of the nonnucleotide linkers. Hybrid complexes of the bridged oligonucleotides proved to be substrates for theE. coli ribonuclease H. The presence of one-three nonnucleotide linkers in a 20-mer decreased the hydrolysis efficacy only 1.2–1.4-fold.
It is the composition of the RNA cleavage products that was influenced the most significantly by the nonnucleotide linkers.
RNase H simultaneously hydrolyzed the RNA 3′-ends of each hybrid duplex involving a bridged oligonucleotide. The presence
of an inverted 3′-3′-phosphodiester bond at the 3′-end of the oligodeoxyribonucleotide only slightly affected the RNase H
activity.
For the previous report, see [1]. 相似文献
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Zhe Chen Jianbing Wu Xiaojuan Li Chunjiang Ye He Wenxing 《Molecular biotechnology》2009,42(1):128-133
DNA molecular weight standards (DNA markers, nucleic acid ladders) are commonly used in molecular biology laboratories as
references to estimate the size of various DNA samples in electrophoresis process. One method of DNA marker production is
digestion of synthetic vectors harboring multiple DNA fragments of known sizes by restriction enzymes. In this article, we
described three novel strategies—sequential DNA fragment ligation, screening of ligation products by polymerase chain reaction
(PCR) with end primers, and “small fragment accumulation”—for constructing complex synthetic vectors and minimizing the mass
differences between DNA fragments produced from restrictive digestion of synthetic vectors. The strategy could be applied
to construct various complex synthetic vectors to produce any type of low-range DNA markers, usually available commercially.
In addition, the strategy is useful for single-step ligation of multiple DNA fragments for construction of complex synthetic
vectors and other applications in molecular biology field.
Zhe Chen and Jianbing Wu contributed to this work equally. 相似文献
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Aptamers are unique nucleic acids with regulatory potentials that differ markedly from those of proteins. A significant feature of aptamers not possessed by proteins is their ability to participate in at least two different types of three-dimensional structure: a single-stranded folded structure that makes multiple contacts with the aptamer target and a double-helical structure with a complementary nucleic acid sequence. We have made use of this structural flexibility to develop an aptamer-based biosensor (a targeted reversibly attenuated probe, TRAP) in which hybridization of a cis-complementary regulatory nucleic acid (attenuator) controls the ability of the aptamer to bind to its target molecule. The central portion of the TRAP, between the aptamer and the attenuator, is complementary to a target nucleic acid, such as an mRNA, which is referred to as a regulatory nucleic acid (regNA) because it regulates the activity of the aptamer in the TRAP by hybridization with the central (intervening) sequence. The studies reported here of the ATP-DNA TRAP suggest that, as well as inhibiting the aptamer, the attenuator also acts as a structural guide, much like a chaperone, to promote proper folding of the TRAP such that it can be fully activated by the regDNA. We also show that activation of the aptamer in the TRAP by the complementary nucleic acid at physiological temperatures is sensitive to single-base mismatches. Aptamers that can be regulated by a specific nucleic sequence such as in an mRNA have potential for many in vivo applications including regulating a particular enzyme or signal transduction pathway or imaging gene expression in vivo. 相似文献
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DNA templated fluorogenic reactions have been used as a diagnostic tool for the sequence specific detection of nucleic acids; and it has been shown that the native chemical ligation between thioester- and 1,2-aminothiol-modified PNA probes is amongst the most selective DNA detection methods reported. We explored whether a DNA templated reaction can be interfaced with the polymerase chain reaction (PCR). This endeavor posed a significant challenge. The reactive groups involved must be sufficiently stable to tolerate the high temperature applied in the PCR process. Nevertheless, the ligation reaction must proceed very rapidly and sequence specifically within the short time available in the annealing and primer extension steps before denaturation is used after approx. 1 min to commence the next PCR cycle. This required a careful optimization of the ternary complex architecture as well as adjustments of probe length and probe reactivities. Our results point to the prime importance of the ligation architecture. We show that once suitable annealing sites have been identified less reactive probe sets may be preferable if sequence specificity is of major concern. The reactivity tuning enabled the development of an in-PCR ligation, which was used for the single nucleotide specific typing of the V600E (T1799A) point mutation in the human BRaf gene. Showcasing the efficiency and sequence specificity of native chemical PNA ligation, attomolar template proofed sufficient to trigger signal while a 1000-fold higher load of single mismatched template failed to induce appreciable signal. 相似文献
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We have developed an aptameric enzyme subunit (AES) which can detect the DNA in a homogeneous solution. The AES is an artificial
enzyme subunit composed of an enzyme-inhibiting aptamer bearing a target-molecule binding site. We connected a probe DNA to
a thrombin-inhibiting aptamer at its 5′ or 3′ end. The inhibitory activity of the thrombin-inhibiting aptamer bearing the
probe DNA decreased compared to that of the original aptamer; however, it recovered upon hybridization with the target DNA.
Using this AES, we were able to detect target DNAs by measuring the thrombin activity in a homogeneous solution.
