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Knaack JIH, Meier C. Out of the Dark, into the Light: Metabolic Fluorescent Labeling of Nucleic Acids. ChemMedChem 2024; 19:e202400160. [PMID: 38712684 DOI: 10.1002/cmdc.202400160] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/29/2024] [Revised: 05/02/2024] [Accepted: 05/06/2024] [Indexed: 05/08/2024]
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This review outlines recent advances in live-cell imaging techniques for nucleic acids. We describe the evolution of these methods, particularly highlighting the development of metabolic labeling approaches compatible with living systems using fluorescence-based labeling.
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- J Iven H Knaack
- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Sciences, University of Hamburg, Martin-Luther-King-Platz 6, 20146, Hamburg, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Sciences, University of Hamburg, Martin-Luther-King-Platz 6, 20146, Hamburg, Germany
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Bargstedt J, Reinschmidt M, Tydecks L, Kolmar T, Hendrich CM, Jäschke A. Photochromic Nucleosides and Oligonucleotides. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2024; 63:e202310797. [PMID: 37966433 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202310797] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/27/2023] [Revised: 11/14/2023] [Accepted: 11/15/2023] [Indexed: 11/16/2023]
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Photochromism is a reversible phenomenon wherein a material undergoes a change in color upon exposure to light. In organic photochromes, this effect often results from light-induced isomerization reactions, leading to alterations in either the spatial orientation or electronic properties of the photochrome. The incorporation of photochromic moieties into biomolecules, such as proteins or nucleic acids, has become a prevalent approach to render these biomolecules responsive to light stimuli. Utilizing light as a trigger for the manipulation of biomolecular structure and function offers numerous advantages compared to other stimuli, such as chemical or electrical treatments, due to its non-invasive nature. Consequently, light proves particularly advantageous in cellular and tissue applications. In this review, we emphasize recent advancements in the field of photochromic nucleosides and oligonucleotides. We provide an overview of the design principles of different classes of photochromes, synthetic strategies, critical analytical challenges, as well as structure-property relationships. The applications of photochromic nucleic acid derivatives encompass diverse domains, ranging from the precise photoregulation of gene expression to the controlled modulation of the three-dimensional structures of oligonucleotides and the development of DNA-based fluorescence modulators. Moreover, we present a future perspective on potential modifications and applications.
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- Jörn Bargstedt
- Institute of Pharmacy and Molecular Biotechnology, Heidelberg University, Im Neuenheimer Feld 364, 69120, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Institute of Pharmacy and Molecular Biotechnology, Heidelberg University, Im Neuenheimer Feld 364, 69120, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Institute of Pharmacy and Molecular Biotechnology, Heidelberg University, Im Neuenheimer Feld 364, 69120, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Institute of Pharmacy and Molecular Biotechnology, Heidelberg University, Im Neuenheimer Feld 364, 69120, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Institute of Pharmacy and Molecular Biotechnology, Heidelberg University, Im Neuenheimer Feld 364, 69120, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Institute of Pharmacy and Molecular Biotechnology, Heidelberg University, Im Neuenheimer Feld 364, 69120, Heidelberg, Germany
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Xia Z, Kondhare D, Chandankar SS, Ingale SA, Leonard P, Seela F. Nucleobase-Functionalized 7-Deazaisoguanine and 7-Deazapurin-2,6-diamine Nucleosides: Halogenation, Cross-Coupling, and Cycloaddition. J Org Chem 2024; 89:1807-1822. [PMID: 38227281 DOI: 10.1021/acs.joc.3c02514] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/17/2024]
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The functionalization in position-7 of 7-deazaisoguanine and 7-deazapurin-2,6-diamine ribo- and 2'-deoxyribonucleosides by halogen atoms (chloro, bromo, iodo), and clickable alkynyl and vinyl side chains for copper-catalyzed and copper-free cycloadditions is described. Problems arising during the synthesis of the 7-iodinated isoguanine ribo- and 2'-deoxyribonucleosides were solved by the action of acetone. The impact of side chains and halogen atoms on the pKa values and hydrophobicity of nucleosides was investigated. Halogenated substituents increase the lipophilic character of nucleosides in the order Cl < Br < I and decrease the pK values of protonation. Photophysical properties (fluorescence, solvatochromism, and quantum yields) of azide-alkyne click adducts bearing pyrene as sensor groups were determined. Pyrene fluorescence was solvent-dependent and changed according to the linker lengths. Excimer emission was observed in dioxane for the long linker adduct. Bioorthogonal inverse-electron-demanding Diels-Alder cycloadditions (iEDDA) were conducted on the electron-rich vinyl groups of 7-deazaisoguanine and 7-deazapurin-2,6-diamine nucleosides as dienophiles and 3,6-dipyridyl-1,2,4,5-tetrazine as diene. The initially formed complex reaction mixture of isomers could be easily oxidized with iodine in tetrahydrofuran (THF)/pyridine leading to single aromatic tetrazine adducts within a short time and in excellent yields.
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- Zhenqiang Xia
- 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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- 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
- Laboratorium für Organische und Bioorganische Chemie, Institut für Chemie neuer Materialien, Universität Osnabrück, Barbarastrasse 7, 49069 Osnabrück, Germany
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Zasedateleva OA, Surzhikov SA, Kuznetsova VE, Shershov VE, Barsky VE, Zasedatelev AS, Chudinov AV. Non-Covalent Interactions between dUTP C5-Substituents and DNA Polymerase Decrease PCR Efficiency. Int J Mol Sci 2023; 24:13643. [PMID: 37686447 PMCID: PMC10487964 DOI: 10.3390/ijms241713643] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/31/2023] [Revised: 08/31/2023] [Accepted: 09/02/2023] [Indexed: 09/10/2023] Open
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The approach based on molecular modeling was developed to study dNTP derivatives characterized by new polymerase-specific properties. For this purpose, the relative efficiency of PCR amplification with modified dUTPs was studied using Taq, Tth, Pfu, Vent, Deep Vent, Vent (exo-), and Deep Vent (exo-) DNA polymerases. The efficiency of PCR amplification with modified dUTPs was compared with the results of molecular modeling using the known 3D structures of KlenTaq polymerase-DNA-dNTP complexes. The dUTPs were C5-modified with bulky functional groups (the Cy5 dye analogs) or lighter aromatic groups. Comparing the experimental data and the results of molecular modeling revealed the decrease in PCR efficiency in the presence of modified dUTPs with an increase in the number of non-covalent bonds between the substituents and the DNA polymerase (about 15% decrease per one extra non-covalent bond). Generalization of the revealed patterns to all the studied polymerases of the A and B families is discussed herein. The number of non-covalent bonds between the substituents and polymerase amino acid residues is proposed to be a potentially variable parameter for regulating enzyme activity.
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- Olga A. Zasedateleva
- Engelhardt Institute of Molecular Biology, Russian Academy of Sciences, 32 Vavilov Street, 119991 Moscow, Russia
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Pospíšil Š, Panattoni A, Gracias F, Sýkorová V, Hausnerová VV, Vítovská D, Šanderová H, Krásný L, Hocek M. Epigenetic Pyrimidine Nucleotides in Competition with Natural dNTPs as Substrates for Diverse DNA Polymerases. ACS Chem Biol 2022; 17:2781-2788. [PMID: 35679536 PMCID: PMC9594043 DOI: 10.1021/acschembio.2c00342] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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Five 2'-deoxyribonucleoside triphosphates (dNTPs) derived from epigenetic pyrimidines (5-methylcytosine, 5-hydroxymethylcytosine, 5-formylcytosine, 5-hydroxymethyluracil, and 5-formyluracil) were prepared and systematically studied as substrates for nine DNA polymerases in competition with natural dNTPs by primer extension experiments. The incorporation of these substrates was evaluated by a restriction endonucleases cleavage-based assay and by a kinetic study of single nucleotide extension. All of the modified pyrimidine dNTPs were good substrates for the studied DNA polymerases that incorporated a significant percentage of the modified nucleotides into DNA even in the presence of natural nucleotides. 5-Methylcytosine dNTP was an even better substrate for most polymerases than natural dCTP. On the other hand, 5-hydroxymethyl-2'-deoxyuridine triphosphate was not the best substrate for SPO1 DNA polymerase, which naturally synthesizes 5hmU-rich genomes of the SPO1 bacteriophage. The results shed light onto the possibility of gene silencing through recycling and random incorporation of epigenetic nucleotides and into the replication of modified bacteriophage genomes.
