Nonenzymatic RNA-templated Synthesis of N3'→P5' Phosphoramidate DNA.

3′-amino-2′ 3′-dideoxyribonucleotide 5′-phosphoroimidazolide N3′→P5′ phosphoramidate DNA Nonenzymatic template-directed synthesis Origins of life

Journal

Bio-protocol
ISSN: 2331-8325
Titre abrégé: Bio Protoc
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 101635102

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
05 Sep 2020
Historique:
received: 17 03 2020
revised: 10 06 2020
accepted: 15 06 2020
entrez: 4 3 2021
pubmed: 5 3 2021
medline: 5 3 2021
Statut: epublish

Résumé

The RNA world hypothesis describes a scenario where early life forms relied on RNA to govern both inheritance and catalyze useful chemical reactions. Prior to the emergence of enzymes capable of replicating the RNA genome, a nonenzymatic replication process would have been necessary to initiate Darwinian Evolution. However, the one-pot nonenzymatic RNA chemical copying of templates with mixed-sequences is insufficient to generate strand products long enough to encode useful function. The use of alternate (RNA-like) genetic polymers may overcome hurdles associated with RNA copying, and further our understanding of nonenzymatic copying chemistry. This protocol describes the nonenzymatic copying of RNA templates into N3'→P5' phosphoramidate DNA (3'-NP-DNA). We describe, in detail, the synthesis of 3'-amino-2',3'-dideoxyribonucleotide monomers activated with 2-aminoimidazole (3'-NH

Identifiants

pubmed: 33659395
doi: 10.21769/BioProtoc.3734
pii: e3734
pmc: PMC7842504
doi:

Types de publication

Journal Article

Langues

eng

Pagination

e3734

Informations de copyright

Copyright © 2020 The Authors; exclusive licensee Bio-protocol LLC.

Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts

Competing interestsThe authors declare no competing financial interest.

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Auteurs

Derek K O'Flaherty (DK)

Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Department of Molecular Biology, and Center for Computational and Integrative Biology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States.

Lijun Zhou (L)

Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Department of Molecular Biology, and Center for Computational and Integrative Biology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States.

Jack W Szostak (JW)

Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Department of Molecular Biology, and Center for Computational and Integrative Biology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States.

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