Structural basis for activation of fluorogenic dyes by an RNA aptamer lacking a G-quadruplex motif

The DIR2s RNA aptamer activates the fluorescence of cyanine dyes allowing detection of two well-resolved emission colors. Here authors solve the crystal structures of the apo and OTB-SO3 fluorophore-bound DIR2s and show how the fluorophore ligand is bound.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Sandip A. Shelke, Yaming Shao, Artur Laski, Deepak Koirala, Benjamin P. Weissman, James R. Fuller, Xiaohong Tan, Tudor P. Constantin, Alan S. Waggoner, Marcel P. Bruchez, Bruce A. Armitage, Joseph A. Piccirilli
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2018-10-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-06942-3