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- Šimon Pospíšil
- Institute
of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, Czech
Academy of Sciences, Flemingovo nam. 2, CZ-16000 Prague 6, Czech Republic,Department
of Organic Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Charles University, Hlavova 8, CZ-12843 Prague 2, Czech Republic
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- Institute
of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, Czech
Academy of Sciences, Flemingovo nam. 2, CZ-16000 Prague 6, Czech Republic
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- Institute
of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, Czech
Academy of Sciences, Flemingovo nam. 2, CZ-16000 Prague 6, Czech Republic
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- Institute
of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, Czech
Academy of Sciences, Flemingovo nam. 2, CZ-16000 Prague 6, Czech Republic
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- Lab.
of Microbial Genetics and Gene Expression, Institute of Microbiology, Czech Academy of Sciences, Vídeňská 1083, CZ-14220 Prague 4, Czech Republic
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- Lab.
of Microbial Genetics and Gene Expression, Institute of Microbiology, Czech Academy of Sciences, Vídeňská 1083, CZ-14220 Prague 4, Czech Republic
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- Lab.
of Microbial Genetics and Gene Expression, Institute of Microbiology, Czech Academy of Sciences, Vídeňská 1083, CZ-14220 Prague 4, Czech Republic
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- Lab.
of Microbial Genetics and Gene Expression, Institute of Microbiology, Czech Academy of Sciences, Vídeňská 1083, CZ-14220 Prague 4, Czech Republic
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- Institute
of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, Czech
Academy of Sciences, Flemingovo nam. 2, CZ-16000 Prague 6, Czech Republic,Department
of Organic Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Charles University, Hlavova 8, CZ-12843 Prague 2, Czech Republic,E-mail:
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Ghosh P, Kropp HM, Betz K, Ludmann S, Diederichs K, Marx A, Srivatsan SG. Microenvironment-Sensitive Fluorescent Nucleotide Probes from Benzofuran, Benzothiophene, and Selenophene as Substrates for DNA Polymerases. J Am Chem Soc 2022; 144:10556-10569. [PMID: 35666775 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.2c03454] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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DNA polymerases can process a wide variety of structurally diverse nucleotide substrates, but the molecular basis by which the analogs are processed is not completely understood. Here, we demonstrate the utility of environment-sensitive heterocycle-modified fluorescent nucleotide substrates in probing the incorporation mechanism of DNA polymerases in real time and at the atomic level. The nucleotide analogs containing a selenophene, benzofuran, or benzothiophene moiety at the C5 position of 2'-deoxyuridine are incorporated into oligonucleotides (ONs) with varying efficiency, which depends on the size of the heterocycle modification and the DNA polymerase sequence family used. KlenTaq (A family DNA polymerase) is sensitive to the size of the modification as it incorporates only one heterobicycle-modified nucleotide into the growing polymer, whereas it efficiently incorporates the selenophene-modified nucleotide analog at multiple positions. Notably, in the single nucleotide incorporation assay, irrespective of the heterocycle size, it exclusively adds a single nucleotide at the 3'-end of a primer, which enabled devising a simple two-step site-specific ON labeling technique. KOD and Vent(exo-) DNA polymerases, belonging to the B family, tolerate all the three modified nucleotides and produce ONs with multiple labels. Importantly, the benzofuran-modified nucleotide (BFdUTP) serves as an excellent reporter by providing real-time fluorescence readouts to monitor enzyme activity and estimate the binding events in the catalytic cycle. Further, a direct comparison of the incorporation profiles, fluorescence data, and crystal structure of a ternary complex of KlenTaq DNA polymerase with BFdUTP poised for catalysis provides a detailed understanding of the mechanism of incorporation of heterocycle-modified nucleotides.
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- Pulak Ghosh
- 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 and Konstanz Research School Chemical Biology, University of Konstanz, Universitätsstraße 10, 78457 Konstanz, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry and Konstanz Research School Chemical Biology, University of Konstanz, Universitätsstraße 10, 78457 Konstanz, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry and Konstanz Research School Chemical Biology, University of Konstanz, Universitätsstraße 10, 78457 Konstanz, Germany
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- Department of Biology and Konstanz Research School Chemical Biology, University of Konstanz, Universitätsstraße 10, 78457 Konstanz, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry and Konstanz Research School Chemical Biology, University of Konstanz, Universitätsstraße 10, 78457 Konstanz, Germany
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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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Perrin D, Paul S, Wong AAWL, Liu LT. Selection of M2+-independent RNA-cleaving DNAzymes with Sidechains Mimicking Arginine and Lysine. Chembiochem 2021; 23:e202100600. [PMID: 34881502 DOI: 10.1002/cbic.202100600] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/01/2021] [Revised: 12/04/2021] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Sequence-specific cleavage of RNA by nucleic acid catalysts in the absence of a divalent metal cation (M 2+ ) has remained an important goal in biomimicry with potential therapeutic applications. Given the lack of functional group diversity in canonical nucleotides, modified nucleotides with amino acid-like side chains were used to enhance self-cleavage rates at a single embedded ribonucleoside site. Previous works relied on three functional groups: an amine, a guanidine and an imidazole ensconced on three different nucleosides. However, to date, few studies have systematically addressed the necessity of all three modifications, as the value of any single modified nucleoside is contextualized at the outset of selection. Herein, we report on the use of only two modified dNTPs, excluding an imidazole, i.e. 5-(3-guanidinoallyl)-2'-dUTP (dU ga TP) and 5-aminoallyl-2'-dCTP (dC aa TP), to select in-vitro self-cleaving DNAzymes that cleave in the absence of M 2+ in a pH-independent fashion. Cleavage shows biphasic kinetics with rate constants that are significantly higher than in unmodified DNAzymes and compare favorably to certain DNAzymes involving an imidazole. This work is the first report of a M2+-independent DNAzyme with two cationic modifications; as such it shows appreciable self-cleaving activity in the absence of an imidazole modification.
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- David Perrin
- U. British Columbia, Chemistry, 2036 Main Mall, V6T-1Z1, Vancouver, CANADA
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- The University of British Columbia, Chemistry, 2036 Main Mall, Vancouver, V6T1Z1, Vancouver, CANADA
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- The University of British Columbia, Chemistry, 2036 Main Mall, Vancouver, V6T1Z1, Vancouver, CANADA
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- The University of British Columbia, Chemistry, 2036 Main Mall, UBC, Vancouver, V6T-1Z1, Vancouver, CANADA
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Krömer M, Brunderová M, Ivancová I, Poštová Slavětínská L, Hocek M. 2-Formyl-dATP as Substrate for Polymerase Synthesis of Reactive DNA Bearing an Aldehyde Group in the Minor Groove. Chempluschem 2021; 85:1164-1170. [PMID: 32496002 DOI: 10.1002/cplu.202000287] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/09/2020] [Revised: 05/15/2020] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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2-Formyl-2'-deoxyadenosine triphosphate (dCHO ATP) was synthesized and tested as a substrate in enzymatic synthesis of DNA modified in the minor groove with a reactive aldehyde group. The multistep synthesis of dCHO ATP was based on the preparation of protected 2-dihydroxyethyl-2'-deoxyadenosine intemediate, which was triphosphorylated and converted to aldehyde through oxidative cleavage. The dCHO ATP triphosphate was a moderate substrate for KOD XL DNA polymerase, and was used for enzymatic synthesis of some sequences using primer extension (PEX). On the other hand, longer sequences (31-mer) with higher number of modifications, or sequences with modifications at adjacent positions did not give full extension. Single-nucleotide extension followed by PEX was used for site-specific incorporation of one aldehyde-linked adenosine into a longer 49-mer sequence. The reactive formyl group was used for cross-linking with peptides and proteins using reductive amination and for fluorescent labelling through oxime formation with an AlexaFluor647-linked hydroxylamine.
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- Matouš Krömer
- Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, Czech Academy of Sciences, Flemingovo namesti 2, 16610, Prague 6, Czech Republic.,Department of Organic Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Charles University in Prague, Hlavova 8, Prague-2, 12843, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, Czech Academy of Sciences, Flemingovo namesti 2, 16610, Prague 6, Czech Republic.,Department of Organic Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Charles University in Prague, Hlavova 8, Prague-2, 12843, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, Czech Academy of Sciences, Flemingovo namesti 2, 16610, Prague 6, Czech Republic.,Department of Organic Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Charles University in Prague, Hlavova 8, Prague-2, 12843, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, Czech Academy of Sciences, Flemingovo namesti 2, 16610, Prague 6, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, Czech Academy of Sciences, Flemingovo namesti 2, 16610, Prague 6, Czech Republic.,Department of Organic Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Charles University in Prague, Hlavova 8, Prague-2, 12843, Czech Republic
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Ondruš M, Sýkorová V, Bednárová L, Pohl R, Hocek M. Enzymatic synthesis of hypermodified DNA polymers for sequence-specific display of four different hydrophobic groups. Nucleic Acids Res 2020; 48:11982-11993. [PMID: 33152081 PMCID: PMC7708046 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkaa999] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/07/2020] [Revised: 10/08/2020] [Accepted: 10/13/2020] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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A set of modified 2'-deoxyribonucleoside triphosphates (dNTPs) bearing a linear or branched alkane, indole or phenyl group linked through ethynyl or alkyl spacer were synthesized and used as substrates for polymerase synthesis of hypermodified DNA by primer extension (PEX). Using the alkyl-linked dNTPs, the polymerase synthesized up to 22-mer fully modified oligonucleotide (ON), whereas using the ethynyl-linked dNTPs, the enzyme was able to synthesize even long sequences of >100 modified nucleotides in a row. In PCR, the combinations of all four modified dNTPs showed only linear amplification. Asymmetric PCR or PEX with separation or digestion of the template strand can be used for synthesis of hypermodified single-stranded ONs, which are monodispersed polymers displaying four different substituents on DNA backbone in sequence-specific manner. The fully modified ONs hybridized with complementary strands and modified DNA duplexes were found to exist in B-type conformation (B- or C-DNA) according to CD spectral analysis. The modified DNA can be replicated with high fidelity to natural DNA through PCR and sequenced. Therefore, this approach has a promising potential in generation and selection of hypermodified aptamers and other functional polymers.
