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Simple and Robust in vivo and in vitro Approach for Studying Virus Assembly
Published on: March 1, 2012
在体内封装核酸使用工程非病毒蛋白质囊
Seth Lilavivat1, Debosmita Sardar, Subrata Jana
1Department of Chemistry, University of Utah, 315 South 1400 East, Salt Lake City, Utah 84112, USA.
Journal of the American Chemical Society
|July 26, 2012
概括
具有增加正电荷的工程蛋白质体成功封装了RNA. 这种充电互补性方法表明了选择性RNA传递系统的潜力.
科学领域:
- 生物化学和分子生物学
- 纳米技术纳米技术
- 结构生物学 结构生物学
背景情况:
- 蛋白质体自然封装分子,并且在纳米技术中具有携带非本土客人的潜力.
- 电荷互补性是设计新分子封装系统的一个有前途的策略.
- 工程蛋白质囊可以为各种应用创造新的容器.
研究的目的:
- 探索使用电荷互补性来封装蛋白质囊中的核酸.
- 为了设计Aquifex aeolicus lumazine synthase (AaLS) 囊体,以增强其对RNA结合的正电荷.
- 为了研究工程体对RNA分子的选择性和亲和力.
主要方法:
- 使用局部定向突变发生来引入AaLS每次子单元的四个突变,以增加正面表面电荷.
- 工程突变囊体 (AaLS-pos) 在体内被制造和组装.
- 对AaLS-pos体的表征涉及分析它们的封装载荷,特别是RNA含量和大小.
主要成果:
- 经过工程设计的AaLS-pos体在其内部表面表现出增加的正电荷.
- 在体内组装导致细胞RNA被吸收到AaLS-pos囊中.
- 封装的RNA分子长度主要为200-350个基,这表明选择性封装.
结论:
- 简单的电荷互补性可以在工程蛋白质体内实现高亲和度和选择性RNA封装.
- 调整蛋白质体的表面电荷提供了一种控制RNA负载的方法.
- 这种方法可以提供对病毒基因组识别的见解,并推进RNA传递系统的开发.
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