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Xu B, Zhu Y, Cao C, Chen H, Jin Q, Li G, Ma J, Yang SL, Zhao J, Zhu J, Ding Y, Fang X, Jin Y, Kwok CK, Ren A, Wan Y, Wang Z, Xue Y, Zhang H, Zhang QC, Zhou Y. Recent advances in RNA structurome. SCIENCE CHINA. LIFE SCIENCES 2022; 65:1285-1324. [PMID: 35717434 PMCID: PMC9206424 DOI: 10.1007/s11427-021-2116-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/10/2022] [Accepted: 04/01/2022] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
Abstract
RNA structures are essential to support RNA functions and regulation in various biological processes. Recently, a range of novel technologies have been developed to decode genome-wide RNA structures and novel modes of functionality across a wide range of species. In this review, we summarize key strategies for probing the RNA structurome and discuss the pros and cons of representative technologies. In particular, these new technologies have been applied to dissect the structural landscape of the SARS-CoV-2 RNA genome. We also summarize the functionalities of RNA structures discovered in different regulatory layers-including RNA processing, transport, localization, and mRNA translation-across viruses, bacteria, animals, and plants. We review many versatile RNA structural elements in the context of different physiological and pathological processes (e.g., cell differentiation, stress response, and viral replication). Finally, we discuss future prospects for RNA structural studies to map the RNA structurome at higher resolution and at the single-molecule and single-cell level, and to decipher novel modes of RNA structures and functions for innovative applications.
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- Bingbing Xu
- MOE Laboratory of Biosystems Homeostasis & Protection, Innovation Center for Cell Signaling Network, College of Life Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, China
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- MOE Laboratory of Biosystems Homeostasis & Protection, Innovation Center for Cell Signaling Network, College of Life Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, China
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- Key Laboratory of RNA Biology, Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100101, China
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- Life Sciences Institute, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Plant Physiology and Biochemistry, College of Life Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Virology, College of Life Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan, 430072, China
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- Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Structural Biology, School of Life Sciences, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China
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- Stem Cell and Regenerative Biology, Genome Institute of Singapore, A*STAR, Singapore, Singapore
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- Department of Chemistry, and State Key Laboratory of Marine Pollution, City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong SAR, China
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Bioinformatics, Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Structural Biology and Frontier Research Center for Biological Structure, Center for Synthetic and Systems Biology, School of Life Sciences, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China
- Tsinghua-Peking Center for Life Sciences, Beijing, 100084, China
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- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, John Innes Centre, Norwich Research Park, Norwich, NR4 7UH, United Kingdom.
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- Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Structural Biology, School of Life Sciences, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China.
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- MOE Laboratory of Biosystems Homeostasis & Protection, Innovation Center for Cell Signaling Network, College of Life Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, China.
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- Department of Chemistry, and State Key Laboratory of Marine Pollution, City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong SAR, China.
- Shenzhen Research Institute of City University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen, 518057, China.
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- Life Sciences Institute, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, China.
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- Stem Cell and Regenerative Biology, Genome Institute of Singapore, A*STAR, Singapore, Singapore.
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- State Key Laboratory of Plant Physiology and Biochemistry, College of Life Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, China.
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- Key Laboratory of RNA Biology, Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100101, China.
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100101, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Molecular Epigenetics of the Ministry of Education, Northeast Normal University, Changchun, 130024, China.
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Bioinformatics, Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Structural Biology and Frontier Research Center for Biological Structure, Center for Synthetic and Systems Biology, School of Life Sciences, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China.
- Tsinghua-Peking Center for Life Sciences, Beijing, 100084, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Virology, College of Life Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan, 430072, China.
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Miao Q, Nitsche C, Orton H, Overhand M, Otting G, Ubbink M. Paramagnetic Chemical Probes for Studying Biological Macromolecules. Chem Rev 2022; 122:9571-9642. [PMID: 35084831 PMCID: PMC9136935 DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.1c00708] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/12/2021] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
Abstract
Paramagnetic chemical probes have been used in electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) and nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy for more than four decades. Recent years witnessed a great increase in the variety of probes for the study of biological macromolecules (proteins, nucleic acids, and oligosaccharides). This Review aims to provide a comprehensive overview of the existing paramagnetic chemical probes, including chemical synthetic approaches, functional properties, and selected applications. Recent developments have seen, in particular, a rapid expansion of the range of lanthanoid probes with anisotropic magnetic susceptibilities for the generation of structural restraints based on residual dipolar couplings and pseudocontact shifts in solution and solid state NMR spectroscopy, mostly for protein studies. Also many new isotropic paramagnetic probes, suitable for NMR measurements of paramagnetic relaxation enhancements, as well as EPR spectroscopic studies (in particular double resonance techniques) have been developed and employed to investigate biological macromolecules. Notwithstanding the large number of reported probes, only few have found broad application and further development of probes for dedicated applications is foreseen.
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- Qing Miao
- Leiden
Institute of Chemistry, Leiden University, Einsteinweg 55, Leiden 2333 CC, The Netherlands
- School
of Chemistry &Chemical Engineering, Shaanxi University of Science & Technology, Xi’an710021, China
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- Research
School of Chemistry, The Australian National
University, Sullivans Creek Road, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory 2601, Australia
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- Research
School of Chemistry, The Australian National
University, Sullivans Creek Road, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory 2601, Australia
- ARC
Centre of Excellence for Innovations in Peptide & Protein Science,
Research School of Chemistry, Australian
National University, Sullivans Creek Road, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory 2601, Australia
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- Leiden
Institute of Chemistry, Leiden University, Einsteinweg 55, Leiden 2333 CC, The Netherlands
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- Research
School of Chemistry, The Australian National
University, Sullivans Creek Road, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory 2601, Australia
- ARC
Centre of Excellence for Innovations in Peptide & Protein Science,
Research School of Chemistry, Australian
National University, Sullivans Creek Road, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory 2601, Australia
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- Leiden
Institute of Chemistry, Leiden University, Einsteinweg 55, Leiden 2333 CC, The Netherlands
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Endeward B, Hu Y, Bai G, Liu G, Prisner TF, Fang X. Long-range distance determination in fully deuterated RNA with pulsed EPR spectroscopy. Biophys J 2022; 121:37-43. [PMID: 34896070 PMCID: PMC8758415 DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2021.12.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/25/2021] [Revised: 11/23/2021] [Accepted: 12/06/2021] [Indexed: 01/07/2023] Open
Abstract
Pulsed electron-electron double resonance (PELDOR or DEER) spectroscopy is powerful in structure and dynamics study of biological macromolecules by providing distance distribution information ranging from 1.8 to 6 nm, providing that the biomolecules are site-specifically labeled with paramagnetic tags. However, long distances up to 16 nm have been measured on perdeuterated and spin-labeled proteins in deuterated solvent by PELDOR. Here we demonstrate long-range distance measurement on a large RNA, the 97-nucleotide 3'SL RNA element of the Dengue virus 2 genome, by combining a posttranscriptional site-directed spin labeling method using an unnatural basepair system with RNA perdeuteration by enzymatic synthesis using deuterated nucleotides. The perdeuteration removes the coupling of the electron spins of the nitroxide spin labels from the proton nuclear spin system of the RNA and does extend the observation time windows of PELDOR up to 50 μs. This enables one to determine long distances up to 14 nm for large RNAs and their conformational flexibility.
