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Published online 15 June 2004

Nucleic Acids Research, 2004, Vol. 32, No. 10 E84
© 2004 Nucleic Acids Research, Vol. 32 No. 10 © Oxford University Press 2004; all rights reserved

Rapid preparation of RNA samples for NMR spectroscopy and X-ray crystallography

Hae-Kap Cheong, Eunha Hwang, Chulhyun Lee, Byong-Seok Choi1 and Chaejoon Cheong*

Magnetic Resonance Team, Korea Basic Science Institute, Eoun-dong 52, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon 305-333, Korea and 1 Department of Chemistry and National Creative Research Initiative Center, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Guseong-dong 373-1, Yuseong-gu. Daejeon 305-701, Korea

* To whom correspondence should be addressed. Tel: +82 42 865 3431; Fax: +82 42 865 3419; Email: cheong{at}kbsi.re.kr

Received April 6, 2004; Revised May 6, 2004; Accepted May 15, 2004

Knowledge of the three-dimensional structures of RNA and its complexes is important for understanding the molecular mechanism of RNA recognition by proteins or ligands. Enzymatic synthesis using T7 bacteriophage RNA polymerase is used to prepare samples for NMR spectroscopy and X-ray crystallography. However, this run-off transcription method results in heterogeneity at the RNA 3-terminus. For structural studies, RNA purification requires a single nucleotide resolution. Usually PAGE purification is used, but it is tedious, time-consuming and cost ineffective. To overcome these problems in high-throughput RNA synthesis, we devised a method of RNA preparation that uses trans-acting DNAzyme and sequence-specific affinity column chromatography. A tag sequence is added at the 3' end of RNA, and the tagged RNA is picked out using an affinity column that contains the complementary DNA sequence. The 3' end tag is then removed by sequence-specific cleavage using trans-acting DNAzyme, the arm lengths of which are optimized for turnover number. This purification method is simpler and faster than the conventional method.


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