A two-residue nascent-strand steric gate controls synthesis of 2'-O-methyl- and 2'-O-(2-methoxyethyl)-RNA.
A two-residue nascent-strand steric gate controls synthesis of 2'-O-methyl- and 2'-O-(2-methoxyethyl)-RNA.
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10.1038/s41557-022-01050-8
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2023-01
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21.8
通讯作者:
Holliger P
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Freund N;Taylor AI;Arangundy-Franklin S;Subramanian N;Peak-Chew SY;Whitaker AM;Freudenthal BD;Abramov M;Herdewijn P;Holliger P
Steric exclusion is a key element of enzyme substrate specificity, including in polymerases. Such substrate specificity restricts the enzymatic synthesis of 2’-modified nucleic acids, which are of interest in nucleic acid-based drug development. Here we describe the discovery of a two-residue, nascent strand, steric control “gate” in an archaeal DNA polymerase. We show that engineering of the gate to reduce steric bulk in the context of a previously-described RNA polymerase activity unlocks the synthesis of 2’-modified RNA oligomers, specifically the efficient synthesis of both defined and random-sequence 2’-O-methyl-RNA (2’OMe-RNA) and 2’-O-(2-methoxyethyl)-RNA (MOE-RNA) oligomers up to 750 nt. This enabled the discovery of RNA endonuclease catalysts entirely composed of 2’OMe-RNA (“2’OMezymes”) for the allele-specific cleavage of oncogenic KRAS (G12D) and β-catenin CTNNB1 (S33Y) mRNAs, and the elaboration of mixed 2’OMe- / MOE-RNA aptamers with high affinity for Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor. Our results open up these 2’-modified RNAs—used in several approved nucleic acid therapeutics—for enzymatic synthesis and a wider exploration in directed evolution and nanotechnology.
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影响因子:
64.5
作者:
Franklin, MC;Wang, JM;Steitz, TA
通讯作者:
Steitz, TA
影响因子:
4
作者:
Aartsma-Rus, Annemieke;Corey, David R.
通讯作者:
Corey, David R.
影响因子:
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作者:
Burmeister, PE;Lewis, SD;Keefe, AD
通讯作者:
Keefe, AD
影响因子:
21.8
作者:
Houlihan, Gillian;Arangundy-Franklin, Sebastian;Holliger, Philipp
通讯作者:
Holliger, Philipp
DOI:
10.1089/oli.1.2000.10.35
发表时间:
2000-02-01
期刊:
ANTISENSE & NUCLEIC ACID DRUG DEVELOPMENT
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作者:
Khatsenko, O;Morgan, R;Geary, RS
通讯作者:
Geary, RS