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- Burkhard Endeward
- Institute of Physical and Theoretical Chemistry and Center of Biomolecular Magnetic Resonance, Goethe University Frankfurt am Main, Frankfurt, Germany
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- Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Structural Biology, School of Life Sciences, Tsinghua University, Beijing 10086, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Natural and Biomimetic Drugs, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Peking University, Beijing 10019, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Natural and Biomimetic Drugs, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Peking University, Beijing 10019, China
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- Institute of Physical and Theoretical Chemistry and Center of Biomolecular Magnetic Resonance, Goethe University Frankfurt am Main, Frankfurt, Germany,Corresponding author
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- Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Structural Biology, School of Life Sciences, Tsinghua University, Beijing 10086, China,Corresponding author
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4-Dialkylamino-2,5-dihydroimidazol-1-oxyls with Functional Groups at the Position 2 and at the Exocyclic Nitrogen: The pH-Sensitive Spin Labels. Gels 2021; 8:gels8010011. [PMID: 35049546 PMCID: PMC8774874 DOI: 10.3390/gels8010011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/02/2021] [Revised: 12/17/2021] [Accepted: 12/17/2021] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
Abstract
Local acidity and electrostatic interactions are associated both with catalytic properties and the adsorption activity of various materials, and with the vital functions of biomolecules. The observation of acid–base equilibria in stable free radicals using EPR spectroscopy represents a convenient method for monitoring pH changes and the investigation of surface electrostatics, the advantages of which are especially evident in opaque and turbid samples and in porous materials such as xerogels. Imidazoline nitroxides are the most commonly used pH-sensitive spin probes and labels due to the high sensitivity of the parameters of the EPR spectra to pH changes, their small size, and their well-developed chemistry. In this work, several new derivatives of 4-(N,N-dialkylamino)-2,5-dihydrioimidazol-1-oxyl, with functional groups suitable for specific binding, were synthesized. The dependence of the parameters of their EPR spectra on pH was studied. Several showed a pKa close to 7.4, following the pH changes in a normal physiological range, and some demonstrated a monotonous change of the hyperfine coupling constant by 0.14 mT upon pH variation by four units.
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Wang DM, Jia J, Huang RF, Zhang X. A base-repair based electrochemiluminescent genotoxicity sensor that detects abasic sites in double-stranded DNA films. Chem Commun (Camb) 2021; 56:12558-12561. [PMID: 32940265 DOI: 10.1039/d0cc05186a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
Abstract
A novel genotoxicity sensor was developed based on the base repair process associated with the electrochemiluminescence (ECL) detection of abasic sites in a double-stranded DNA monolayer. This is the first time that an ECL sensor with the ability to identify the removed nucleobases in a DNA duplex has been studied. The successful detection of abasic sites created by DNA glycosylase indicates its further applications for examining some other specific types of DNA damage.
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- Dong-Mei Wang
- College of Materials and Chemistry & Chemical Engineering, Chengdu University of Technology, Chengdu 610059, China.
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- College of Materials and Chemistry & Chemical Engineering, Chengdu University of Technology, Chengdu 610059, China.
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- College of Materials and Chemistry & Chemical Engineering, Chengdu University of Technology, Chengdu 610059, China.
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- College of Materials and Chemistry & Chemical Engineering, Chengdu University of Technology, Chengdu 610059, China.
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Lorenzo ER, Olshansky JH, Abia DSD, Krzyaniak MD, Young RM, Wasielewski MR. Interaction of Photogenerated Spin Qubit Pairs with a Third Electron Spin in DNA Hairpins. J Am Chem Soc 2021; 143:4625-4632. [PMID: 33735563 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.0c12645] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
Abstract
The designing of tunable molecular systems that can host spin qubits is a promising strategy for advancing the development of quantum information science (QIS) applications. Photogenerated radical pairs are good spin qubit pair (SQP) candidates because they can be initialized in a pure quantum state that exhibits relatively long coherence times. DNA is a well-studied molecular system that allows for control of energetics and spatial specificity through careful design and thus serves as a tunable scaffold on which to control multispin interactions. Here, we examine a series of DNA hairpins that use naphthalenediimide (NDI) as the hairpin linker. Photoexcitation of the NDI leads to subnanosecond oxidation of guanine (G) within the duplex or a stilbenediether (Sd) end-cap to give NDI•--G•+ or NDI•--Sd•+ SQPs, respectively. A 2,2,6,6-tetramethylpiperdinyl-1-oxyl (TEMPO) stable radical is covalently attached to the hairpin at varying distances from the SQP spins. While TEMPO has a minimal effect on the SQP formation and decay dynamics, EPR spectroscopy indicates that there are significant spin-spin dipolar interactions between the SQP and TEMPO. We also demonstrate the ability to implement more complex spin manipulations of the NDI•--Sd•+-TEMPO system using pulse-EPR techniques, which is important for developing DNA hairpins for QIS applications.
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- Emmaline R Lorenzo
- Department of Chemistry, Center for Molecular Quantum Transduction, and Institute for Sustainability and Energy at Northwestern, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208-3113, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Center for Molecular Quantum Transduction, and Institute for Sustainability and Energy at Northwestern, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208-3113, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Center for Molecular Quantum Transduction, and Institute for Sustainability and Energy at Northwestern, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208-3113, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Center for Molecular Quantum Transduction, and Institute for Sustainability and Energy at Northwestern, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208-3113, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Center for Molecular Quantum Transduction, and Institute for Sustainability and Energy at Northwestern, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208-3113, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Center for Molecular Quantum Transduction, and Institute for Sustainability and Energy at Northwestern, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208-3113, United States
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Abstract
Labeling of nucleic acids is required for many studies aiming to elucidate their functions and dynamics in vitro and in cells. Out of the numerous labeling concepts that have been devised, covalent labeling provides the most stable linkage, an unrivaled choice of small and highly fluorescent labels and - thanks to recent advances in click chemistry - an incredible versatility. Depending on the approach, site-, sequence- and cell-specificity can be achieved. DNA and RNA labeling are rapidly developing fields that bring together multiple areas of research: on the one hand, synthetic and biophysical chemists develop new fluorescent labels and isomorphic nucleobases as well as faster and more selective bioorthogonal reactions. On the other hand, the number of enzymes that can be harnessed for post-synthetic and site-specific labeling of nucleic acids has increased significantly. Together with protein engineering and genetic manipulation of cells, intracellular and cell-specific labeling has become possible. In this review, we provide a structured overview of covalent labeling approaches for nucleic acids and highlight notable developments, in particular recent examples. The majority of this review will focus on fluorescent labeling; however, the principles can often be readily applied to other labels. We will start with entirely chemical approaches, followed by chemo-enzymatic strategies and ribozymes, and finish with metabolic labeling of nucleic acids. Each section is subdivided into direct (or one-step) and two-step labeling approaches and will start with DNA before treating RNA.
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- Nils Klöcker
- Institute of Biochemistry, University of Muenster, Corrensstraße 36, D-48149 Münster, Germany.
