1. PNA-NLS conjugates as single-molecular activators of target sites in double-stranded DNA for site-selective scission.
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Aiba Y, Hamano Y, Kameshima W, Araki Y, Wada T, Accetta A, Sforza S, Corradini R, Marchelli R, and Komiyama M
- Subjects
- Base Pair Mismatch, Base Sequence, Cerium chemistry, DNA genetics, Edetic Acid chemistry, Humans, Spectrometry, Fluorescence, DNA chemistry, Nuclear Localization Signals, Peptide Nucleic Acids chemistry
- Abstract
Artificial DNA cutters have been developed by us in our previous studies by combining two strands of pseudo-complementary peptide nucleic acid (pcPNA) with Ce(IV)-EDTA-promoted hydrolysis. The pcPNAs have two modified nucleobases (2,6-diaminopurine and 2-thiouracil) instead of conventional A and T, and can invade double-stranded DNA to activate the target site for the scission. This system has been applied to site-selective scissions of plasmid, λ-phage, E. coli genomic DNA, and human genomic DNA. Here, we have reported a still simpler and more convenient DNA cutter obtained by conjugating peptide nucleic acid (PNA) with a nuclear localization signal (NLS) peptide. This new DNA cutter requires only one PNA strand (instead of two) bearing conventional (non-pseudo-complementary) nucleobases. This PNA-NLS conjugate effectively activated the target site in double-stranded DNA and induced site-selective scission by Ce(IV)-EDTA. The complex formation between the conjugate and DNA was concretely evidenced by spectroscopic results based on time-resolved fluorescence. The target scission site of this new system was straightforwardly determined by the Watson-Crick base pairing rule, and mismatched sequences were clearly discriminated. Importantly, even highly GC-rich regions, which are difficult to be targeted by a previous strategy using pcPNA, were successfully targeted. All these features of the present DNA cutter make it promising for various future applications.
- Published
- 2013
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