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SUBMITTER: Chumphukam O
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6271157 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Apr
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Chumphukam Orada O Le Thao T TT Cass Anthony E G AE
Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) 20140421 4
We report here the in vitro selection of DNA aptamers for electric eel acetylcholinesterase (AChE). One selected aptamer sequence (R15/19) has a high affinity towards the enzyme (Kd=157±42 pM). Characterization of the aptamer showed its binding is not affected by low ionic strength (~20 mM), however significant reduction in affinity occurred at high ionic strength (~1.2 M). In addition, this aptamer does not inhibit the catalytic activity of AChE that we exploit through immobilization of the DNA ...[more]