在RNA中循环butan胺二元体的紫外线驱动自我修复
Sarah J Crucilla1,2, Dian Ding3,4, Gabriella G Lozano1
1Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Harvard University, 60 Garden Street, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA. corinna.kufner@cfa.harvard.edu.
概括
RNA具有内在的紫外线诱导的自我修复机制,此前对RNA来说是未知的. 这种电荷转移过程修复了循环butan-pyrimidine-dimers (CPD),并可能影响了生命早期的进化.
科学领域:
- 生物化学 生化学
- 摄影化学的使用.
- 天体生物学 天体生物学
背景情况:
- 核酸,包括DNA和RNA,容易受到紫外线 (UV) 损伤,形成像循环butan-pyrimidine-dimers (CPD) 这样的光解子.
- 虽然DNA具有CPD的酶性修复机制,但RNA修复酶是未知的.
- 之前已经确定了一种涉及电荷转移 (CT) 的DNA自我修复机制.
研究的目的:
- 调查RNA中内在紫外线诱导的自我修复机制的存在和特征.
- 将RNA自我修复的效率与DNA的效率进行比较.
- 阐明电荷转移动态在这种自我修复过程中的作用.
主要方法:
- 紫外线/Vis光谱和高性能液态染色学 (HPLC) 分析以确定RNA和DNA序列中CPD自我修复的量子产量和转换率.
- 超快的紫外线 - - 射线探针光谱检查中介电荷转移 (CT) 状态的动态.
主要成果:
- 对于CPD,RNA表现出一种内在的紫外线诱导的自我修复机制,类似于DNA.
- 对于RNA自我修复 (0.23%) 的量子产量低于DNA (0.44%) 的量子产量.
- 在RNA和DNA二核酸中观察到可比的量子产量 (~50%) 和CT状态的皮秒寿命,这表明共享的潜在机制.
结论:
- 通过内在的电荷转移机制,RNA可以自我修复紫外线诱导的CPD光解.
- 这一发现扩大了我们对RNA光化学和现代生物和病毒中潜在的损伤/修复途径的理解.
- 自修机制可能在原始地球上早期核酸序列的选择中发挥了作用.
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