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Chem Commun (Camb) ; 52(99): 14318-14321, 2016 Dec 06.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-27886299

ABSTRACT

The Nobel prize in chemistry in 2016 was awarded for 'the design and synthesis of molecular machines'. Here we designed and assembled a molecular machine for the detection of specific RNA molecules. An association of several DNA strands, named multifunctional DNA machine for RNA analysis (MDMR1), was designed to (i) unwind RNA with the help of RNA-binding arms, (ii) selectively recognize a targeted RNA fragment, (iii) attract a signal-producing substrate and (iv) amplify the fluorescent signal by catalysis. MDMR1 enabled detection of 16S rRNA at concentrations ∼24 times lower than that by a traditional deoxyribozyme probe.


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DNA/chemistry , Nanotechnology , RNA/analysis
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Mol Microbiol ; 43(2): 335-54, 2002 Jan.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-11985713

ABSTRACT

We have characterized the interaction of the Neisseria meningitidis TonB-dependent receptor HpuAB with haemoglobin (Hb). Protease accessibility assays indicated that HpuA and HpuB are surface exposed, HpuB interacts physically with HpuA, and TonB energization affects the conformation of HpuAB. Binding assays using [125I]-Hb revealed that the bipartite receptor has a single binding site for Hb (Kd 150 nM). Competitive binding assays using heterologous Hbs revealed that HpuAB Hb recognition was not species specific. The binding kinetics of Hb to HpuAB were dramatically altered in a TonB- mutant and in wild-type meningococci treated with the protonophore carbonylcyanide m-chlorophenylhydrazone (CCCP), indicating that TonB and an intact proton motive force are required for normal Hb binding and release from HpuAB. Our results support a model in which both HpuA and HpuB are required to form a receptor complex in the outer membrane with a single binding site, whose structure and ligand interactions are significantly affected by the TonB-mediated energy state of the receptor.


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Bacterial Outer Membrane Proteins/metabolism , Bacterial Proteins/metabolism , Hemoglobins/metabolism , Membrane Proteins/metabolism , Neisseria meningitidis/metabolism , Receptors, Cell Surface/metabolism , Bacterial Outer Membrane Proteins/genetics , Kinetics , Ligands , Neisseria meningitidis/genetics , Neisseria meningitidis/growth & development , Receptors, Cell Surface/genetics , Trypsin/metabolism
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