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  • Chemical Biology

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  • Small molecule chemical probes are essential for RNA structure determination.
  • Recent simulations suggest cooperative RNA-probe binding influences reactivity.
  • Understanding this relationship is key to accurate RNA structure analysis.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the interplay between RNA structural dynamics and chemical probe reactivity.
  • To explore how probe concentration affects nucleotide modification rates.
  • To determine if observed reactivity shifts can infer RNA pairing interactions.

Main Methods:

  • Utilized selective 2'-hydroxyl acylation analyzed by primer extension (SHAPE) and dimethyl sulfate (DMS) chemical probing.
  • Employed nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy, including chemical exchange experiments.
  • Analyzed RNA nucleotide reactivity across varying probe concentrations.

Main Results:

  • NMR revealed high imino proton exchange rates in SHAPE-reactive, base-paired nucleotides.
  • Observed unexpected shifts in nucleotide modification rates with increasing probe concentration.
  • Demonstrated that some base-paired nucleotides become reactive at higher probe concentrations, correlating with complementary nucleotide changes.

Conclusions:

  • RNA conformational dynamics intricately influence chemical probe reactivity.
  • Cooperative binding effects can lead to non-linear reactivity trends.
  • Harnessing concentration-dependent reactivity shifts may enable inference of RNA pairing interactions and structural ensembles.