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- Marek Ondruš
- Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, Czech Academy of Sciences, Flemingovo nam. 2, CZ-16000 Prague 6, Czech Republic
- Department of Organic Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Charles University in Prague, Hlavova 8, CZ-12843 Prague 2, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, Czech Academy of Sciences, Flemingovo nam. 2, CZ-16000 Prague 6, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, Czech Academy of Sciences, Flemingovo nam. 2, CZ-16000 Prague 6, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, Czech Academy of Sciences, Flemingovo nam. 2, CZ-16000 Prague 6, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, Czech Academy of Sciences, Flemingovo nam. 2, CZ-16000 Prague 6, Czech Republic
- Department of Organic Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Charles University in Prague, Hlavova 8, CZ-12843 Prague 2, Czech Republic
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Espinasse A, Lembke HK, Cao AA, Carlson EE. Modified nucleoside triphosphates in bacterial research for in vitro and live-cell applications. RSC Chem Biol 2020; 1:333-351. [PMID: 33928252 PMCID: PMC8081287 DOI: 10.1039/d0cb00078g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/27/2020] [Accepted: 08/21/2020] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
Abstract
Modified nucleoside triphosphates (NTPs) are invaluable tools to probe bacterial enzymatic mechanisms, develop novel genetic material, and engineer drugs and proteins with new functionalities. Although the impact of nucleobase alterations has predominantly been studied due to their importance for protein recognition, sugar and phosphate modifications have also been investigated. However, NTPs are cell impermeable due to their negatively charged phosphate tail, a major hurdle to achieving live bacterial studies. Herein, we review the recent advances made to investigate and evolve bacteria and their processes with the use of modified NTPs by exploring alterations in one of the three moieties: the nucleobase, the sugar and the phosphate tail. We also present the innovative methods that have been devised to internalize NTPs into bacteria for in vivo applications.
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- Adeline Espinasse
- Department of Chemistry, University of Minnesota207 Pleasant Street SEMinneapolisMinnesota 55455USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Minnesota207 Pleasant Street SEMinneapolisMinnesota 55455USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Minnesota207 Pleasant Street SEMinneapolisMinnesota 55455USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Minnesota207 Pleasant Street SEMinneapolisMinnesota 55455USA
- Department of Medicinal Chemistry, University of Minnesota208 Harvard Street SEMinneapolisMinnesota 55454USA
- Department of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, and Biophysics, University of Minnesota321 Church St SEMinneapolisMinnesota 55454USA
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Koplūnaitė M, Butkutė K, Meškys R, Tauraitė D. Synthesis of pyrimidine nucleoside and amino acid conjugates. Tetrahedron Lett 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.tetlet.2020.152598] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Duffy K, Arangundy-Franklin S, Holliger P. Modified nucleic acids: replication, evolution, and next-generation therapeutics. BMC Biol 2020; 18:112. [PMID: 32878624 PMCID: PMC7469316 DOI: 10.1186/s12915-020-00803-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 64] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
Abstract
Modified nucleic acids, also called xeno nucleic acids (XNAs), offer a variety of advantages for biotechnological applications and address some of the limitations of first-generation nucleic acid therapeutics. Indeed, several therapeutics based on modified nucleic acids have recently been approved and many more are under clinical evaluation. XNAs can provide increased biostability and furthermore are now increasingly amenable to in vitro evolution, accelerating lead discovery. Here, we review the most recent discoveries in this dynamic field with a focus on progress in the enzymatic replication and functional exploration of XNAs.
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- Karen Duffy
- MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge Biomedical Campus, Francis Crick Avenue, Cambridge, CB2 0QH, UK
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- MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge Biomedical Campus, Francis Crick Avenue, Cambridge, CB2 0QH, UK.
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Matyašovský J, Hocek M. 2-Substituted 2'-deoxyinosine 5'-triphosphates as substrates for polymerase synthesis of minor-groove-modified DNA and effects on restriction endonuclease cleavage. Org Biomol Chem 2020; 18:255-262. [PMID: 31815989 DOI: 10.1039/c9ob02502b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Five 2-substituted 2'-deoxyinosine triphosphates (dRITP) were synthesized and tested as substrates in enzymatic synthesis of minor-groove base-modified DNA. Only 2-methyl and 2-vinyl derivatives proved to be good substrates for Therminator DNA polymerase, whilst all other dRITPs and other tested DNA polymerases did not give full length products in primer extension. The DNA containing 2-vinylhypoxanthine was then further modified through thiol-ene reactions with thiols. Cross-linking reaction between cysteine-containing minor-groove binding dodecapeptide and DNA proceeded thanks to the proximity effect between thiol and vinyl groups inside the minor groove. 2-Substituted dIRTPs and also previously prepared 2-substituted 2'-deoxyadenosine triphosphates (dRATP) were then used for enzymatic synthesis of minor-groove modified DNA to study the effect of minor-groove modifications on cleavage of DNA by type II restriction endonucleases (REs). Although the REs should recognize the sequence through H-bonds in the major groove, some minor-groove modifications also had an inhibiting effect on the cleavage.
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- Ján Matyašovský
- Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, Czech Academy of Sciences, Flemingovo namesti 2, CZ-16610 Prague 6, Czech Republic.
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DNA polymerases play a central role in biology by transferring genetic information from one generation to the next during cell division. Harnessing the power of these enzymes in the laboratory has fueled an increase in biomedical applications that involve the synthesis, amplification, and sequencing of DNA. However, the high substrate specificity exhibited by most naturally occurring DNA polymerases often precludes their use in practical applications that require modified substrates. Moving beyond natural genetic polymers requires sophisticated enzyme-engineering technologies that can be used to direct the evolution of engineered polymerases that function with tailor-made activities. Such efforts are expected to uniquely drive emerging applications in synthetic biology by enabling the synthesis, replication, and evolution of synthetic genetic polymers with new physicochemical properties.
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Combining the Sensitivity of LAMP and Simplicity of Primer Extension via a DNA-Modified Nucleotide. CHEMISTRY 2020. [DOI: 10.3390/chemistry2020029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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LAMP is an approach for isothermal nucleic acids diagnostics with increasing importance but suffers from the need of tedious systems design and optimization for every new target. Here, we describe an approach for its simplification based on a single nucleoside-5′-O-triphosphate (dNTP) that is covalently modified with a DNA strand. We found that the DNA-modified dNTP is a substrate for DNA polymerases in versatile primer extension reactions despite its size and that the incorporated DNA indeed serves as a target for selective LAMP analysis.
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PCR incorporation of dUMPs modified with aromatic hydrocarbon substituents of different hydrophilicities: Synthesis of C5-modified dUTPs and PCR studies using Taq, Tth, Vent (exo-) and Deep Vent (exo-) polymerases. Bioorg Chem 2020; 99:103829. [PMID: 32299018 DOI: 10.1016/j.bioorg.2020.103829] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/24/2019] [Revised: 03/25/2020] [Accepted: 04/05/2020] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Deoxyuridine triphosphate derivatives (dUTPs) modified at the C5 position of the pyrimidine ring with various aromatic hydrocarbon substituents of different hydrophilicities have been synthesized. The aromatic hydrocarbon substituents were attached to dUTPs via a CHCHCH2NHCOCH2 linker. The efficiency of the PCR incorporation of modified dUMPs using Taq, Tth, Vent (exo-) and Deep Vent (exo-) polymerases and a model DNA template containing one, two and three adjacent adenine nucleotides at three different sites within the sequence was investigated. For all the polymerases used, the yield of the modified PCR product was significantly increased with increasing hydrophilicity of the aromatic hydrocarbon substituent. In particular, for the above polymerases, the efficiency of the incorporation of dUMPs modified with the most hydrophilic of the studied aromatic hydrocarbon substituents, a 4-hydroxyphenyl residue, was 60-85% of the efficiency of dTMP incorporation. At the same time, the relative efficiencies of the incorporation of dUMPs modified with 2-, 4-methoxyphenyl, phenyl and 4-nitrophenyl substituents ranged from 20 to 50% and were 2-18% for the 1-naphthalene and 4-biphenyl groups, which were the most hydrophobic of the studied aromatic hydrocarbon substituents.
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Marx A, Betz K. The Structural Basis for Processing of Unnatural Base Pairs by DNA Polymerases. Chemistry 2020; 26:3446-3463. [PMID: 31544987 PMCID: PMC7155079 DOI: 10.1002/chem.201903525] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/02/2019] [Revised: 09/17/2019] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Unnatural base pairs (UBPs) greatly increase the diversity of DNA and RNA, furthering their broad range of molecular biological and biotechnological approaches. Different candidates have been developed whereby alternative hydrogen-bonding patterns and hydrophobic and packing interactions have turned out to be the most promising base-pairing concepts to date. The key in many applications is the highly efficient and selective acceptance of artificial base pairs by DNA polymerases, which enables amplification of the modified DNA. In this Review, computational as well as experimental studies that were performed to characterize the pairing behavior of UBPs in free duplex DNA or bound to the active site of KlenTaq DNA polymerase are highlighted. The structural studies, on the one hand, elucidate how base pairs lacking hydrogen bonds are accepted by these enzymes and, on the other hand, highlight the influence of one or several consecutive UBPs on the structure of a DNA double helix. Understanding these concepts facilitates optimization of future UBPs for the manifold fields of applications.