K. Ikebukuro and W. Yoshida have contributed equally to this work. 相似文献
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In biological systems, both proteolysis and aminolysis of amide bonds produce activated intermediates through acyl transfer reactions either inter- or intramolecularly. Protein splicing is an illustrative example that proceeds through a series of catalyzed acyl transfer reactions and culminates at an O- or S-acyl intermediate. This intermediate leads to an uncatalyzed acyl migration to form an amide bond in the spliced product. A ligation method mimicking the uncatalyzed final steps in protein splicing has been developed utilizing the acyl transfer amide-bond feature for the blockwise coupling of unprotected, free peptide segments at methionine (Met). The latent thiol moiety of Met can be exploited using homocysteine at the α-amino terminal position of a free peptide for transthioesterification with another free peptide containing an α-thioester to give an S-acyl intermediate. A subsequent, proximity-driven S- to N-acyl migration of this acyl intermediate spontaneously rearranges to form a homocysteinyl amide bond. S-methylation with excess p-nitrobenezensulfonate yields Met at the ligation site. The methionine ligation is selective and orthogonal, and is usually completed within 4 h when performed at slightly basic pH and under strongly reductive conditions. No side reactions due to acylation were observed with any other α-amines of both peptide segments as seen in the synthesis of parathyroid hormone peptides. Furthermore, cyclic peptide can also be obtained through the same strategy by placing both homocysteine at the amino terminus and the thioester at the carboxyl terminus in an unprotected peptide precursor. These biomimetic ligation strategies hold promise for engineering novel peptides and proteins. © 1998 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Biopoly 46: 319–327, 1998 相似文献
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Objectives
To develop an RNA aptamer specific for the methyltransferase (MTase) of dengue virus (DENV) which is essential for viral genome replication and translation acting directly on N-7 and 2′-O-methylation of the type-I cap structure of the viral RNA.Results
We identified 2′-fluoro-modified RNA aptamers that can specifically bind DENV serotype 2 (DENV2) MTase using systematic evolution of ligands by exponential enrichment technology. We truncated the chosen aptamer into a 45-mer RNA sequence that can bind DENV2 MTase with K d ~ 28 nM and inhibit N-7 methylation activity of the protein. Moreover, the 45-mer truncated aptamer could not only bind with an K d ~ 15.6 nM but also inhibit methylation activity of DENV serotype 3 (DENV3) MTase. The 45-mer aptamer competitively impeded binding of both DENV2 and DENV3 genomic RNA to MTase of each serotype.Conclusion
The selected 45-mer truncated RNA aptamer specifically and avidly bound DENV MTase and competitively inhibited its methylation activity, and thus could be useful for the development of anti-DENV agents.16.
A novel bifunctional bicyclic inhibitor has been created that combines features both from the Bowman–Birk inhibitor (BBI)
proteins, which have two distinct inhibitory sites, and from sunflower trypsin inhibitor-1 (SFTI-1), which has a compact bicyclic
structure. The inhibitor was designed by fusing together a pair of reactive loops based on a sequence derived from SFTI-1
to create a backbone-cyclized disulfide-bridged 16-mer peptide. This peptide has two symmetrically spaced trypsin binding
sites. Its synthesis and biological activity have been reported in a previous communication [Jaulent and Leatherbarrow, 2004,
PEDS 17, 681]. In the present study we have examined the three-dimensional structure of the molecule. We find that the new
inhibitor, which has a symmetrical 8-mer half-cystine CTKSIPP′I′ motif repeated through a C2 symmetry axis also shows a complete symmetry in its three-dimensional structure. Each of the two loops adopts the expected
canonical conformation common to all BBIs as well as SFTI-1. We also find that the inhibitor displays a strong and unique
structural identity, with a notable lack of minor conformational isomers that characterise most reactive site loop mimics
examined to date as well as SFTI-1. This suggests that the presence of the additional cyclic loop acts to restrict conformational
mobility and that the deliberate introduction of cyclic symmetry may offer a general route to locking the conformation of
β-hairpin structures.
Electronic supplementary material Electronic supplementary material is available for this article at
and accessible for authorised users. 相似文献
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Kościańska E Kalantidis K Wypijewski K Sadowski J Tabler M 《Plant molecular biology》2005,59(4):647-661
In this study we analyse several aspects of cytoplasmic RNA silencing by agroinfiltration of DNA constructs encoding single-
and double-stranded RNAs derived from a GFP transgene and from the endogenous Virp1 gene. Both types of inductors resulted after 2–4 days in much higher concentration of siRNAs in the agroinfiltrated zone
than normally seen during systemic silencing. More specifically, infiltration of two transgene hairpin constructs resulted
in elevated levels of siRNAs. However, differences between the two constructs were observed: the antisense–sense arrangement
was more effective than the sense–antisense order. For both double-stranded forms, we observed a relative increase of the
24-mer size class of siRNAs. When a comparable hairpin construct of the endogenous Virp1 gene was assayed, the portion of the 24-mer siRNA class remained low as observed for all kinds of single-stranded inducers.
