ChemBioChem
ChemBioChem
4 years ago

Heterodimerization of Group I Ribozymes Enabling Exon Recombination through Pairs of Cooperative trans-Splicing Reactions

Heterodimerization of Group I Ribozymes Enabling Exon Recombination through Pairs of Cooperative trans-Splicing Reactions
Yoshiya Ikawa, Shigeyoshi Matsumura, Yuto Tominaga, Yusuke Hirata, Takahiro Tanaka, Hiroyuki Furuta
Group I (GI) self-splicing ribozymes are attractive tools for biotechnology and synthetic biology. Several trans-splicing and related reactions based on GI ribozymes have been developed for the purpose of recombining their target mRNA sequences. By combining trans-splicing systems with rational modular engineering of GI ribozymes it was possible to achieve more complex editing of target RNA sequences. In this study we have developed a cooperative trans-splicing system through rational modular engineering with use of dimeric GI ribozymes derived from the Tetrahymena group I intron ribozyme. The resulting pairs of ribozymes exhibited catalytic activity depending on their selective dimerization. Rational modular redesign as performed in this study would facilitate the development of sophisticated regulation of double or multiple trans-splicing reactions in a cooperative manner. A cooperative trans-splicing system based on dimeric ribozymes derived from the Tetrahymena group I intron was developed through rational modular engineering. The resulting pairs of ribozymes exhibited catalytic activity depending on their selective dimerization and can conduct pairs of trans-splicing reactions.

Publisher URL: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/resolve/doi

DOI: 10.1002/cbic.201700053

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