Vaníková Zuzana, Janoušková Martina, Kambová Milada, Krásný Libor, Hocek Michal
Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry , Czech Academy of Sciences , Flemingovo nam. 2 , 16610 Prague 6 , Czech Republic . Email:
Department of Organic Chemistry , Faculty of Science , Charles University in Prague , Hlavova 8 , CZ-12843 Prague 2 , Czech Republic.
Chem Sci. 2019 Mar 4;10(14):3937-3942. doi: 10.1039/c9sc00205g. eCollection 2019 Apr 14.
We report proof of principle biomimetic switching of transcription through non-natural chemical reactions in the major groove of DNA templates. Photocaged DNA templates containing nitrobenzyl-protected 5-hydroxymethyluracil or - cytosine permitted no transcription with RNA polymerase (OFF state). Their irradiation with 400 nm light resulted in DNA templates containing hydroxymethylpyrimidines, which switched transcription ON with a higher yield (250-350%) compared to non-modified DNA. Phosphorylation of templates containing 5-hydroxymethyluracil (but not 5-hydroxymethylcytosine) then turned transcription OFF again. It is the first step towards artificial bioorthogonal chemical epigenetics.
我们报道了通过DNA模板大沟中的非天然化学反应进行转录的原理验证性仿生开关。含有硝基苄基保护的5-羟甲基尿嘧啶或5-羟甲基胞嘧啶的光笼DNA模板在RNA聚合酶作用下不发生转录(关闭状态)。用400nm光照射它们会产生含有羟甲基嘧啶的DNA模板,与未修饰的DNA相比,其转录开启的产量更高(250-350%)。然后,含有5-羟甲基尿嘧啶(而非5-羟甲基胞嘧啶)的模板磷酸化会再次使转录关闭。这是迈向人工生物正交化学表观遗传学的第一步。