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Hong SW, Lee SY, Hwang GT. Fluorene‐Labeled 2'‐Deoxyuridine as an Environmentally Sensitive Probe for Detection of an Abasic Site. ChemistrySelect 2020. [DOI: 10.1002/slct.202003432] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Seung Woo Hong
- Department of Chemistry and Green-Nano Materials Research Center Kyungpook National University Daegu 41566 Republic of Korea
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- Department of Chemistry and Green-Nano Materials Research Center Kyungpook National University Daegu 41566 Republic of Korea
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- Department of Chemistry and Green-Nano Materials Research Center Kyungpook National University Daegu 41566 Republic of Korea
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Stabilization of an abasic site paired against an unnatural triazolyl nitrobenzene nucleoside. Biophys Chem 2020; 264:106428. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bpc.2020.106428] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/01/2020] [Revised: 07/03/2020] [Accepted: 07/03/2020] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Wang Y, Kathiresan V, Chen Y, Hu Y, Jiang W, Bai G, Liu G, Qin PZ, Fang X. Posttranscriptional site-directed spin labeling of large RNAs with an unnatural base pair system under non-denaturing conditions. Chem Sci 2020; 11:9655-9664. [PMID: 33224460 PMCID: PMC7667596 DOI: 10.1039/d0sc01717e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/24/2020] [Accepted: 08/19/2020] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
Abstract
Site-directed spin labeling (SDSL) of large RNAs for electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) spectroscopy has remained challenging to date.
Site-directed spin labeling (SDSL) of large RNAs for electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) spectroscopy has remained challenging to date. We here demonstrate an efficient and generally applicable posttranscriptional SDSL method for large RNAs using an expanded genetic alphabet containing the NaM-TPT3 unnatural base pair (UBP). An alkyne-modified TPT3 ribonucleotide triphosphate (rTPT3COTP) is synthesized and site-specifically incorporated into large RNAs by in vitro transcription, which allows attachment of the azide-containing nitroxide through click chemistry. We validate this strategy by SDSL of a 419-nucleotide ribonuclease P (RNase P) RNA from Bacillus stearothermophilus under non-denaturing conditions. The effects of site-directed UBP incorporation and subsequent spin labeling on the global structure and function of RNase P are marginal as evaluated by Circular Dichroism spectroscopy, Small Angle X-ray Scattering, Sedimentation Velocity Analytical Ultracentrifugation and enzymatic assay. Continuous-Wave EPR analyses reveal that the labeling reaction is efficient and specific, and Pulsed Electron–Electron Double Resonance measurements yield an inter-spin distance distribution that agrees with the crystal structure. The labeling strategy as presented overcomes the size constraint of RNA labeling, opening new avenues of spin labeling and EPR spectroscopy for investigating the structure and dynamics of large RNAs.
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- Yan Wang
- Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Structural Biology , School of Life Sciences , Tsinghua University , Beijing 100084 , China .
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- Department of Chemistry , University of Southern California , Los Angeles , California 90089 , USA .
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- Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Structural Biology , School of Life Sciences , Tsinghua University , Beijing 100084 , China .
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- Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Structural Biology , School of Life Sciences , Tsinghua University , Beijing 100084 , China .
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- Department of Chemistry , University of Southern California , Los Angeles , California 90089 , USA .
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- State Key Laboratory of Natural and Biomimetic Drugs , School of Pharmaceutical Sciences , Peking University , Beijing 100191 , China
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- State Key Laboratory of Natural and Biomimetic Drugs , School of Pharmaceutical Sciences , Peking University , Beijing 100191 , China
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- Department of Chemistry , University of Southern California , Los Angeles , California 90089 , USA .
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- Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Structural Biology , School of Life Sciences , Tsinghua University , Beijing 100084 , China .
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Uddin MA, Yu H, Wang L, Naveed K, Haq F, Amin BU, Mehmood S, Nazir A, Xing Y, Shen D. Recent progress in
EPR
study of spin labeled polymers and spin probed polymer systems. JOURNAL OF POLYMER SCIENCE 2020. [DOI: 10.1002/pol.20200039] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Md Alim Uddin
- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Engineering, College of Chemical and Biological EngineeringZhejiang University Hangzhou Zhejiang China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Engineering, College of Chemical and Biological EngineeringZhejiang University Hangzhou Zhejiang China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Engineering, College of Chemical and Biological EngineeringZhejiang University Hangzhou Zhejiang China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Engineering, College of Chemical and Biological EngineeringZhejiang University Hangzhou Zhejiang China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Engineering, College of Chemical and Biological EngineeringZhejiang University Hangzhou Zhejiang China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Engineering, College of Chemical and Biological EngineeringZhejiang University Hangzhou Zhejiang China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Engineering, College of Chemical and Biological EngineeringZhejiang University Hangzhou Zhejiang China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Engineering, College of Chemical and Biological EngineeringZhejiang University Hangzhou Zhejiang China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Engineering, College of Chemical and Biological EngineeringZhejiang University Hangzhou Zhejiang China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Engineering, College of Chemical and Biological EngineeringZhejiang University Hangzhou Zhejiang China
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Hardwick JS, Haugland MM, El-Sagheer AH, Ptchelkine D, Beierlein FR, Lane AN, Brown T, Lovett JE, Anderson EA. 2'-Alkynyl spin-labelling is a minimally perturbing tool for DNA structural analysis. Nucleic Acids Res 2020; 48:2830-2840. [PMID: 32052020 PMCID: PMC7102949 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkaa086] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/04/2019] [Revised: 01/28/2020] [Accepted: 02/10/2020] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
Abstract
The determination of distances between specific points in nucleic acids is essential to understanding their behaviour at the molecular level. The ability to measure distances of 2-10 nm is particularly important: deformations arising from protein binding commonly fall within this range, but the reliable measurement of such distances for a conformational ensemble remains a significant challenge. Using several techniques, we show that electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) spectroscopy of oligonucleotides spin-labelled with triazole-appended nitroxides at the 2' position offers a robust and minimally perturbing tool for obtaining such measurements. For two nitroxides, we present results from EPR spectroscopy, X-ray crystal structures of B-form spin-labelled DNA duplexes, molecular dynamics simulations and nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy. These four methods are mutually supportive, and pinpoint the locations of the spin labels on the duplexes. In doing so, this work establishes 2'-alkynyl nitroxide spin-labelling as a minimally perturbing method for probing DNA conformation.
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- Jack S Hardwick
- Chemistry Research Laboratory, University of Oxford, 12 Mansfield Road, Oxford, OX1 3TA, UK
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- Chemistry Research Laboratory, University of Oxford, 12 Mansfield Road, Oxford, OX1 3TA, UK
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- Chemistry Research Laboratory, University of Oxford, 12 Mansfield Road, Oxford, OX1 3TA, UK
- Chemistry Branch, Department of Science and Mathematics, Faculty of Petroleum and Mining Engineering, Suez University, Suez 43721, Egypt
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- Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Department of Oncology, University of Oxford, John Radcliffe Hospital, Headley Way, Oxford OX3 9DS, UK
- Research Complex at Harwell, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Didcot, OX11 0FA, UK
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- Computer-Chemistry-Center and Interdisciplinary Center for Molecular Materials, Department of Chemistry and Pharmacy, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Nägelsbachstrasse 25, 91052 Erlangen, Germany
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- Center for Environmental and Systems Biochemistry and Department of Toxicology & Cancer Biology, The University of Kentucky, 789 S. Limestone St., Lexington, KY 40536, USA
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- Chemistry Research Laboratory, University of Oxford, 12 Mansfield Road, Oxford, OX1 3TA, UK
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- SUPA School of Physics and Astronomy and BSRC, University of St Andrews, North Haugh, St Andrews KY16 9SS, UK
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- Chemistry Research Laboratory, University of Oxford, 12 Mansfield Road, Oxford, OX1 3TA, UK
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Manna S, Srivatsan SG. Synthesis and Enzymatic Incorporation of a Responsive Ribonucleoside Probe That Enables Quantitative Detection of Metallo-Base Pairs. Org Lett 2019; 21:4646-4650. [PMID: 31184159 PMCID: PMC6794643 DOI: 10.1021/acs.orglett.9b01544] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Synthesis of a highly
responsive fluorescent ribonucleoside analogue
based on a 5-methoxybenzofuran uracil core, enzymatic incorporation
of its triphosphate substrate into RNA transcripts, and its utility
in the specific detection and estimation of Hg2+-ion-mediated
metallo-base pair formation in DNA–RNA and RNA–RNA duplexes
are described.
