Improved RNA cleavage by LNAzyme derivatives of DNAzymes
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- DOI: 10.1042/bst0320037
Improved RNA cleavage by LNAzyme derivatives of DNAzymes
Abstract
Specific cleavage of RNA is catalysed by short oligodeoxynucleotides termed DNAzymes. DNAzymes consist of two binding arms that hybridize to a predetermined RNA sequence and a catalytic core that cleaves a phosphodiester bond held between the binding arms. DNAzymes are exemplified by the well-studied 10-23 DNAzyme, which compared with protein ribonucleases is highly specific, albeit slow. Here we report a significant improvement in cleavage kinetics, while maintaining specificity, by incorporation of LNA (locked nucleic acid) and alpha-L-LNA nucleotides into the binding arms of 10-23 DNAzyme. DNAzymes modified in this way (LNAzymes) enhance cleavage of a phosphodiester bond presented in a short RNA substrate as well as in longer and highly structured substrates, and efficient cleavage is maintained from single- to multiple-turnover conditions. Analysis of the cleavage reaction indicates that substrate hybridization is boosted by the presence of the locked residues within the LNAzymes, while no apparent change occurs in the catalytic strand-scission step.
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