The lack of increase of Virp1-derived 24-mers was independent of the expression level, as demonstrated by agroinfiltration into a transgenic plant that
overexpressed Virp1 and showed the same pattern. Using transducer constructs, we could detect within a week transitive silencing from GFP to GUS sequences in the infiltrated zone and in either direction 5′–3′ and 3′–5′. Conversely, for the endogenous Virp1 gene neither transitive silencing nor the induction of systemic silencing could be observed. These results are discussed
in view of the current models of RNA silencing. 相似文献
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A GTP aptamer was converted to a modular fluorescent GTP sensor by conjugation of RRE (Rev responsive element) RNA and successive complex formation with a fluorophore-modified Rev peptide. Structural changes associated with substrate binding in the RNA aptamer were successfully transduced into changes in fluorescence intensity because of the modular structure of ribonucleopeptides. A simple modular strategy involving conjugation of a fluorophore-modified ribonucleopeptide to the stem region of an RNA aptamer deduced from secondary structural information helps produce fluorescent sensors, which allow tuning of excitation and detection wavelengths through the replacement of the fluorophore at the N-terminal of the Rev peptide. 相似文献
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R. J. Phillips D. C. Hickleton P. E. Boehmer P. T. Emmerson 《Molecular & general genetics : MGG》1997,254(3):319-329
To investigate the role that the individual subunits play in the ATP-dependent helicase activity of the RecBCD protein we
have investigated the ability of the RecB, RecC and RecD proteins to displace various 20-mer oligonucleotides annealed to
either end or to the centre of an oligonucleotide 60 bases long. The results show that the only subunit which can displace
the 20-mers in the absence of the other subunits is the RecB protein. Moreover, the 20-mer is displaced only if it is annealed
to the 60-mer at the 5′ end or the middle, suggesting that the RecB protein translocates along the 60-mer in the 3′ to 5′
direction, displacing annealed 20-mers as it proceeds. We have shown that reconstituted RecBC and RecBCD complexes displace
the 20-mers but, unlike RecB, they do not require a 3′-ended single-stranded region for helicase action, but can displace
the 20-mers from either end of the 60-mer. The level of helicase activity of the RecBC complex is considerably greater than
that of RecB alone, and the activity of the RecBCD complex appears to be greater still. This hierarchy of activity is also
shown by DNA binding studies, but is not reflected in the ATPase activities of the enzymes. We have also shown that the ability
of trypsin to cleave various sites on the RecB molecule is modified by the presence of ATP or ATP-γ-S, suggesting that conformational
changes may be induced in RecB upon ATP binding. We discuss a model for the ATP-driven, unidirectional motion of the RecB
translocase along single-stranded DNA. In this model, the RecB molecule binds to single-stranded DNA and then translocates
along it, one base at a time, in the 3′ to 5′ direction, by a `ratchet' mechanism in which repeated stretching and contraction
of the protein is coupled to ATP hydrolysis. The RecC protein in the RecBC complex is proposed to act as a `sliding clamp'
which increases processivity by preventing dissociation.
Received: 10 September 1996 / Accepted: 18 November 1996 相似文献
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Zoltán Bánóczi Gábor Mezõ Emõke Windberg Katalin Uray Zsuzsa Majer Ferenc Hudecz 《Journal of peptide science》2008,14(5):610-616
In the altered form of MUC1 mucin associated with breast cancer, the highly immunogenic sequence PDTRPAP is exposed, and may be an immunologically relevant target for the development of diagnostics or cancer immunotherapy. In this study, we report the preparation and antibody binding properties of monomeric and dimeric MUC1 peptides containing the epitope region recognized by monoclonal antibody (mAb) C595. Peptides contained a single or two copies of the whole 20-mer repeat unit (VTSAPDTRPAPGSTAPPAHG) of MUC1 protein. MUC1 40-mer peptides were prepared by the condensation of semi-protected fragments of the repeat unit, in solution or by chemical ligation. In the first case, cyclohexyl-type protecting groups were used for the synthesis of semi-protected fragments by the Boc/Bzl strategy. Unprotected fragments were used in the chemical ligation to produce thioether linkages. In one of the fragments, a Gly residue was replaced by Cys at the C-terminus and the other fragment was chloroacetylated at the N-terminus. In addition, the short peptide APDTRPAPG, and its disulfide dimer, (APDTRPAPGC)(2) were produced. The antibody binding properties of these MUC1 peptide constructs were tested by competition enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA). The short epitope region peptide, APDTRPAPG and its dimer (APDTRPAPGC)(2) showed higher IC(50) values (IC(50) = 56.3 and 53.2 micromol/l, respectively). While the 20-mer peptide (IC(50) = 25.9 micromol/l) and more markedly its 40-mer dimers (IC(50) = 0.62 and 0.78 micromol/l) were recognized better. CD data obtained in water or in TFE indicated no significant conformational differences between the 20-mer and 40-mer peptides. We found a high level of similarity between the binding properties of the 40-mer peptides with amide or thioether links, providing a new possibility to build up oligomeric MUC1 peptides by thioether bond formation. 相似文献