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Pseudo-Half-Knot Formation with RNA

A pseudo-half-knot can be formed by binding an oligonucleotide asymmetrically to an RNA hairpin loop. This binding motif was used to target the human immunodeficiency virus TAR element, an important viral RNA structure that is the receptor for Tat, the major viral transactivator protein. Oligonucleo...

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Published in:Science (American Association for the Advancement of Science) 1992-08, Vol.257 (5072), p.958-961
Main Authors: Ecker, D. J., Vickers, T. A., Bruice, T. W., Freier, S. M., Jenison, R. D., Manoharan, M., Zounes, M.
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Language:English
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Summary:A pseudo-half-knot can be formed by binding an oligonucleotide asymmetrically to an RNA hairpin loop. This binding motif was used to target the human immunodeficiency virus TAR element, an important viral RNA structure that is the receptor for Tat, the major viral transactivator protein. Oligonucleotides complementary to different halves of the TAR structure bound with greater affinity than molecules designed to bind symmetrically around the hairpin. The pseudo-half-knot-forming oligonucleotides altered the TAR structure so that specific recognition and binding of a Tat-derived peptide was disrupted. This general binding motif may be used to disrupt the structure of regulatory RNA hairpins.
ISSN:0036-8075
1095-9203
DOI:10.1126/science.1502560