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Mirror-image polymerase chain reaction.

Wenjun Jiang¹, Baochang Zhang², Chuyao Fan¹

¹School of Life Sciences, Tsinghua-Peking Joint Center for Life Sciences, Center for Synthetic and Systems Biology, Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Bioinformatics, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China.

|October 21, 2017

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Scientists created the largest synthesized d-amino acid protein, a mirror-image DNA polymerase. This novel enzyme successfully amplified a mirror-image DNA sequence, demonstrating strict chiral specificity for potential biomedical applications.

Keywords:

D-amino acid L-DNA Sulfolobus solfataricus P2 DNA polymerase IV (Dpo4)chirality mirror-image polymerase chain reaction (miPCR)

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Area of Science:

Biochemistry
Synthetic Biology
Molecular Biology

Background:

Mirror-image biological systems represent a novel frontier in biomedical technology.
Chemical synthesis of proteins using d-amino acids is challenging but offers unique properties.

Purpose of the Study:

To design and synthesize a mirror-image DNA polymerase (Dpo4) composed of d-amino acids.
To demonstrate the functionality of this d-polymerase in amplifying mirror-image DNA sequences.
To explore the potential applications of mirror-image polymerase chain reaction (miPCR) systems.

Main Methods:

Chemical synthesis of a mutant Sulfolobus solfataricus P2 DNA polymerase IV (Dpo4) using d-amino acids.
Amplification of a 120-bp l-DNA sequence (Escherichia coli 5S ribosomal RNA gene rrfB) using the synthesized d-polymerase and mirror-image PCR (miPCR).
Assessment of chiral specificity in both natural and mirror-image DNA amplification systems.

Main Results:

Successfully synthesized the largest d-amino acid protein to date (358 amino acid residues).
Demonstrated that the d-polymerase can amplify a target l-DNA sequence via miPCR.
Confirmed strict chiral specificity for both natural and mirror-image polymerase chain reaction systems.

Conclusions:

The development of chemically synthesized d-amino acid proteins, like the d-Dpo4, is feasible and expands the scope of protein engineering.
Mirror-image PCR systems exhibit high chiral specificity, validating their potential for creating mirror-image biological systems.
Efficient miPCR systems could enable applications like mirror-image SELEX for developing nuclease-resistant therapeutic aptamers.