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- Sudeshna Manna
- Department of Chemistry , Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Pune , Dr. Homi Bhabha Road , Pune 411008 , India
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- Department of Chemistry , Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Pune , Dr. Homi Bhabha Road , Pune 411008 , India
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Bognár B, Úr G, Sár C, Hankovszky OH, Hideg K, Kálai T. Synthesis and Application of Stable Nitroxide Free Radicals Fused with Carbocycles and Heterocycles. CURR ORG CHEM 2019. [DOI: 10.2174/1385272823666190318163321] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
Abstract
Stable nitroxide free radicals have traditionally been associated with 2,2,6,6-
tetramethylpiperidine-1-oxyl (TEMPO) or its 4-substituted derivatives as relatively inexpensive
and readily accessible compounds with limited possibilities for further chemical
modification. Over the past two decades, there has been a resurgence of interest in stable
free radicals with proper functionalization tuned for various applications. The objective of
this review is to present recent results with synthetic methodologies to achieve stable nitroxide
free radicals fused with aromatic carbocycles and heterocycles. There are two
main approaches for accessing stable nitroxide free radicals fused with arenes, e.g., isoindoline-
like nitroxides: further functionalization and oxidation of phthalimide or inventive
functionalization of pyrroline nitroxide key compounds. The latter also offers the constructions
of versatile heterocyclic scaffolds (furan, pyrrole, thiophene, 1,2-thiazole, selenophene, pyrazole,
pyrimidine, pyridine, pyridazine, 1,5-benzothiazepine) that are fused with pyrroline or tetrahydropyridine nitroxide
rings. The possible applications of these new stable nitroxide free radicals, such as covalent spin labels
and noncovalent spin probes of proteins and nucleic acids, profluorescent probes, building blocks for construction
of dual active drugs and electroactive materials, and substances for controlled free radical polymerization,
are discussed.
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- Balázs Bognár
- Institute of Organic and Medicinal Chemistry, Medical School, University of Pecs, Szigeti st. 12, H-7624 Pecs, Hungary
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- Institute of Organic and Medicinal Chemistry, Medical School, University of Pecs, Szigeti st. 12, H-7624 Pecs, Hungary
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- Institute of Organic and Medicinal Chemistry, Medical School, University of Pecs, Szigeti st. 12, H-7624 Pecs, Hungary
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- Institute of Organic and Medicinal Chemistry, Medical School, University of Pecs, Szigeti st. 12, H-7624 Pecs, Hungary
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- Institute of Organic and Medicinal Chemistry, Medical School, University of Pecs, Szigeti st. 12, H-7624 Pecs, Hungary
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- Institute of Organic and Medicinal Chemistry, Medical School, University of Pecs, Szigeti st. 12, H-7624 Pecs, Hungary
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Heiler KE, Pan CW, Heiler AJ, Wu JP, Tillman ES. Synthesis of Nitroxide End-Labeled Polymers by Capturing Polystyrene Radicals with Spin Traps. MACROMOL CHEM PHYS 2018. [DOI: 10.1002/macp.201800171] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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- Katherine E. Heiler
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry; Santa Clara University; 500 El Camino Real Santa Clara CA 95053 USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry; Santa Clara University; 500 El Camino Real Santa Clara CA 95053 USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry; Santa Clara University; 500 El Camino Real Santa Clara CA 95053 USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry; Santa Clara University; 500 El Camino Real Santa Clara CA 95053 USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry; Santa Clara University; 500 El Camino Real Santa Clara CA 95053 USA
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Kerzhner M, Matsuoka H, Wuebben C, Famulok M, Schiemann O. High-Yield Spin Labeling of Long RNAs for Electron Paramagnetic Resonance Spectroscopy. Biochemistry 2018; 57:2923-2931. [PMID: 29715006 DOI: 10.1021/acs.biochem.8b00040] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Site-directed spin labeling is a powerful tool for investigating the conformation and dynamics of biomacromolecules such as RNA. Here we introduce a spin labeling strategy based on click chemistry in solution that, in combination with enzymatic ligation, allows highly efficient labeling of complex and long RNAs with short reaction times and suppressed RNA degradation. With this approach, a 34-nucleotide aptamer domain of the preQ1 riboswitch and an 81-nucleotide TPP riboswitch aptamer could be labeled with two labels in several positions. We then show that conformations of the preQ1 aptamer and its dynamics can be monitored in the absence and presence of Mg2+ and a preQ1 ligand by continuous wave electron paramagnetic resonance spectroscopy at room temperature and pulsed electron-electron double resonance spectroscopy (PELDOR or DEER) in the frozen state.
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- Mark Kerzhner
- Life & Medical Sciences Institute Chemical Biology & Medicinal Chemistry Unit c/o Kekulé-Institut für Organische Chemie und Biochemie University of Bonn , Gerhard-Domagk-Strasse 1 , 53121 Bonn , Germany
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- Institute of Physical and Theoretical Chemistry , University of Bonn , Wegelerstrasse 12 , 53115 Bonn , Germany
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- Institute of Physical and Theoretical Chemistry , University of Bonn , Wegelerstrasse 12 , 53115 Bonn , Germany
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- Life & Medical Sciences Institute Chemical Biology & Medicinal Chemistry Unit c/o Kekulé-Institut für Organische Chemie und Biochemie University of Bonn , Gerhard-Domagk-Strasse 1 , 53121 Bonn , Germany.,Max Planck Fellowship Chemical Biology Group , Stiftung caesar , Ludwig-Erhard-Allee 2 , 53175 Bonn , Germany
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- Institute of Physical and Theoretical Chemistry , University of Bonn , Wegelerstrasse 12 , 53115 Bonn , Germany
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Heinrich F, Riedel M, Lisdat F. Detection of abasic DNA by means of impedance spectroscopy. Electrochem commun 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.elecom.2018.04.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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Haugland MM, Lovett JE, Anderson EA. Advances in the synthesis of nitroxide radicals for use in biomolecule spin labelling. Chem Soc Rev 2018; 47:668-680. [PMID: 29192696 DOI: 10.1039/c6cs00550k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 76] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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EPR spectroscopy is an increasingly useful analytical tool to probe biomolecule structure, dynamic behaviour, and interactions. Nitroxide radicals are the most commonly used radical probe in EPR experiments, and many methods have been developed for their synthesis, as well as incorporation into biomolecules using site-directed spin labelling. In this Tutorial Review, we discuss the most practical methods for the synthesis of nitroxides, focusing on the tunability of their structures, the manipulation of their sidechains into spin labelling handles, and their installation into biomolecules.
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- Marius M Haugland
- Department of Chemistry, University of Oxford, Chemistry Research Laboratory, 12 Mansfield Rd, Oxford, OX1 3TA, UK.
