Engineer RNA-protein nanowires as light-responsive biomaterials
RNA molecules have emerged as increasingly attractive biomaterials with important applications such as RNA interference (RNAi) for cancer treatment and mRNA vaccines against infectious diseases. However, it remains challenging to engineer RNA biomaterials with sophisticated functions such as non-cov...
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| author | Younas, T Liu, C Struwe, WB Kukura, P He, L |
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| description | RNA molecules have emerged as increasingly attractive biomaterials with important applications such as RNA interference (RNAi) for cancer treatment and mRNA vaccines against infectious diseases. However, it remains challenging to engineer RNA biomaterials with sophisticated functions such as non-covalent light-switching ability. Herein, light-responsive RNA-protein nanowires are engineered to have such functions. It first demonstrates that the high affinity of RNA aptamer enables the formation of long RNA-protein nanowires through designing a dimeric RNA aptamer and an engineered green fluorescence protein (GFP) that contains two TAT-derived peptides at N- and C- termini. GFP is then replaced with an optogenetic protein pair system, LOV2 (light–oxygen–voltage) protein and its binding partner ZDK (Z subunit of protein A), to confer blue light-controlled photo-switching ability. The light-responsive nanowires are long (>500 nm) in the dark, but small (20–30 nm) when exposed to light. Importantly, the co-assembly of this RNA-protein hybrid biomaterial does not rely on the photochemistry commonly used for light-responsive biomaterials, such as bond formation, cleavage, and isomerization, and is thus reversible. These RNA-protein structures can serve as a new class of light-controlled biocompatible frameworks for incorporating versatile elements such as RNA, DNA, and enzymes. |
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| spelling | oxford-uuid:07a773d4-5dfc-412c-9ffa-7b9368530a5e2023-07-10T10:06:03ZEngineer RNA-protein nanowires as light-responsive biomaterials Journal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_dcae04bcuuid:07a773d4-5dfc-412c-9ffa-7b9368530a5eEnglishSymplectic ElementsWiley2023Younas, TLiu, CStruwe, WBKukura, PHe, LRNA molecules have emerged as increasingly attractive biomaterials with important applications such as RNA interference (RNAi) for cancer treatment and mRNA vaccines against infectious diseases. However, it remains challenging to engineer RNA biomaterials with sophisticated functions such as non-covalent light-switching ability. Herein, light-responsive RNA-protein nanowires are engineered to have such functions. It first demonstrates that the high affinity of RNA aptamer enables the formation of long RNA-protein nanowires through designing a dimeric RNA aptamer and an engineered green fluorescence protein (GFP) that contains two TAT-derived peptides at N- and C- termini. GFP is then replaced with an optogenetic protein pair system, LOV2 (light–oxygen–voltage) protein and its binding partner ZDK (Z subunit of protein A), to confer blue light-controlled photo-switching ability. The light-responsive nanowires are long (>500 nm) in the dark, but small (20–30 nm) when exposed to light. Importantly, the co-assembly of this RNA-protein hybrid biomaterial does not rely on the photochemistry commonly used for light-responsive biomaterials, such as bond formation, cleavage, and isomerization, and is thus reversible. These RNA-protein structures can serve as a new class of light-controlled biocompatible frameworks for incorporating versatile elements such as RNA, DNA, and enzymes. |
| spellingShingle | Younas, T Liu, C Struwe, WB Kukura, P He, L Engineer RNA-protein nanowires as light-responsive biomaterials |
| title | Engineer RNA-protein nanowires as light-responsive biomaterials
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| title_full | Engineer RNA-protein nanowires as light-responsive biomaterials
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| title_fullStr | Engineer RNA-protein nanowires as light-responsive biomaterials
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| title_short | Engineer RNA-protein nanowires as light-responsive biomaterials
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