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- Andreas Marx
- Department of ChemistryKonstanz Research School Chemical BiologyUniversity of KonstanzUniversitätsstrasse 1078464KonstanzGermany
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- Department of ChemistryKonstanz Research School Chemical BiologyUniversity of KonstanzUniversitätsstrasse 1078464KonstanzGermany
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Jackson LN, Chim N, Shi C, Chaput JC. Crystal structures of a natural DNA polymerase that functions as an XNA reverse transcriptase. Nucleic Acids Res 2020; 47:6973-6983. [PMID: 31170294 PMCID: PMC6649750 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkz513] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/29/2019] [Revised: 05/24/2019] [Accepted: 06/03/2019] [Indexed: 01/05/2023] Open
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Replicative DNA polymerases are highly efficient enzymes that maintain stringent geometric control over shape and orientation of the template and incoming nucleoside triphosphate. In a surprising twist to this paradigm, a naturally occurring bacterial DNA polymerase I member isolated from Geobacillus stearothermophilus (Bst) exhibits an innate ability to reverse transcribe RNA and other synthetic congeners (XNAs) into DNA. This observation raises the interesting question of how a replicative DNA polymerase is able to recognize templates of diverse chemical composition. Here, we present crystal structures of natural Bst DNA polymerase that capture the post-translocated product of DNA synthesis on templates composed entirely of 2′-deoxy-2′-fluoro-β-d-arabino nucleic acid (FANA) and α-l-threofuranosyl nucleic acid (TNA). Analysis of the enzyme active site reveals the importance of structural plasticity as a possible mechanism for XNA-dependent DNA synthesis and provides insights into the construction of variants with improved activity.
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- Lynnette N Jackson
- Departments of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of California, Irvine, CA 92697-3958, USA
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- Departments of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of California, Irvine, CA 92697-3958, USA
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- Departments of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of California, Irvine, CA 92697-3958, USA
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- Departments of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of California, Irvine, CA 92697-3958, USA.,Department of Chemistry, University of California, Irvine, CA 92697-3958, USA.,Department of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, University of California, CA 92697-3958, USA
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Deshpande S, Yang Y, Chilkoti A, Zauscher S. Enzymatic synthesis and modification of high molecular weight DNA using terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase. Methods Enzymol 2019; 627:163-188. [PMID: 31630739 PMCID: PMC7241426 DOI: 10.1016/bs.mie.2019.07.044] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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The recognition that nucleic acids can be used as polymeric materials led to the blossoming of the field of DNA nanotechnology, with a broad range of applications in biotechnology, biosensors, diagnostics, and drug delivery. These applications require efficient methods to synthesize and chemically modify high molecular weight DNA. Here, we discuss terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase (TdT)-catalyzed enzymatic polymerization (TcEP) as an alternative to conventional enzymatic and solid-phase DNA synthesis. We describe biochemical requirements for TcEP and provide step-by-step protocols to carry out TcEP in solution and from surfaces.
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- Sonal Deshpande
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Duke University, Durham, NC, United States
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science, Duke University, Durham, NC, United States
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Duke University, Durham, NC, United States; Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science, Duke University, Durham, NC, United States.
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Duke University, Durham, NC, United States; Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science, Duke University, Durham, NC, United States.
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Kropp HM, Diederichs K, Marx A. The Structure of an Archaeal B-Family DNA Polymerase in Complex with a Chemically Modified Nucleotide. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2019; 58:5457-5461. [PMID: 30761722 DOI: 10.1002/anie.201900315] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/09/2019] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Archaeal B-family DNA polymerases (DNA pols) are the driving force of cutting-edge biotechnological applications like next-generation sequencing. The acceptance of chemically modified nucleotides by DNA pols is key to these technologies. Until now, no structural data have been available for these DNA pols in complex with modified substrates, which could build the basis for understanding interactions between the enzyme and the chemically modified nucleotide and for the further development of next-generation nucleotides. For the first time, we crystallized an exonuclease-deficient variant of the wild-type B-family KOD DNA pol with a modified nucleotide in a closed, ternary complex. We also crystalized the A-family DNA pol KlenTaq with the same nucleotide. The reported structural data reveal how the protein and the DNA modulate two distinct conformations of the appended moiety in the A- and B-family DNA pols and how these influence the processing of the modified nucleotide. Overall, this study provides first insight into the interplay between B-family DNA pols and relevant modified substrates.
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- Heike M Kropp
- Department of Chemistry and Konstanz Research School Chemical Biology, University of Konstanz, Universitätsstrasse 10, 7857, Konstanz, Germany
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- Department of Biology and Konstanz Research School Chemical Biology, University of Konstanz, Universitätsstrasse 10, 78457, Konstanz, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry and Konstanz Research School Chemical Biology, University of Konstanz, Universitätsstrasse 10, 7857, Konstanz, Germany
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Kropp HM, Diederichs K, Marx A. Struktur einer archaealen B‐Familien‐DNA‐Polymerase in Komplex mit einem chemisch modifizierten Nukleotid. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2019. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.201900315] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
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- Heike M. Kropp
- Fachbereich Chemie und Konstanz Research School Chemical BiologyUniversität Konstanz Universitätsstraße 10 7857 Konstanz Deutschland
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- Fachbereich Biologie und Konstanz Research School Chemical BiologyUniversität Konstanz Universitätsstraße 10 78457 Konstanz Deutschland
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- Fachbereich Chemie und Konstanz Research School Chemical BiologyUniversität Konstanz Universitätsstraße 10 7857 Konstanz Deutschland
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Sarac I, Hollenstein M. Terminal Deoxynucleotidyl Transferase in the Synthesis and Modification of Nucleic Acids. Chembiochem 2019; 20:860-871. [PMID: 30451377 DOI: 10.1002/cbic.201800658] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/27/2018] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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The terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase (TdT) belongs to the X family of DNA polymerases. This unusual polymerase catalyzes the template-independent addition of random nucleotides on 3'-overhangs during V(D)J recombination. The biological function and intrinsic biochemical properties of the TdT have spurred the development of numerous oligonucleotide-based tools and methods, especially if combined with modified nucleoside triphosphates. Herein, we summarize the different applications stemming from the incorporation of modified nucleotides by the TdT. The structural, mechanistic, and biochemical properties of this polymerase are also discussed.
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- Ivo Sarac
- Laboratory for Bioorganic Chemistry of Nucleic Acids, Department of Structural Biology and Chemistry, Institut Pasteur, CNRS UMR3523, 28, rue du Docteur Roux, 75724, Paris Cedex 15, France
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- Laboratory for Bioorganic Chemistry of Nucleic Acids, Department of Structural Biology and Chemistry, Institut Pasteur, CNRS UMR3523, 28, rue du Docteur Roux, 75724, Paris Cedex 15, France
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Welter M, Marx A. Preparation and Application of Enzyme-Nucleotide Conjugates. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2019; 10:49-71. [PMID: 30040238 DOI: 10.1002/cpch.36] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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In this unit the preparation and application of enzyme-nucleotide conjugates is depicted. First, a modified nucleoside triphosphate is synthesized bearing a long and flexible linker equipped with a thiol group. The nucleotide is then reacted with maleimide-activated horseradish peroxidase to yield an enzyme-nucleotide conjugate, which due to the long linker, can be used as a substrate by DNA polymerases in primer extension reactions. Finally, an assay based on these findings is described that provides a fast and easy nucleic acid detection and genotyping platform. © 2018 by John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
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- Moritz Welter
- Department of Chemistry and Konstanz Research School Chemical Biology, University of Konstanz, Konstanz, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry and Konstanz Research School Chemical Biology, University of Konstanz, Konstanz, Germany
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Palumbo CM, Beal PA. Nucleoside analogs in the study of the epitranscriptome. Methods 2018; 156:46-52. [PMID: 30827466 DOI: 10.1016/j.ymeth.2018.10.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/18/2018] [Revised: 09/27/2018] [Accepted: 10/13/2018] [Indexed: 01/15/2023] Open
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Over 150 unique RNA modifications are now known including several nonstandard nucleotides present in the body of messenger RNAs. These modifications can alter a transcript's function and are collectively referred to as the epitrancriptome. Chemically modified nucleoside analogs are poised to play an important role in the study of these epitranscriptomic marks. Introduced chemical features on nucleic acid strands provide unique structures or reactivity that can be used for downstream detection or quantification. Three methods are used in the field to synthesize RNA containing chemically modified nucleoside analogs. Nucleoside analogs can be introduced by metabolic labeling, via polymerases with modified nucleotide triphosphates or via phosphoramidite-based chemical synthesis. In this review, these methods for incorporation of nucleoside analogs will be discussed with specific recently published examples pertaining to the study of the epitranscriptome.
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- Cody M Palumbo
- Department of Chemistry, University of California, One Shields Ave, Davis, CA 95616, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California, One Shields Ave, Davis, CA 95616, USA.
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Matyašovský J, Pohl R, Hocek M. 2-Allyl- and Propargylamino-dATPs for Site-Specific Enzymatic Introduction of a Single Modification in the Minor Groove of DNA. Chemistry 2018; 24:14938-14941. [PMID: 30074286 PMCID: PMC6221035 DOI: 10.1002/chem.201803973] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/03/2018] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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A series of 2-alkylamino-2'-deoxyadenosine triphosphates (dATP) was prepared and found to be substrates for the Therminator DNA polymerase, which incorporated only one modified nucleotide into the primer. Using a template encoding for two consecutive adenines, conditions were found for incorporation of either one or two modified nucleotides. In all cases, addition of a mixture of natural dNTPs led to primer extension resulting in site-specific single modification of DNA in the minor groove. The allylamino-substituted DNA was used for the thiol-ene addition, whereas the propargylamino-DNA for the CuAAC click reaction was used to label the DNA with a fluorescent dye in the minor groove. The approach was used to construct FRET probes for detection of oligonucleotides.