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Kamble NR, Sigurdsson ST. Purine-Derived Nitroxides for Noncovalent Spin-Labeling of Abasic Sites in Duplex Nucleic Acids. Chemistry 2018; 24:4157-4164. [DOI: 10.1002/chem.201705410] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/14/2017] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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- Nilesh R. Kamble
- University of Iceland; Department of Chemistry; Science Institute; Dunhaga 3 107 Reykjavik Iceland
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- University of Iceland; Department of Chemistry; Science Institute; Dunhaga 3 107 Reykjavik Iceland
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Gmeiner C, Dorn G, Allain FHT, Jeschke G, Yulikov M. Spin labelling for integrative structure modelling: a case study of the polypyrimidine-tract binding protein 1 domains in complexes with short RNAs. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2018; 19:28360-28380. [PMID: 29034946 DOI: 10.1039/c7cp05822e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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A combined method, employing NMR and EPR spectroscopies, has demonstrated its strength in solving structures of protein/RNA and other types of biomolecular complexes. This method works particularly well when the large biomolecular complex consists of a limited number of rigid building blocks, such as RNA-binding protein domains (RBDs). A variety of spin labels is available for such studies, allowing for conventional as well as spectroscopically orthogonal double electron-electron resonance (DEER) measurements in EPR. In this work, we compare different types of nitroxide-based and Gd(iii)-based spin labels attached to isolated RBDs of the polypyrimidine-tract binding protein 1 (PTBP1) and to short RNA fragments. In particular, we demonstrate experiments on spectroscopically orthogonal labelled RBD/RNA complexes. For all experiments we analyse spin labelling, DEER method performance, resulting distance distributions, and their consistency with the predictions from the spin label rotamers analysis. This work provides a set of intra-domain calibration DEER data, which can serve as a basis to start structure determination of the full length PTBP1 complex with an RNA derived from encephalomycarditis virus (EMCV) internal ribosomal entry site (IRES). For a series of tested labelling sites, we discuss their particular advantages and drawbacks in such a structure determination approach.
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- Christoph Gmeiner
- Laboratory of Physical Chemistry, ETH Zurich, Zurich, 8093, Switzerland.
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Sugiki T, Furuita K, Fujiwara T, Kojima C. Current NMR Techniques for Structure-Based Drug Discovery. Molecules 2018; 23:molecules23010148. [PMID: 29329228 PMCID: PMC6017608 DOI: 10.3390/molecules23010148] [Citation(s) in RCA: 71] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/27/2017] [Revised: 12/28/2017] [Accepted: 01/09/2018] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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A variety of nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) applications have been developed for structure-based drug discovery (SBDD). NMR provides many advantages over other methods, such as the ability to directly observe chemical compounds and target biomolecules, and to be used for ligand-based and protein-based approaches. NMR can also provide important information about the interactions in a protein-ligand complex, such as structure, dynamics, and affinity, even when the interaction is too weak to be detected by ELISA or fluorescence resonance energy transfer (FRET)-based high-throughput screening (HTS) or to be crystalized. In this study, we reviewed current NMR techniques. We focused on recent progress in NMR measurement and sample preparation techniques that have expanded the potential of NMR-based SBDD, such as fluorine NMR (19F-NMR) screening, structure modeling of weak complexes, and site-specific isotope labeling of challenging targets.
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- Toshihiko Sugiki
- Institute for Protein Research, Osaka University, Osaka 565-0871, Japan.
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- Institute for Protein Research, Osaka University, Osaka 565-0871, Japan.
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- Institute for Protein Research, Osaka University, Osaka 565-0871, Japan.
- Graduate School of Engineering, Yokohama National University, Yokohama 240-8501, Japan.
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Prior C, Danilāne L, Oganesyan VS. All-atom molecular dynamics simulations of spin labelled double and single-strand DNA for EPR studies. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2018; 20:13461-13472. [DOI: 10.1039/c7cp08625c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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Prediction of motional EPR spectra of spin labelled DNA structures from fully atomistic MD simulations.
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- C. Prior
- School of Chemistry
- University of East Anglia
- Norwich
- UK
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- School of Chemistry
- University of East Anglia
- Norwich
- UK
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The Synergetic Effects of Combining Structural Biology and EPR Spectroscopy on Membrane Proteins. CRYSTALS 2017. [DOI: 10.3390/cryst7040117] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Protein structures as provided by structural biology such as X-ray crystallography, cryo-electron microscopy and NMR spectroscopy are key elements to understand the function of a protein on the molecular level. Nonetheless, they might be error-prone due to crystallization artifacts or, in particular in case of membrane-imbedded proteins, a mostly artificial environment. In this review, we will introduce different EPR spectroscopy methods as powerful tools to complement and validate structural data gaining insights in the dynamics of proteins and protein complexes such that functional cycles can be derived. We will highlight the use of EPR spectroscopy on membrane-embedded proteins and protein complexes ranging from receptors to secondary active transporters as structural information is still limited in this field and the lipid environment is a particular challenge.
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Schmidt OP, Mata G, Luedtke NW. Fluorescent Base Analogue Reveals T-HgII-T Base Pairs Have High Kinetic Stabilities That Perturb DNA Metabolism. J Am Chem Soc 2016; 138:14733-14739. [DOI: 10.1021/jacs.6b09044] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
Affiliation(s)
- Olivia P. Schmidt
- Department of Chemistry, University of Zürich, Winterthurerstrasse 190, CH-8057 Zürich, Switzerland
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Zürich, Winterthurerstrasse 190, CH-8057 Zürich, Switzerland
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Zürich, Winterthurerstrasse 190, CH-8057 Zürich, Switzerland
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Kerzhner M, Abdullin D, Więcek J, Matsuoka H, Hagelueken G, Schiemann O, Famulok M. Post-synthetic Spin-Labeling of RNA through Click Chemistry for PELDOR Measurements. Chemistry 2016; 22:12113-21. [PMID: 27412453 DOI: 10.1002/chem.201601897] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/19/2016] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
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Site-directed spin labeling of RNA based on click chemistry is used in combination with pulsed electron-electron double resonance (PELDOR) to benchmark a nitroxide spin label, called here dŲ. We compare this approach with another established method that employs the rigid spin label Çm for RNA labeling. By using CD spectroscopy, thermal denaturation measurements, CW-EPR as well as PELDOR we analyzed and compared the influence of dŲ and Çm on a self-complementary RNA duplex. Our results demonstrate that the conformational diversity of dŲ is significantly reduced near the freezing temperature of a phosphate buffer, resulting in strongly orientation-selective PELDOR time traces of the dŲ-labeled RNA duplex.
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- Mark Kerzhner
- Life & Medical Sciences Institute, Chemical Biology & Medicinal Chemistry Unit c/o Kekulé-Institut für Organische Chemie und Biochemie, University of Bonn, Gerhard-Domagk-Str. 1, 53121, Bonn, Germany
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- Institute for Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, University of Bonn, Wegelerstr. 12, 53115, Bonn, Germany
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- Institute for Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, University of Bonn, Wegelerstr. 12, 53115, Bonn, Germany
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- Institute for Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, University of Bonn, Wegelerstr. 12, 53115, Bonn, Germany
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- Institute for Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, University of Bonn, Wegelerstr. 12, 53115, Bonn, Germany
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- Institute for Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, University of Bonn, Wegelerstr. 12, 53115, Bonn, Germany.
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- Life & Medical Sciences Institute, Chemical Biology & Medicinal Chemistry Unit c/o Kekulé-Institut für Organische Chemie und Biochemie, University of Bonn, Gerhard-Domagk-Str. 1, 53121, Bonn, Germany. .,Max-Planck Fellow Group Chemical Biology, Center of Advanced European Studies and Research, Ludwig-Erhard-Allee 2, 53175, Bonn, Germany.
