DNAmoreDB - A Database of Deoxyribozymes

Published on 2003 in J. Am. Chem. Soc. volume 125 issue 2.

PubMed ID: 12517153

DOI:10.1021/ja0281232

Abstract:

DNA enzymes are single-stranded DNA molecules with catalytic capabilities that are isolated from random-sequence DNA libraries by “in vitro selection”. This new class of catalytic biomolecules has the potential of being used as unique molecular tools in a variety of innovative applications. Here we describe the creation and characterization of an RNA-cleaving autocatalytic DNA, DEC22-18, that uniquely links chemical catalysis with real-time fluorescence signaling capability in the same molecule. A trans-acting DNA molecule, DET22-18, was also developed from DEC22-18 that behaves as a true enzyme with a kcat of ∼7 min-1a rate constant that is the second largest ever reported for a DNA enzyme. It cleaves a chimeric RNA/DNA substrate at the lone RNA linkage surrounded by a closely spaced fluorophore-quencher paira unique structure that permits the synchronization of the chemical cleavage with fluorescence signaling. DET22-18 has a stem−loop structure and can be conjugated with DNA aptamers to form allosteric deoxyribozyme biosensors.



DNAzymes linked to this article:

Name Isolated sequence Length Reaction
DEC22-18 GATGTGTCCGTGCFAQGGTTCGATTCTTGATCGTTGTCATTGGCACACGGAGGTTTACTGAGTGGTAACCACGTTGCATGGAATTCGGTAAGCTTGGCACCCGCATCGT      109 RNA cleavage
DET22-18 AAGAATCGTTGTCATTGGCACACGGAGGTTTACTGAGTGGTAACCACGTTGCATGGAA      58 RNA cleavage
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