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- Ján Matyašovský
- Institute of Organic Chemistry and BiochemistryCzech Academy of SciencesFlemingovo nam. 216610Prague 6Czech Republic
- Department of Organic ChemistryFaculty of ScienceCharles University in PragueHlavova 812843Prague 2Czech Republic
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry and BiochemistryCzech Academy of SciencesFlemingovo nam. 216610Prague 6Czech Republic
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry and BiochemistryCzech Academy of SciencesFlemingovo nam. 216610Prague 6Czech Republic
- Department of Organic ChemistryFaculty of ScienceCharles University in PragueHlavova 812843Prague 2Czech Republic
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Snapshots of a modified nucleotide moving through the confines of a DNA polymerase. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2018; 115:9992-9997. [PMID: 30224478 PMCID: PMC6176618 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1811518115] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
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Despite being evolved to process the four canonical nucleotides, DNA polymerases are known to incorporate and extend from modified nucleotides, which is the key to numerous core biotechnology applications. The structural basis for postincorporation elongation remained elusive. We successfully crystallized KlenTaq DNA polymerase in six complexes, providing high-resolution snapshots of the modification “moving” from the 3′ terminus upstream to the sixth nucleotide in the primer strand. Combining these data with quantum mechanics/molecular mechanics calculations and biochemical studies elucidates how the enzyme and the modified substrate mutually modulate their conformations without compromising the enzyme’s activity. This highlights the unexpected plasticity of the system as origin of the broad substrate properties of the DNA polymerase and guide for the design of improved systems. DNA polymerases have evolved to process the four canonical nucleotides accurately. Nevertheless, these enzymes are also known to process modified nucleotides, which is the key to numerous core biotechnology applications. Processing of modified nucleotides includes incorporation of the modified nucleotide and postincorporation elongation to proceed with the synthesis of the nascent DNA strand. The structural basis for postincorporation elongation is currently unknown. We addressed this issue and successfully crystallized KlenTaq DNA polymerase in six closed ternary complexes containing the enzyme, the modified DNA substrate, and the incoming nucleotide. Each structure shows a high-resolution snapshot of the elongation of a modified primer, where the modification “moves” from the 3′-primer terminus upstream to the sixth nucleotide in the primer strand. Combining these data with quantum mechanics/molecular mechanics calculations and biochemical studies elucidates how the enzyme and the modified substrate mutually modulate their conformations without compromising the enzyme’s activity significantly. The study highlights the plasticity of the system as origin of the broad substrate properties of DNA polymerases and facilitates the design of improved systems.
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He Z, Chen Y, Wang Y, Wang J, Mo J, Fu B, Wang Z, Du Y, Zhou X. A rapidly photo-activatable light-up fluorescent nucleoside and its application in DNA base variation sensing. Chem Commun (Camb) 2018; 52:8545-8. [PMID: 27315545 DOI: 10.1039/c6cc03098j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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A new DNA building block (d(Tet)U) bearing a tetrazole and allyloxy group at N-phenyl ring linked through an aminopropynyl linker to the 5-position of 2'-deoxyuridine was synthesized. The modified DNA can be lit up via a photoinduced intramolecular tetrazole-alkene cycloaddition reaction, but quenched when the fully-matched double strand is formed. This conspicuous difference in fluorescence could open a door for DNA single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) typing.
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- Zhiyong He
- College of Chemistry and Molecular Sciences, Key Laboratory of Biomedical Polymers of Ministry of Education, Wuhan University, Wuhan, Hubei 430072, P. R. China.
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- College of Chemistry and Molecular Sciences, Key Laboratory of Biomedical Polymers of Ministry of Education, Wuhan University, Wuhan, Hubei 430072, P. R. China.
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- College of Chemistry and Molecular Sciences, Key Laboratory of Biomedical Polymers of Ministry of Education, Wuhan University, Wuhan, Hubei 430072, P. R. China.
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- College of Chemistry and Molecular Sciences, Key Laboratory of Biomedical Polymers of Ministry of Education, Wuhan University, Wuhan, Hubei 430072, P. R. China.
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- College of Chemistry and Molecular Sciences, Key Laboratory of Biomedical Polymers of Ministry of Education, Wuhan University, Wuhan, Hubei 430072, P. R. China.
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- College of Chemistry and Molecular Sciences, Key Laboratory of Biomedical Polymers of Ministry of Education, Wuhan University, Wuhan, Hubei 430072, P. R. China.
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- College of Chemistry and Molecular Sciences, Key Laboratory of Biomedical Polymers of Ministry of Education, Wuhan University, Wuhan, Hubei 430072, P. R. China.
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- College of Chemistry and Molecular Sciences, Key Laboratory of Biomedical Polymers of Ministry of Education, Wuhan University, Wuhan, Hubei 430072, P. R. China.
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- College of Chemistry and Molecular Sciences, Key Laboratory of Biomedical Polymers of Ministry of Education, Wuhan University, Wuhan, Hubei 430072, P. R. China.
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Salam T, Premila Devi S, Duncan Lyngdoh RH. Molecular criteria for mutagenesis by DNA methylation: Some computational elucidations. Mutat Res 2018; 807:10-20. [PMID: 29220701 DOI: 10.1016/j.mrfmmm.2017.10.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/23/2017] [Revised: 10/05/2017] [Accepted: 10/25/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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Alkylating agents and N-nitroso compounds are well-known mutagens and carcinogens which act by alkylating DNA at the nucleobase moieties. Criteria for mutagenicity through DNA alkylation include (a) absence of the Watson-Crick (N1-guanine and N3-thymine) protons, (b) rotation of the alkyl group away from the H-bonding zone, (c) configuration of the alkylated base pair close to the Watson-Crick type. This computational study brings together these three molecular criteria for the first time. Three methylated DNA bases-N7-methylguanine, O6-methylguanine and O4-methylthymine-are studied using computational chemical methods. Watson-Crick proton loss is predicted more feasible for the mutagenic O6-methylguanine and O4-methylthymine than for the non-mutagenic N7-methylguanine in agreement with the observed trend for pKa values. Attainment of a conformer conducive to mutagenesis is more feasible for O6-methylguanine than for O4-methylthymine, though the latter is more mutagenic. These methylated bases yield 9 H-bonded pairs with normal DNA bases. At biological pH, O6-methylguanine and O4-methylthymine would yield stable mutagenic pairs having Watson-Crick type configuration by H-bonded pairing with thymine and guanine respectively, while N7-methylguanine would yield a non-mutagenic pair with cytosine. The three criteria thus well differentiate the non-mutagenic N7-methylguanine from the mutagenic O6-methylguanine and O4-methylthymine in good accord with experimental observations.
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- Tejeshwori Salam
- Department of Chemistry, North-Eastern Hill University, Shillong 793022, India
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- Department of Chemistry, North-Eastern Hill University, Shillong 793022, India
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- Department of Chemistry, North-Eastern Hill University, Shillong 793022, India.
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Crystal structures of ternary complexes of archaeal B-family DNA polymerases. PLoS One 2017; 12:e0188005. [PMID: 29211756 PMCID: PMC5718519 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0188005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/13/2017] [Accepted: 10/30/2017] [Indexed: 01/04/2023] Open
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Archaeal B-family polymerases drive biotechnology by accepting a wide substrate range of chemically modified nucleotides. By now no structural data for archaeal B-family DNA polymerases in a closed, ternary complex are available, which would be the basis for developing next generation nucleotides. We present the ternary crystal structures of KOD and 9°N DNA polymerases complexed with DNA and the incoming dATP. The structures reveal a third metal ion in the active site, which was so far only observed for the eukaryotic B-family DNA polymerase δ and no other B-family DNA polymerase. The structures reveal a wide inner channel and numerous interactions with the template strand that provide space for modifications within the enzyme and may account for the high processivity, respectively. The crystal structures provide insights into the superiority over other DNA polymerases concerning the acceptance of modified nucleotides.
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Recent progress in dissecting molecular recognition by DNA polymerases with non-native substrates. Curr Opin Chem Biol 2017; 41:43-49. [PMID: 29096323 DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2017.10.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/17/2017] [Accepted: 10/05/2017] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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DNA polymerases must discriminate the correct Watson-Crick base pair-forming deoxynucleoside triphosphate (dNTP) substrate from three other dNTPs and additional triphosphates found in the cell. The rarity of misincorporations in vivo, then, belies the high tolerance for dNTP analogs observed in vitro. Advances over the last 10 years in single-molecule fluorescence and electronic detection of dNTP analog incorporation enable exploration of the mechanism and limits to base discrimination by DNA polymerases. Such studies reveal transient motions of DNA polymerase during substrate recognition and mutagenesis in the context of erroneous dNTP incorporation that can lead to evolution and genetic disease. Further improvements in time resolution and noise reduction of single-molecule studies will uncover deeper mechanistic understanding of this critical, first step in evolution.
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Zhang W, Gao Q, Wei S, Fu B, Yang Q, Ming X. Synthesis of 8-Substituted 2'-Deoxyisoguanosines via Unprotected 8-Brominated 2-Amino-2'-deoxyadenosine. Chem Biodivers 2017; 15. [PMID: 28853211 DOI: 10.1002/cbdv.201700335] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/16/2017] [Accepted: 08/24/2017] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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A variety of applications of 8-alkynylated nucleosides has prompted the synthesis of new purine analogues. Bromination of unprotected 2-amino-2'-deoxyadenosine with Br2 /AcOH/AcONa gives 2-amino-8-bromo-2'-deoxyadenosine (87%). The brominated derivative is converted to 8-alkynylated 2-amino-2'-deoxyadenosines by palladium-catalyzed Sonogashira cross-coupling reaction via microwave assistance (81 - 95%). The resulting compounds are further transformed to 8-alkynylated 2'-deoxyisoguanosines (52 - 70%). The physical properties of new compounds are investigated.