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Eggert F, Kath-Schorr S. A cyclopropene-modified nucleotide for site-specific RNA labeling using genetic alphabet expansion transcription. Chem Commun (Camb) 2016; 52:7284-7. [PMID: 27181840 DOI: 10.1039/c6cc02321e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Site-specific RNA modification with methyl cyclopropene moieties is performed by T7 in vitro transcription. An existing unnatural base is functionalized with a cyclopropene moiety and used in transcription reactions to produce site-specifically cyclopropene-modified RNA molecules. The posttranscriptional inverse electron demand Diels-Alder cycloaddition reaction with a selected tetrazine-fluorophore conjugate is demonstrated.
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- F Eggert
- LIMES Institute, Chemical Biology & Medicinal Chemistry Unit, University of Bonn, Gerhard-Domagk-Straße 1, 53121 Bonn, Germany.
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Kath-Schorr S. Cycloadditions for Studying Nucleic Acids. Top Curr Chem (Cham) 2015; 374:4. [PMID: 27572987 DOI: 10.1007/s41061-015-0004-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/28/2015] [Accepted: 11/30/2015] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Cycloaddition reactions for site-specific or global modification of nucleic acids have enabled the preparation of a plethora of previously inaccessible DNA and RNA constructs for structural and functional studies on naturally occurring nucleic acids, the assembly of nucleic acid nanostructures, therapeutic applications, and recently, the development of novel aptamers. In this chapter, recent progress in nucleic acid functionalization via a range of different cycloaddition (click) chemistries is presented. At first, cycloaddition/click chemistries already used for modifying nucleic acids are summarized, ranging from the well-established copper(I)-catalyzed alkyne-azide cycloaddition reaction to copper free methods, such as the strain-promoted azide-alkyne cycloaddition, tetrazole-based photoclick chemistry and the inverse electron demand Diels-Alder cycloaddition reaction between strained alkenes and tetrazine derivatives. The subsequent sections contain selected applications of nucleic acid functionalization via click chemistry; in particular, site-specific enzymatic labeling in vitro, either via DNA and RNA recognizing enzymes or by introducing unnatural base pairs modified for click reactions. Further sections report recent progress in metabolic labeling and fluorescent detection of DNA and RNA synthesis in vivo, click nucleic acid ligation, click chemistry in nanostructure assembly and click-SELEX as a novel method for the selection of aptamers.
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- Stephanie Kath-Schorr
- LIMES Institute, Chemical Biology and Medicinal Chemistry Unit, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany.
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Condie AG, Yan Y, Gerson SL, Wang Y. A Fluorescent Probe to Measure DNA Damage and Repair. PLoS One 2015; 10:e0131330. [PMID: 26309022 PMCID: PMC4550365 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0131330] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/23/2015] [Accepted: 05/31/2015] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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DNA damage and repair is a fundamental process that plays an important role in cancer treatment. Base excision repair (BER) is a major repair pathway that often leads to drug resistance in DNA-targeted cancer chemotherapy. In order to measure BER, we have developed a near infrared (NIR) fluorescent probe. This probe binds to a key intermediate, termed apurinic/apyrimidinic (AP) site, in the BER pathway where DNA damage and repair occurs. We have developed an assay to show the efficacy of the probe binding to AP sites and have shown that it can distinguish AP sites in DNA extract from chemotherapy treated cells. This probe has potential application in monitoring patient response to chemotherapy and evaluating new drugs in development.
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- Allison G Condie
- Department of Radiology, Chemistry, and Biomedical Engineering, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America
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- Department of Pharmacology, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, United States of America
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- Department of Hematology and Oncology, Case Comprehensive Cancer Center, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, United States of America
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- Department of Radiology, Chemistry, and Biomedical Engineering, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America
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Wojciechowski F, Groß A, Holder IT, Knörr L, Drescher M, Hartig JS. Pulsed EPR spectroscopy distance measurements of DNA internally labelled with Gd(3+)-DOTA. Chem Commun (Camb) 2015; 51:13850-3. [PMID: 26236790 DOI: 10.1039/c5cc04234h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Gd(3+) is increasingly used in EPR spectroscopy due to its increased intracellular stability and signal-to-noise ratios. Here we present the incorporation of Gd(3+)-DOTA into internal positions in DNA. Distance measurements via pulsed Electron Paramagnetic Resonance (EPR) spectroscopy in vitro and in cellula proved enhanced stability and efficiency compared to nitroxide labels.
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- Filip Wojciechowski
- Department of Chemistry, University of Konstanz, Universitätsstr. 10, Konstanz, Germany.
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Shelke SA, Sandholt GB, Sigurdsson ST. Nitroxide-labeled pyrimidines for non-covalent spin-labeling of abasic sites in DNA and RNA duplexes. Org Biomol Chem 2015; 12:7366-74. [PMID: 25119508 DOI: 10.1039/c4ob01095g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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Non-covalent and site-directed spin labeling gives easy access to spin-labeled nucleic acids for the study of their structure and dynamics by electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) spectroscopy. In a search for improved spin labels for non-covalent binding to abasic sites in duplex DNA and RNA, ten pyrimidine-derived spin labels were prepared in good yields and their binding was evaluated by continuous wave (CW)-EPR spectroscopy. Most of the spin labels showed lower binding affinity than the previously reported label ç towards abasic sites in DNA and RNA. The most promising labels were triazole-linked spin labels and a pyrrolocytosine label. In particular, the N1-ethylamino derivative of a triazole-linked uracil spin label binds fully to both DNA and RNA containing an abasic site. This is the first example of a spin label that binds fully through non-covalent interactions with an abasic site in RNA.
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- Sandip A Shelke
- University of Iceland, Department of Chemistry, Science Institute, Dunhaga 3, 107 Reykjavik, Iceland.
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Wunnicke D, Ding P, Yang H, Seela F, Steinhoff HJ. DNA with Parallel Strand Orientation: A Nanometer Distance Study with Spin Labels in the Watson-Crick and the Reverse Watson-Crick Double Helix. J Phys Chem B 2015; 119:13593-9. [PMID: 26121221 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.5b02935] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Parallel-stranded (ps) DNA characterized by its sugar-phosphate backbones pointing in the same direction represents an alternative pairing system to antiparallel-stranded (aps) DNA with the potential to inhibit transcription and translation. 25-mer oligonucleotides were selected containing only dA·dT base pairs to compare spin-labeled nucleobase distances over a range of 10 or 15 base pairs in ps DNA with those in aps DNA. By means of the copper(I)-catalyzed Huisgen-Meldal-Sharpless alkyne-azide cycloaddition, the spin label 4-azido-2,2,6,6-tetramethylpiperidine-1-oxyl was clicked to 7-ethynyl-7-deaza-2'-deoxyadenosine or 5-ethynyl-2'-deoxyuridine to yield 25-mer oligonucleotides incorporating two spin labels. The interspin distances between spin labeled residues were determined by pulse EPR spectroscopy. The results reveal that in ps DNA these distances are between 5 and 10% longer than in aps DNA when the labeled DNA segment is located near the center of the double helix. The interspin distance in ps DNA becomes shorter compared with aps DNA when one of the spin labels occupies a position near the end of the double helix.
