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  • Chemical Biology
  • Molecular Biology
  • Biochemistry

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  • Nucleic acid-templated reactions facilitate conditional bond formation, dependent on specific DNA or RNA presence.
  • Current applications include diagnostics, drug screening, and gene expression-specific therapies.
  • Low abundance of biological nucleic acid templates necessitates amplification or catalytic template activity.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To review advancements in nucleic acid-templated reactions with template turnover and amplification.
  • To highlight improvements in reaction engineering and new chemistries enabling higher turnovers.
  • To discuss current limitations and future opportunities in the field.

Main Methods:

  • Review of recent literature on nucleic acid-templated reactions.
  • Analysis of systems demonstrating template turnover and product amplification.
  • Examination of advancements in ligation and non-nucleotidic substrate chemistries.

Main Results:

  • Recent developments have increased reaction turnovers from 10^1 to 10^2-10^3.
  • New systems facilitate oligonucleotide ligation and functional group interconversion.
  • Templated chemistries enable catalyst activation for non-nucleotidic substrate reactions.

Conclusions:

  • Nucleic acid-templated reactions with turnover offer a powerful amplification strategy.
  • Improvements in chemistry and engineering are expanding the scope and efficiency of these systems.
  • Further research is needed to overcome current limitations and unlock future opportunities.