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- Wen Zhang
- Department of Pharmacy, Chengdu Medical College, No. 783 Xindu Avenue, Chengdu, 610500, P. R. China
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- Department of Pharmacy, Chengdu Medical College, No. 783 Xindu Avenue, Chengdu, 610500, P. R. China
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- Department of Pharmacy, Chengdu Medical College, No. 783 Xindu Avenue, Chengdu, 610500, P. R. China
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- Department of Pharmacy, Chengdu Medical College, No. 783 Xindu Avenue, Chengdu, 610500, P. R. China
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- Department of Pharmacy, Chengdu Medical College, No. 783 Xindu Avenue, Chengdu, 610500, P. R. China.,Study on the Structure-Specificity Small Molecule Drug in Sichuan Province Colleges Key Laboratory, No. 783 Xindu Avenue, Chengdu, 610500, P. R. China
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- Department of Pharmacy, Chengdu Medical College, No. 783 Xindu Avenue, Chengdu, 610500, P. R. China.,Study on the Structure-Specificity Small Molecule Drug in Sichuan Province Colleges Key Laboratory, No. 783 Xindu Avenue, Chengdu, 610500, P. R. China
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Naturally occurring DNA is encoded by the four nucleobases adenine, cytosine, guanine and thymine. Yet minor chemical modifications to these bases, such as methylation, can significantly alter DNA function, and more drastic changes, such as replacement with unnatural base pairs, could expand its function. In order to realize the full potential of DNA in therapeutic and synthetic biology applications, our ability to 'write' long modified DNA in a controlled manner must be improved. This review highlights methods currently used for the synthesis of moderately long chemically modified nucleic acids (up to 1000 bp), their limitations and areas for future expansion.
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Mass-spectrometry analysis of modifications at DNA termini induced by DNA polymerases. Sci Rep 2017; 7:6674. [PMID: 28751641 PMCID: PMC5532294 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-06136-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/10/2017] [Accepted: 06/01/2017] [Indexed: 12/27/2022] Open
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Non-natural nucleotide substrates are widely used in the enzymatic synthesis of modified DNA. The terminal activity of polymerases in the presence of modified nucleotides is an important, but poorly characterized, aspect of enzymatic DNA synthesis. Here, we studied different types of polymerase activity at sequence ends using extendable and non-extendable synthetic models in the presence of the Cy5-dUTP analog Y. In primer extension reactions with selected exonuclease-deficient polymerases, nucleotide Y appeared to be a preferential substrate for non-templated 3'-tailing, as determined by MALDI mass-spectrometry and gel-electrophoresis. This result was further confirmed by the 3'-tailing of a non-extendable hairpin oligonucleotide model. Additionally, DNA polymerases induce an exchange of the 3' terminal thymidine for a non-natural nucleotide via pyrophosphorolysis in the presence of inorganic pyrophosphate. In primer extension reactions, the proofreading polymerases Vent, Pfu, and Phusion did not support the synthesis of Y-modified primer strand. Nevertheless, Pfu and Phusion polymerases were shown to initiate terminal nucleotide exchange at the template. Unlike non-proofreading polymerases, these two enzymes recruit 3'-5' exonuclease functions to cleave the 3' terminal thymidine in the absence of pyrophosphate.
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Betz K, Kimoto M, Diederichs K, Hirao I, Marx A. Strukturelle Studie zur Erweiterung des genetischen Codes durch ein artifizielles Nucleobasenpaar. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2017. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.201704190] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Karin Betz
- Fachbereiche Chemie und Biologie und Konstanz Research School Chemical Biology Universität Konstanz Universitätsstraße 10 78464 Konstanz Deutschland
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- Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology 31 Biopolis Way, The Nanos, #09-01 138669 Singapore Singapur
- RIKEN Center for Life Science Technologies 1–7 22 Suehiro-cho, Tsurumi-ku, Yokohama Kanagawa 230-0045 Japan
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- Fachbereiche Chemie und Biologie und Konstanz Research School Chemical Biology Universität Konstanz Universitätsstraße 10 78464 Konstanz Deutschland
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- Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology 31 Biopolis Way, The Nanos, #09-01 138669 Singapore Singapur
- RIKEN Center for Life Science Technologies 1–7 22 Suehiro-cho, Tsurumi-ku, Yokohama Kanagawa 230-0045 Japan
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- Fachbereiche Chemie und Biologie und Konstanz Research School Chemical Biology Universität Konstanz Universitätsstraße 10 78464 Konstanz Deutschland
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Betz K, Kimoto M, Diederichs K, Hirao I, Marx A. Structural Basis for Expansion of the Genetic Alphabet with an Artificial Nucleobase Pair. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2017; 56:12000-12003. [DOI: 10.1002/anie.201704190] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/23/2017] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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- Karin Betz
- Departments of Chemistry and Biology and Konstanz Research School Chemical Biology Universität Konstanz Universitätsstrasse 10 78464 Konstanz Germany
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- Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology 31 Biopolis Way, The Nanos, #09-01 138669 Singapore Singapore
- RIKEN Center for Life Science Technologies 1–7 22 Suehiro-cho, Tsurumi-ku, Yokohama Kanagawa 230-0045 Japan
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- Departments of Chemistry and Biology and Konstanz Research School Chemical Biology Universität Konstanz Universitätsstrasse 10 78464 Konstanz Germany
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- Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology 31 Biopolis Way, The Nanos, #09-01 138669 Singapore Singapore
- RIKEN Center for Life Science Technologies 1–7 22 Suehiro-cho, Tsurumi-ku, Yokohama Kanagawa 230-0045 Japan
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- Departments of Chemistry and Biology and Konstanz Research School Chemical Biology Universität Konstanz Universitätsstrasse 10 78464 Konstanz Germany
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Peewasan K, Wagenknecht HA. 1,2,4-Triazine-Modified 2'-Deoxyuridine Triphosphate for Efficient Bioorthogonal Fluorescent Labeling of DNA. Chembiochem 2017; 18:1473-1476. [PMID: 28485853 DOI: 10.1002/cbic.201700185] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/04/2017] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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In order to establish the Diels-Alder reaction with inverse electron demand for postsynthetic DNA modification, a 1,2,4-triazine-modified 2'-deoxyuridine triphosphate was synthesized. The bioorthogonally reactive 1,2,4-triazine group was attached at the 5-position of 2'-deoxyuridine by a flexible alkyl linker to facilitate its acceptance by DNA polymerases. The screening of four DNA polymerases showed successful primer extensions, using a mixture of dATP, dGTP, dCTP, and the modified 2'-deoxyuridine triphosphate, by using KOD XL or Vent polymerase. The triazine moiety was stable under the conditions of primer extension, which was evidenced by labeling with a BCN-modified rhodamine at room temperature in yields of up to 82 %. Two or three modified bases could be incorporated in quantitative yields when the modification sites were separated by three base pairs. These results establish the 1,2,4-triazene group as a bioorthogonally reactive moiety in DNA, thereby replacing the problematic 1,2,4,5-tetrazine for postsynthetic labeling by the Diels-Alder reaction with inverse electron demand.
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- Krisana Peewasan
- Institute of Organic Chemistry, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Fritz-Haber-Weg 6, 76131, Karlsruhe, Germany
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Fritz-Haber-Weg 6, 76131, Karlsruhe, Germany
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Houlihan G, Arangundy-Franklin S, Holliger P. Exploring the Chemistry of Genetic Information Storage and Propagation through Polymerase Engineering. Acc Chem Res 2017; 50:1079-1087. [PMID: 28383245 PMCID: PMC5406124 DOI: 10.1021/acs.accounts.7b00056] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Nucleic
acids are a distinct form of sequence-defined biopolymer.
What sets them apart from other biopolymers such as polypeptides or
polysaccharides is their unique capacity to encode, store, and propagate
genetic information (molecular heredity). In nature, just two closely
related nucleic acids, DNA and RNA, function as repositories and carriers
of genetic information. They therefore are the molecular embodiment
of biological information. This naturally leads to questions regarding
the degree of variation from this seemingly ideal “Goldilocks”
chemistry that would still be compatible with the fundamental property
of molecular heredity. To address this question, chemists have
created a panoply of synthetic
nucleic acids comprising unnatural sugar ring congeners, backbone
linkages, and nucleobases in order to establish the molecular parameters
for encoding genetic information and its emergence at the origin of
life. A deeper analysis of the potential of these synthetic genetic
polymers for molecular heredity requires a means of replication and
a determination of the fidelity of information transfer. While non-enzymatic
synthesis is an increasingly powerful method, it currently remains
restricted to short polymers. Here we discuss efforts toward establishing
enzymatic synthesis, replication, and evolution of synthetic genetic
polymers through the engineering of polymerase enzymes found in nature. To endow natural polymerases with the ability to efficiently utilize
non-cognate nucleotide substrates, novel strategies for the screening
and directed evolution of polymerase function have been realized.
High throughput plate-based screens, phage display, and water-in-oil
emulsion technology based methods have yielded a number of engineered
polymerases, some of which can synthesize and reverse transcribe synthetic
genetic polymers with good efficiency and fidelity. The inception
of such polymerases demonstrates that, at a basic
level at least, molecular heredity is not restricted to the natural
nucleic acids DNA and RNA, but may be found in a large (if finite)
number of synthetic genetic polymers. And it has opened up these novel
sequence spaces for investigation. Although largely unexplored, first
tentative forays have yielded ligands (aptamers) against a range of
targets and several catalysts elaborated in a range of different chemistries.