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- Laboratory of Bioorganic Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Center for Nanotechnology , Heisenbergstrasse 11, 48149 Münster, Germany
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- Laboratory of Bioorganic Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Center for Nanotechnology , Heisenbergstrasse 11, 48149 Münster, Germany
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- Laboratory of Bioorganic Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Center for Nanotechnology , Heisenbergstrasse 11, 48149 Münster, Germany
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Saha S, Jagtap AP, Sigurdsson ST. Site-directed spin labeling of 2′-amino groups in RNA with isoindoline nitroxides that are resistant to reduction. Chem Commun (Camb) 2015; 51:13142-5. [DOI: 10.1039/c5cc05014f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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2'-Amino groups in RNA were selectively spin labeled with reductively stable isoindoline nitroxides through a high-yielding reaction with aromatic isothiocyanates.
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- Subham Saha
- University of Iceland
- Department of Chemistry
- Science Institute
- 107 Reykjavik
- Iceland
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- University of Iceland
- Department of Chemistry
- Science Institute
- 107 Reykjavik
- Iceland
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Chalmers BA, Saha S, Nguyen T, McMurtrie J, Sigurdsson ST, Bottle SE, Masters KS. TMIO-PyrImid Hybrids are Profluorescent, Site-Directed Spin Labels for Nucleic Acids. Org Lett 2014; 16:5528-31. [DOI: 10.1021/ol502003a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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- Benjamin A. Chalmers
- Faculty
of Science and Engineering, Queensland University of Technology, P.O. Box 2434, 2 George Street, Brisbane, QLD 4001, Australia
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- University of Iceland, Department of Chemistry, Science
Institute, Dunhaga 3, 107 Reykjavík, Iceland
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- University of Iceland, Department of Chemistry, Science
Institute, Dunhaga 3, 107 Reykjavík, Iceland
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- Faculty
of Science and Engineering, Queensland University of Technology, P.O. Box 2434, 2 George Street, Brisbane, QLD 4001, Australia
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- Faculty
of Science and Engineering, Queensland University of Technology, P.O. Box 2434, 2 George Street, Brisbane, QLD 4001, Australia
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New developments in spin labels for pulsed dipolar EPR. Molecules 2014; 19:16998-7025. [PMID: 25342554 PMCID: PMC6271499 DOI: 10.3390/molecules191016998] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/01/2014] [Revised: 10/07/2014] [Accepted: 10/13/2014] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Spin labelling is a chemical technique that enables the integration of a molecule containing an unpaired electron into another framework for study. Given the need to understand the structure, dynamics, and conformational changes of biomacromolecules, spin labelling provides a relatively non-intrusive technique and has certain advantages over X-ray crystallography; which requires high quality crystals. The technique relies on the design of binding probes that target a functional group, for example, the thiol group of a cysteine residue within a protein. The unpaired electron is typically supplied through a nitroxide radical and sterically shielded to preserve stability. Pulsed electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) techniques allow small magnetic couplings to be measured (e.g., <50 MHz) providing information on single label probes or the dipolar coupling between multiple labels. In particular, distances between spin labels pairs can be derived which has led to many protein/enzymes and nucleotides being studied. Here, we summarise recent examples of spin labels used for pulse EPR that serve to illustrate the contribution of chemistry to advancing discoveries in this field.
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Gophane DB, Endeward B, Prisner TF, Sigurdsson ST. Conformationally restricted isoindoline-derived spin labels in duplex DNA: distances and rotational flexibility by pulsed electron-electron double resonance spectroscopy. Chemistry 2014; 20:15913-9. [PMID: 25296640 DOI: 10.1002/chem.201403726] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/28/2014] [Revised: 07/10/2014] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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Three structurally related isoindoline-derived spin labels that have different mobilities were incorporated into duplex DNA to systematically study the effect of motion on orientation-dependent pulsed electron-electron double resonance (PELDOR) measurements. To that end, a new nitroxide spin label, (ExIm)U, was synthesized and incorporated into DNA oligonucleotides. (ExIm)U is the first example of a conformationally unambiguous spin label for nucleic acids, in which the nitroxide N-O bond lies on the same axis as the three single bonds used to attach the otherwise rigid isoindoline-based spin label to a uridine base. Continuous-wave (CW) EPR measurements of (ExIm)U confirm a very high rotational mobility of the spin label in duplex DNA relative to the structurally related spin label (Im)U, which has restricted mobility due to an intramolecular hydrogen bond. The X-band CW-EPR spectra of (ExIm)U can be used to identify mismatches in duplex DNA. PELDOR distance measurements between pairs of the spin labels (Im)U, (Ox)U, and (ExIm)U in duplex DNA showed a strong angular dependence for (Im)U, a medium dependence for (Ox)U, and no orientation effect for (ExIm)U. Thus, precise distances can be extracted from (ExIm)U without having to take orientational effects into account.
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- Dnyaneshwar B Gophane
- Department of Chemistry, Science Institute, University of Iceland, Dunhaga 3, 107 Reykjavik (Iceland), Fax: (+354)5528911
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Deoxyribozyme-Mediated Ligation for Incorporating EPR Spin Labels and Reporter Groups into RNA. Methods Enzymol 2014; 549:85-104. [DOI: 10.1016/b978-0-12-801122-5.00004-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Nguyen T, Håkansson P, Edge R, Collison D, Goodman BA, Burns JR, Stulz E. EPR based distance measurement in Cu-porphyrin–DNA. NEW J CHEM 2014. [DOI: 10.1039/c4nj00673a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Measurement of EPR spectra of Cu-porphyrin–DNA reveals intermolecular interactions between the DNA strands with average distances of 6.5–8.9 Å.
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- ThaoNguyen Nguyen
- School of Chemistry and Instituted of Life Sciences
- University of Southampton
- Southampton, UK
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- School of Chemistry and Instituted of Life Sciences
- University of Southampton
- Southampton, UK
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- School of Chemistry and Photon Science Institute
- The University of Manchester
- Manchester, UK
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- School of Chemistry and Photon Science Institute
- The University of Manchester
- Manchester, UK
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- State Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Subtropical Agro-Bioresources
- Guangxi University
- Nanning 530005, China
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- School of Chemistry and Instituted of Life Sciences
- University of Southampton
- Southampton, UK
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- School of Chemistry and Instituted of Life Sciences
- University of Southampton
- Southampton, UK
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Tanabe K, Ando Y, Hara D, Ito T, Nishimoto SI. Oligonucleotides with consecutive alkylated phosphate units: aggregation characteristics and drug transport into living cells. RSC Adv 2014. [DOI: 10.1039/c3ra47662f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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Ingale SA, Mei H, Leonard P, Seela F. Ethynyl side chain hydration during synthesis and workup of "clickable" oligonucleotides: bypassing acetyl group formation by triisopropylsilyl protection. J Org Chem 2013; 78:11271-82. [PMID: 24138578 DOI: 10.1021/jo401780u] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Clickable oligonucleotides with ethynyl residues in the 5-position of pyrimidines ((eth)dC and (eth)dU) or the 7-position of 7-deazaguanine ((eth)c(7)G(d)) are hydrated during solid-phase oligonucleotide synthesis and workup conditions. The side products were identified as acetyl derivatives by MALDI-TOF mass spectra of oligonucleotides and by detection of modified nucleosides after enzymatic phosphodiester hydrolysis. Ethynyl → acetyl group conversion was also studied on ethynylated nucleosides under acidic and basic conditions. It could be shown that side chain conversion depends on the nucleobase structure. Triisopropylsilyl residues were introduced to protect ethynyl residues from hydration. Pure, acetyl group free oligonucleotides were isolated after desilylation in all cases.
