Specificity Enhancement of Deoxyribonucleic Acid Polymerization for Sensitive Nucleic Acid Detection.
Anal Chem
; 92(24): 15872-15879, 2020 12 15.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-943827
ABSTRACT
Specificity of DNA polymerization plays a critical role in DNA replication and storage of genetic information. Likewise, biotechnological applications, such as nucleic acid detection, DNA amplification, and gene cloning, require high specificity in DNA synthesis catalyzed by DNA polymerases. However, errors in DNA polymerization (such as mis-incorporation and mis-priming) can significantly jeopardize the specificity. Herein, we report our discovery that the specificity of DNA enzymatic synthesis can be substantially enhanced (up to 100-fold higher) by attenuating DNA polymerase kinetics via the phosphorothioate dNTPs. This specificity enhancement allows convenient and sensitive nucleic acid detection, polymerization, PCR, and gene cloning with complex systems (such as human cDNA and genomic DNA). Further, we found that the specificity enhancement offered higher sensitivity (up to 50-fold better) for detecting nucleic acids, such as COVID-19 viral RNAs. Our findings have revealed a simple and convenient strategy for facilitating specificity and sensitivity of nucleic acid detection, amplification, and gene cloning.
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Main subject:
DNA
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RNA, Viral
Type of study:
Diagnostic study
Limits:
Humans
Language:
English
Journal:
Anal Chem
Year:
2020
Document Type:
Article
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