Finally, taking the lead from established DNA designs, simple polyhedron
nanostructures have been described. We anticipate that further
progress in this area will expand the
range of synthetic genetic polymers that can be synthesized, replicated,
and evolved providing access to a rich sequence, structure, and phenotypic
space. “Synthetic genetics”, that is, the exploration
of these spaces, will illuminate the chemical parameter range for
en- and decoding information, 3D folding, and catalysis and yield
novel ligands, catalysts, and nanostructures and devices for applications
in biotechnology and medicine.
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- Gillian Houlihan
- MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Francis Crick
Avenue, Cambridge Biomedical Campus, Cambridge CB2 0QH, U.K
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- MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Francis Crick
Avenue, Cambridge Biomedical Campus, Cambridge CB2 0QH, U.K
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Rosenblum SL, Weiden AG, Lewis EL, Ogonowsky AL, Chia HE, Barrett SE, Liu MD, Leconte AM. Design and Discovery of New Combinations of Mutant DNA Polymerases and Modified DNA Substrates. Chembiochem 2017; 18:816-823. [PMID: 28160372 DOI: 10.1002/cbic.201600701] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/28/2016] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Chemical modifications can enhance the properties of DNA by imparting nuclease resistance and generating more-diverse physical structures. However, native DNA polymerases generally cannot synthesize significant lengths of DNA with modified nucleotide triphosphates. Previous efforts have identified a mutant of DNA polymerase I from Thermus aquaticus DNA (SFM19) as capable of synthesizing a range of short, 2'-modified DNAs; however, it is limited in the length of the products it can synthesize. Here, we rationally designed and characterized ten mutants of SFM19. From this, we identified enzymes with substantially improved activity for the synthesis of 2'F-, 2'OH-, 2'OMe-, and 3'OMe-modified DNA as well as for reverse transcription of 2'OMe DNA. We also evaluated mutant DNA polymerases previously only tested for synthesis for 2'OMe DNA and showed that they are capable of an expanded range of modified DNA synthesis. This work significantly expands the known combinations of modified DNA and Taq DNA polymerase mutants.
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- Sydney L Rosenblum
- W. M. Keck Science Department, Claremont McKenna, Pitzer, and Scripps Colleges, Claremont, CA, 91711, USA
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- W. M. Keck Science Department, Claremont McKenna, Pitzer, and Scripps Colleges, Claremont, CA, 91711, USA
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- W. M. Keck Science Department, Claremont McKenna, Pitzer, and Scripps Colleges, Claremont, CA, 91711, USA
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- W. M. Keck Science Department, Claremont McKenna, Pitzer, and Scripps Colleges, Claremont, CA, 91711, USA
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- W. M. Keck Science Department, Claremont McKenna, Pitzer, and Scripps Colleges, Claremont, CA, 91711, USA
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- W. M. Keck Science Department, Claremont McKenna, Pitzer, and Scripps Colleges, Claremont, CA, 91711, USA
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- W. M. Keck Science Department, Claremont McKenna, Pitzer, and Scripps Colleges, Claremont, CA, 91711, USA
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- W. M. Keck Science Department, Claremont McKenna, Pitzer, and Scripps Colleges, Claremont, CA, 91711, USA
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Gowda ASP, Lee M, Spratt TE. N 2
-Substituted 2′-Deoxyguanosine Triphosphate Derivatives as Selective Substrates for Human DNA Polymerase κ. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2017. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.201611607] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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- A. S. Prakasha Gowda
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology; Pennsylvania State University; 500 University Dr. Hershey PA 17033 USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology; New York Medical College; Valhalla NY 10595 USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology; Pennsylvania State University; 500 University Dr. Hershey PA 17033 USA
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Gowda ASP, Lee M, Spratt TE. N 2 -Substituted 2'-Deoxyguanosine Triphosphate Derivatives as Selective Substrates for Human DNA Polymerase κ. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2017; 56:2628-2631. [PMID: 28140505 DOI: 10.1002/anie.201611607] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/28/2016] [Revised: 01/12/2017] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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N2 -Alkyl-2'-deoxyguanosine triphosphate (N2 -alkyl-dGTP) derivatives with methyl, butyl, benzyl, or 4-ethynylbenzyl substituents were prepared and tested as substrates for human DNA polymerases. N2 -Benzyl-dGTP was equal to dGTP as a substrate for DNA polymerase κ (pol κ), but was a poor substrate for pols β, δ, η, ι, or ν. In vivo reactivity was evaluated through incubation of N2 -4-ethynylbenzyl-dG with wild-type and pol κ deficient mouse embryonic fibroblasts. CuAAC reaction with 5(6)-FAM-azide demonstrated that only cells containing pol κ were able to incorporate N2 -4-ethynylbenzyl-dG into the nucleus. This is the first instance of a Y-family-polymerase-specific dNTP, and this method could be used to probe the activity of pol κ in vivo.
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- A S Prakasha Gowda
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Pennsylvania State University, 500 University Dr., Hershey, PA, 17033, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, New York Medical College, Valhalla, NY, 10595, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Pennsylvania State University, 500 University Dr., Hershey, PA, 17033, USA
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Hottin A, Betz K, Diederichs K, Marx A. Structural Basis for the KlenTaq DNA Polymerase Catalysed Incorporation of Alkene- versus Alkyne-Modified Nucleotides. Chemistry 2017; 23:2109-2118. [PMID: 27901305 DOI: 10.1002/chem.201604515] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/23/2016] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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Efficient incorporation of modified nucleotides by DNA polymerases is essential for many cutting-edge biomolecular technologies. The present study compares the acceptance of either alkene- or alkyne-modified nucleotides by KlenTaq DNA polymerase and provides structural insights into how 7-deaza-adenosine and deoxyuridine with attached alkene-modifications are incorporated into the growing DNA strand. Thereby, we identified modified nucleotides that prove to be superior substrates for KlenTaq DNA polymerase compared with their natural analogues. The knowledge can be used to guide future design of functionalized nucleotide building blocks.
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- Audrey Hottin
- Department of Chemistry and Department of Biology, University of Konstanz, Universitätsstrasse 10, 78457, Konstanz, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry and Department of Biology, University of Konstanz, Universitätsstrasse 10, 78457, Konstanz, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry and Department of Biology, University of Konstanz, Universitätsstrasse 10, 78457, Konstanz, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry and Department of Biology, University of Konstanz, Universitätsstrasse 10, 78457, Konstanz, Germany
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Aptamers are nucleic acid-based scaffolds that can bind with high affinity to a variety of biological targets. Aptamers are identified from large DNA or RNA libraries through a process of directed molecular evolution (SELEX). Chemical modification of nucleic acids considerably increases the functional and structural diversity of aptamer libraries and substantially increases the affinity of the aptamers. Additionally, modified aptamers exhibit much greater resistance to biodegradation. The evolutionary selection of modified aptamers is conditioned by the possibility of the enzymatic synthesis and replication of non-natural nucleic acids. Wild-type or mutant polymerases and their non-natural nucleotide substrates that can support SELEX are highlighted in the present review. A focus is made on the efforts to find the most suitable type of nucleotide modifications and the engineering of new polymerases. Post-SELEX modification as a complementary method will be briefly considered as well.
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- Sergey A Lapa
- Engelhardt Institute of Molecular Biology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia.
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- Engelhardt Institute of Molecular Biology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
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- Engelhardt Institute of Molecular Biology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
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Matyašovský J, Perlíková P, Malnuit V, Pohl R, Hocek M. 2-Substituted dATP Derivatives as Building Blocks for Polymerase-Catalyzed Synthesis of DNA Modified in the Minor Groove. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2016; 55:15856-15859. [PMID: 27879047 PMCID: PMC6680173 DOI: 10.1002/anie.201609007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/14/2016] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
Abstract
2'-Deoxyadenosine triphosphate (dATP) derivatives bearing diverse substituents (Cl, NH2 , CH3 , vinyl, ethynyl, and phenyl) at position 2 were prepared and tested as substrates for DNA polymerases. The 2-phenyl-dATP was not a substrate for DNA polymerases, but the dATPs bearing smaller substituents were good substrates in primer-extension experiments, producing DNA substituted in the minor groove. The vinyl-modified DNA was applied in thiol-ene addition and the ethynyl-modified DNA was applied in a CuAAC click reaction to form DNA labelled with fluorescent dyes in the minor groove.