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- Sachin A Ingale
- Laboratory of Bioorganic Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Center for Nanotechnology , Heisenbergstraße 11, 48149 Münster, Germany
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Holder IT, Drescher M, Hartig JS. Structural characterization of quadruplex DNA with in-cell EPR approaches. Bioorg Med Chem 2013; 21:6156-61. [PMID: 23693068 DOI: 10.1016/j.bmc.2013.04.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/14/2013] [Revised: 03/26/2013] [Accepted: 04/05/2013] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Guanosine-rich DNA sequences have the potential to adopt four-stranded conformations termed quadruplexes. The chromosomes of higher organisms are capped by so-called telomeres that are composed of repeats of the sequence TTAGGG. Up to 200 nucleotides of the G-rich strand form an overhang that is suspected to fold into intramolecular G-quadruplexes. Since induction of quadruplexes at the telomeres results in anti-proliferative effects, the intracellular structure of G-quadruplexes is of high interest as an anti-cancer drug target. Here we give a perspective on the elucidation of DNA sequence folds by electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) distance measurements. The technique complements X-ray crystallography and NMR spectroscopy, as it can be applied in noncrystalline states, is not intrinsically limited by the size of the bio-macromolecular complex, and is able to analyze flexible structures or coexisting DNA conformation.
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- Isabelle T Holder
- Department of Chemistry and Konstanz Research School of Chemical Biology, University of Konstanz, 78467 Konstanz, Germany
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Messaoudi S, Gabillet M, Brion JD, Alami M. An efficient synthesis of 3-triazolyl-2(1H
)-quinolones by CuTC-catalyzed azide-alkyne cycloaddition reaction. Appl Organomet Chem 2013. [DOI: 10.1002/aoc.2946] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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- Samir Messaoudi
- Laboratoire de Chimie Thérapeutique, Faculté de Pharmacie; Université Paris-Sud; Châtenay-Malabry France
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- Laboratoire de Chimie Thérapeutique, Faculté de Pharmacie; Université Paris-Sud; Châtenay-Malabry France
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- Laboratoire de Chimie Thérapeutique, Faculté de Pharmacie; Université Paris-Sud; Châtenay-Malabry France
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- Laboratoire de Chimie Thérapeutique, Faculté de Pharmacie; Université Paris-Sud; Châtenay-Malabry France
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Gophane DB, Sigurdsson ST. Hydrogen-bonding controlled rigidity of an isoindoline-derived nitroxide spin label for nucleic acids. Chem Commun (Camb) 2013; 49:999-1001. [DOI: 10.1039/c2cc36389e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Atsumi H, Nakazawa S, Dohno C, Sato K, Takui T, Nakatani K. Ligand-induced electron spin-assembly on a DNA tile. Chem Commun (Camb) 2013; 49:6370-2. [DOI: 10.1039/c3cc41801d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Wu F, Sun Y, Shao Y, Xu S, Liu G, Peng J, Liu L. DNA abasic site-selective enhancement of sanguinarine fluorescence with a large emission shift. PLoS One 2012. [PMID: 23185252 PMCID: PMC3502418 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0048251] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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Small molecules that can specifically bind to a DNA abasic site (AP site) have received much attention due to their importance in DNA lesion identification, drug discovery, and sensor design. Herein, the AP site binding behavior of sanguinarine (SG), a natural alkaloid, was investigated. In aqueous solution, SG has a short-wavelength alkanolamine emission band and a long-wavelength iminium emission band. At pH 8.3, SG experiences a fluorescence quenching for both bands upon binding to fully matched DNAs without the AP site, while the presence of the AP site induces a strong SG binding and the observed fluorescence enhancement for the iminium band are highly dependent on the nucleobases flanking the AP site, while the alkanolamine band is always quenched. The bases opposite the AP site also exert some modifications on the SG's emission behavior. It was found that the observed quenching for DNAs with Gs and Cs flanking the AP site is most likely caused by electron transfer between the AP site-bound excited-state SG and the nearby Gs. However, the flanking As and Ts that are not easily oxidized favor the enhanced emission. This AP site-selective enhancement of SG fluorescence accompanies a band conversion in the dominate emission from the alkanolamine to iminium band thus with a large emission shift of about 170 nm. Absorption spectra, steady-state and transient-state fluorescence, DNA melting, and electrolyte experiments confirm that the AP site binding of SG occurs and the stacking interaction with the nearby base pairs is likely to prevent the converted SG iminium form from contacting with water that is thus emissive when the AP site neighbors are bases other than guanines. We expect that this fluorophore would be developed as a promising AP site binder having a large emission shift.
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- Fei Wu
- Institute of Physical Chemistry, Zhejiang Normal University, Jinhua, Zhejiang, People's Republic of China
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- Chuyang Honors College, Zhejiang Normal University, Jinhua, Zhejiang, People's Republic of China
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- Institute of Physical Chemistry, Zhejiang Normal University, Jinhua, Zhejiang, People's Republic of China
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- Institute of Physical Chemistry, Zhejiang Normal University, Jinhua, Zhejiang, People's Republic of China
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- Institute of Physical Chemistry, Zhejiang Normal University, Jinhua, Zhejiang, People's Republic of China
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- Institute of Physical Chemistry, Zhejiang Normal University, Jinhua, Zhejiang, People's Republic of China
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- Institute of Physical Chemistry, Zhejiang Normal University, Jinhua, Zhejiang, People's Republic of China
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Lee SH, Wang S, Kool ET. Templated chemistry for monitoring damage and repair directly in duplex DNA. Chem Commun (Camb) 2012; 48:8069-71. [PMID: 22782065 DOI: 10.1039/c2cc34060g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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We report the fluorogenic detection of the product of base excision repair (an abasic site) in a specific sequence of duplex DNA. This is achieved by DNA-templated chemistry, employing triple helix-forming probes that contain unnatural nucleobases designed to selectively recognize the site of a missing base. Light-up signals of up to 36-fold were documented, and probes could be used to monitor enzymatic removal of a damaged base.
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- Seoung Ho Lee
- Department of Chemistry, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA
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Wunnicke D, Ding P, Seela F, Steinhoff HJ. Site-directed spin labeling of DNA reveals mismatch-induced nanometer distance changes between flanking nucleotides. J Phys Chem B 2012; 116:4118-23. [PMID: 22424032 DOI: 10.1021/jp212421c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Multiple forms of DNA damages such as base modifications, double-strand breaks, and mispairings are related to inheritable diseases, cancer, and aging. Here, the structural changes of duplex DNA upon incorporation of mismatched base pairs are examined by EPR spectroscopy. Two ethynyl-7-deaza-2'-deoxyadenosine residues separated by two nucleotides were incorporated in DNA and functionalized with 4-azido-2,2,6,6-tetramethyl-piperidine-1-oxyl (4-azido TEMPO) by the click reaction. Mismatches such as dT·dT or dA·dA mispairs were positioned between these two spin labels in DNA duplexes. Pulse EPR experiments reveal that the mismatch-induced local conformational changes are transmitted to the flanking nucleotides and that the impact of this mismatch depends on the nearest neighbor environment.
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- Dorith Wunnicke
- Department of Physics, University Osnabrück, Barbarastraße 7, 49076 Osnabrück, Germany
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Loakes D. Nucleotides and nucleic acids; oligo- and polynucleotides. ORGANOPHOSPHORUS CHEMISTRY 2012. [DOI: 10.1039/9781849734875-00169] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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- David Loakes
- Medical Research Council Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Hills Road Cambridge CB2 2QH UK
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