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. 2022:2439:301-309.
doi: 10.1007/978-1-0716-2047-2_19.

Generation of RNA with 2', 3'-Cyclic Phosphates by Deoxyribozyme Cleavage in Frozen Solutions

Kristian K Le Vay  1 , Hannes Mutschler  2   3
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Generation of RNA with 2', 3'-Cyclic Phosphates by Deoxyribozyme Cleavage in Frozen Solutions

Kristian K Le Vay et al. Methods Mol Biol. 2022.

Abstract

The generation of terminal 2', 3'-cyclic phosphates on RNA oligomers is an important process in the study of tRNA splicing and repair, ribozyme catalysis, and RNA circularization. Here, we describe a simple method for producing 2', 3'-cyclic phosphate functionalized RNA by the deoxyribozyme-catalyzed cleavage of a short 3'-RNA overhang in frozen solution. This method avoids the nonspecific modification and degradation of RNA and attached functional groups (e.g., fluorophores) inherent in other methods, and the use of frozen conditions enables cleavage at very low divalent metal ion concentrations, limiting RNA hydrolysis.

Keywords: 8–17 deoxyribozyme; Cyclic phosphates; Ice; Ribozyme substrate synthesis; Site-specific RNA cleavage.

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