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- Ján Matyašovský
- Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, Czech Academy of Sciences, Flemingovo nam. 2, 16610, Prague 6, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, Czech Academy of Sciences, Flemingovo nam. 2, 16610, Prague 6, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, Czech Academy of Sciences, Flemingovo nam. 2, 16610, Prague 6, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, Czech Academy of Sciences, Flemingovo nam. 2, 16610, Prague 6, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, Czech Academy of Sciences, Flemingovo nam. 2, 16610, Prague 6, Czech Republic.,Department of Organic Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Charles University in Prague, Hlavova 8, 12843, Prague 2, Czech Republic
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Matyašovský J, Perlíková P, Malnuit V, Pohl R, Hocek M. 2-Substituted dATP Derivatives as Building Blocks for Polymerase-Catalyzed Synthesis of DNA Modified in the Minor Groove. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2016. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.201609007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Ján Matyašovský
- Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry; Czech Academy of Sciences; Flemingovo nam. 2 16610 Prague 6 Czech Republic
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry; Czech Academy of Sciences; Flemingovo nam. 2 16610 Prague 6 Czech Republic
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry; Czech Academy of Sciences; Flemingovo nam. 2 16610 Prague 6 Czech Republic
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry; Czech Academy of Sciences; Flemingovo nam. 2 16610 Prague 6 Czech Republic
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry; Czech Academy of Sciences; Flemingovo nam. 2 16610 Prague 6 Czech Republic
- Department of Organic Chemistry, Faculty of Science; Charles University in Prague; Hlavova 8 12843 Prague 2 Czech Republic
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Cahová H, Panattoni A, Kielkowski P, Fanfrlík J, Hocek M. 5-Substituted Pyrimidine and 7-Substituted 7-Deazapurine dNTPs as Substrates for DNA Polymerases in Competitive Primer Extension in the Presence of Natural dNTPs. ACS Chem Biol 2016; 11:3165-3171. [PMID: 27668519 DOI: 10.1021/acschembio.6b00714] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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A complete series of 5-substituted uracil or cytosine, as well as 7-substituted 7-deazaadenine and 7-deazaguanine 2'-deoxyribonucleoside triphosphates (dNTPs) bearing substituents of increasing bulkiness (H, Me, vinyl, ethynyl, and phenyl) were systematically studied in competitive primer extension in the presence of their natural counterparts (nonmodified dNTPs), and their kinetic data were determined. The results show that modified dNTPs bearing π-electron-containing substituents (vinyl, ethynyl, Ph) are typically excellent substrates for DNA polymerases comparable to or better than natural dNTPs. The kinetic studies revealed that these modified dNTPs have higher affinity to the active site of the enzyme-primer-template complex, and the calculations (semiempirical quantum mechanical scoring function) suggest that it is due to the cation-π interaction of the modified dNTP with Arg629 in the active site of Bst DNA polymerase.
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- Hana Cahová
- Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Gilead & IOCB Research Center, Flemingovo namesti 2, CZ-16610 Prague 6, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Gilead & IOCB Research Center, Flemingovo namesti 2, CZ-16610 Prague 6, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Gilead & IOCB Research Center, Flemingovo namesti 2, CZ-16610 Prague 6, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Gilead & IOCB Research Center, Flemingovo namesti 2, CZ-16610 Prague 6, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Gilead & IOCB Research Center, Flemingovo namesti 2, CZ-16610 Prague 6, Czech Republic
- Department
of Organic Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Charles University in Prague, Hlavova 8, Prague-2 12843, Czech Republic
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Welter M, Verga D, Marx A. Sequence-Specific Incorporation of Enzyme-Nucleotide Chimera by DNA Polymerases. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2016; 55:10131-5. [PMID: 27392211 DOI: 10.1002/anie.201604641] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/12/2016] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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DNA polymerases select the right nucleotide for the growing polynucleotide chain based on the shape and geometry of the nascent nucleotide pairs and thereby ensure high DNA replication selectivity. High-fidelity DNA polymerases are believed to possess tight active sites that allow little deviation from the canonical structures. However, DNA polymerases are known to use nucleotides with small modifications as substrates, which is key for numerous core biotechnology applications. We show that even high-fidelity DNA polymerases are capable of efficiently using nucleotide chimera modified with a large protein like horseradish peroxidase as substrates for template-dependent DNA synthesis, despite this "cargo" being more than 100-fold larger than the natural substrates. We exploited this capability for the development of systems that enable naked-eye detection of DNA and RNA at single nucleotide resolution.
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- Moritz Welter
- Department of Chemistry, Konstanz Research School Chemical Biology, University of Konstanz, Universitätsstraße 10, 78457, Konstanz, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry, Konstanz Research School Chemical Biology, University of Konstanz, Universitätsstraße 10, 78457, Konstanz, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry, Konstanz Research School Chemical Biology, University of Konstanz, Universitätsstraße 10, 78457, Konstanz, Germany.
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Kong D, Yeung W, Hili R. Generation of Synthetic Copolymer Libraries by Combinatorial Assembly on Nucleic Acid Templates. ACS COMBINATORIAL SCIENCE 2016; 18:355-70. [PMID: 27275512 DOI: 10.1021/acscombsci.6b00059] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Recent advances in nucleic acid-templated copolymerization have expanded the scope of sequence-controlled synthetic copolymers beyond the molecular architectures witnessed in nature. This has enabled the power of molecular evolution to be applied to synthetic copolymer libraries to evolve molecular function ranging from molecular recognition to catalysis. This Review seeks to summarize different approaches available to generate sequence-defined monodispersed synthetic copolymer libraries using nucleic acid-templated polymerization. Key concepts and principles governing nucleic acid-templated polymerization, as well as the fidelity of various copolymerization technologies, will be described. The Review will focus on methods that enable the combinatorial generation of copolymer libraries and their molecular evolution for desired function.
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- Dehui Kong
- Department of Chemistry, University of Georgia, 140 Cedar
Street, Athens, Georgia 30602, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Georgia, 140 Cedar
Street, Athens, Georgia 30602, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Georgia, 140 Cedar
Street, Athens, Georgia 30602, United States
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Welter M, Verga D, Marx A. Sequenz-spezifischer Einbau von Enzym-Nukleotid-Chimären durch DNA-Polymerasen. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2016. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.201604641] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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- Moritz Welter
- Fachbereich Chemie, Graduiertenschule Chemische Biologie Konstanz; Universität Konstanz; Universitätsstraße 10 78457 Konstanz Deutschland
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- Fachbereich Chemie, Graduiertenschule Chemische Biologie Konstanz; Universität Konstanz; Universitätsstraße 10 78457 Konstanz Deutschland
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- Fachbereich Chemie, Graduiertenschule Chemische Biologie Konstanz; Universität Konstanz; Universitätsstraße 10 78457 Konstanz Deutschland
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Hottin A, Marx A. Structural Insights into the Processing of Nucleobase-Modified Nucleotides by DNA Polymerases. Acc Chem Res 2016; 49:418-27. [PMID: 26947566 DOI: 10.1021/acs.accounts.5b00544] [Citation(s) in RCA: 123] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
Abstract
The DNA polymerase-catalyzed incorporation of modified nucleotides is employed in many biological technologies of prime importance, such as next-generation sequencing, nucleic acid-based diagnostics, transcription analysis, and aptamer selection by systematic enrichment of ligands by exponential amplification (SELEX). Recent studies have shown that 2'-deoxynucleoside triphosphates (dNTPs) that are functionalized with modifications at the nucleobase such as dyes, affinity tags, spin and redox labels, or even oligonucleotides are substrates for DNA polymerases, even if modifications of high steric demand are used. The position at which the modification is introduced in the nucleotide has been identified as crucial for retaining substrate activity for DNA polymerases. Modifications are usually attached at the C5 position of pyrimidines and the C7 position of 7-deazapurines. Furthermore, it has been shown that the nature of the modification may impact the efficiency of incorporation of a modified nucleotide into the nascent DNA strand by a DNA polymerase. This Account places functional data obtained in studies of the incorporation of modified nucleotides by DNA polymerases in the context of recently obtained structural data. Crystal structure analysis of a Thermus aquaticus (Taq) DNA polymerase variant (namely, KlenTaq DNA polymerase) in ternary complex with primer-template DNA and several modified nucleotides provided the first structural insights into how nucleobase-modified triphosphates are tolerated. We found that bulky modifications are processed by KlenTaq DNA polymerase as a result of cavities in the protein that enable the modification to extend outside the active site. In addition, we found that the enzyme is able to adapt to different modifications in a flexible manner and adopts different amino acid side-chain conformations at the active site depending on the nature of the nucleotide modification. Different "strategies" (i.e., hydrogen bonding, cation-π interactions) enable the protein to stabilize the respective protein-substrate complex without significantly changing the overall structure of the complex. Interestingly, it was also discovered that a modified nucleotide may be more efficiently processed by KlenTaq DNA polymerase when the 3'-primer terminus is also a modified nucleotide instead of a nonmodified natural one. Indeed, the modifications of two modified nucleotides at adjacent positions can interact with each other (i.e., by π-π interactions) and thereby stabilize the enzyme-substrate complex, resulting in more efficient transformation. Several studies have indicated that archeal DNA polymerases belonging to sequence family B are better suited for the incorporation of nucleobase-modified nucleotides than enzymes from family A. However, significantly less structural data are available for family B DNA polymerases. In order to gain insights into the preference for modified substrates by members of family B, we succeeded in obtaining binary structures of 9°N and KOD DNA polymerases bound to primer-template DNA. We found that the major groove of the archeal family B DNA polymerases is better accessible than in family A DNA polymerases. This might explain the observed superiority of family B DNA polymerases in polymerizing nucleotides that bear bulky modifications located in the major groove, such as modification at C5 of pyrimidines and C7 of 7-deazapurines. Overall, this Account summarizes our recent findings providing structural insight into the mechanism by which modified nucleotides are processed by DNA polymerases. It provides guidelines for the design of modified nucleotides, thus supporting future efforts based on the acceptance of modified nucleotides by DNA polymerases.
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- Audrey Hottin
- Department
of Chemistry and
Konstanz Research School Chemical Biology University of Konstanz Universitätsstrasse 10, 78457 Konstanz, Germany
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- Department
of Chemistry and
Konstanz Research School Chemical Biology University of Konstanz Universitätsstrasse 10, 78457 Konstanz, Germany
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Andreas Marx. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2016. [DOI: 10.1002/anie.201507765] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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