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2',2'-Ligation Demonstrates the Thermal Dependence of DNA-Directed Positional Control.

ABSTRACT: An oligodeoxynucleotide (ODN) containing a 2'-aminoalkylmercaptouridine was ligated chemically with another ODN containing a 2'-carboxyalkylmercaptouridine to produce a 2',2'-amide linked conjugate. Templation by a DNA hairpin resulted in ligation yields of > 95%. At room temperature, similar yields were obtained for amide ligations between pendent nucleotides located adjacent to each other or separated by three nucleotides. However, at 4 degrees C, ligation was vastly favored for the case where the pendent amine and carboxylate were attached to adjacent residues (i.e., at the 3'- and 5'-termini of the two ODNs). No reaction was observed to occur either at 4 degrees C or at room temperature between pendent nucleotides separated by 9 nucleotides. Denaturing gel electrophoresis, MALDI-TOF MS and full nuclease digestion coupled with LC-MS were used to characterize the reaction products.

SUBMITTER: Liu Y

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2583448 | biostudies-literature | 2008 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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2',2'-Ligation Demonstrates the Thermal Dependence of DNA-Directed Positional Control.

Liu Yu Y Sha Ruojie R Wang Risheng R Ding Liang L Canary James W JW Seeman Nadrian C NC

Tetrahedron 20080101 36

An oligodeoxynucleotide (ODN) containing a 2'-aminoalkylmercaptouridine was ligated chemically with another ODN containing a 2'-carboxyalkylmercaptouridine to produce a 2',2'-amide linked conjugate. Templation by a DNA hairpin resulted in ligation yields of > 95%. At room temperature, similar yields were obtained for amide ligations between pendent nucleotides located adjacent to each other or separated by three nucleotides. However, at 4 degrees C, ligation was vastly favored for the case where ...[more]

PMID: 19122844

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Project description:BACKGROUND: In vitro selection of kinase ribozymes for small molecule metabolites, such as free nucleosides, will require partition systems that discriminate active from inactive RNA species. While nucleic acid catalysis of phosphoryl transfer is well established for phosphorylation of 5' or 2' OH of oligonucleotide substrates, phosphorylation of diffusible small molecules has not been demonstrated. METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL FINDINGS: This study demonstrates the ability of T4 DNA ligase to capture RNA strands in which a tethered monodeoxynucleoside has acquired a 5' phosphate. The ligation reaction therefore mimics the partition step of a selection for nucleoside kinase (deoxy)ribozymes. Ligation with tethered substrates was considerably slower than with nicked, fully duplex DNA, even though the deoxynucleotides at the ligation junction were Watson-Crick base paired in the tethered substrate. Ligation increased markedly when the bridging template strand contained unpaired spacer nucleotides across from the flexible tether, according to the trends: A(2)>A(1)>A(3)>A(4)>A(0)>A(6)>A(8)>A(10) and T(2)>T(3)>T(4)>T(6) approximately T(1)>T(8)>T(10). Bridging T's generally gave higher yield of ligated product than bridging A's. ATP concentrations above 33 microM accumulated adenylated intermediate and decreased yields of the gap-sealed product, likely due to re-adenylation of dissociated enzyme. Under optimized conditions, T4 DNA ligase efficiently (>90%) joined a correctly paired, or TratioG wobble-paired, substrate on the 3' side of the ligation junction while discriminating approximately 100-fold against most mispaired substrates. Tethered dC and dG gave the highest ligation rates and yields, followed by tethered deoxyinosine (dI) and dT, with the slowest reactions for tethered dA. The same kinetic trends were observed in ligase-mediated capture in complex reaction mixtures with multiple substrates. The "universal" analog 5-nitroindole (dNI) did not support ligation when used as the tethered nucleotide. CONCLUSIONS/SIGNIFICANCE: Our results reveal a novel activity for T4 DNA ligase (template-directed ligation of a tethered mononucleotide) and establish this partition scheme as being suitable for the selection of ribozymes that phosphorylate mononucleoside substrates.

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2',2'-Ligation Demonstrates the Thermal Dependence of DNA-Directed Positional Control.

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2',2'-Ligation Demonstrates the Thermal Dependence of DNA-Directed Positional Control.

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