Aptamer–protein interactions: from regulation to biomolecular detection

C Ji, J Wei, L Zhang, X Hou, J Tan, Q Yuan… - Chemical …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Serving as the basis of cell life, interactions between nucleic acids and proteins play
essential roles in fundamental cellular processes. Aptamers are unique single-stranded …

Recent progress of SELEX methods for screening nucleic acid aptamers

C Zhu, Z Feng, H Qin, L Chen, M Yan, L Li, F Qu - Talanta, 2024 - Elsevier
Nucleic acid aptamers are oligonucleotide sequences screened by an in vitro methodology
called Systematic Evolution of Ligands by Exponential Enrichment (SELEX). Known as …

Pushing adenosine and ATP SELEX for DNA aptamers with nanomolar affinity

Y Ding, J Liu - Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2023 - ACS Publications
The classical DNA aptamer for adenosine and ATP has been the most used small molecule
binding aptamer for biosensing, imaging, and DNA nanotechnology. This sequence has …

Structural basis for high-affinity recognition of aflatoxin B1 by a DNA aptamer

G Xu, C Wang, H Yu, Y Li, Q Zhao, X Zhou… - Nucleic Acids …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
The 26-mer DNA aptamer (AF26) that specifically binds aflatoxin B1 (AFB1) with nM-level
high affinity is rare among hundreds of aptamers for small molecules. Despite its predicted …

Comparison of aptamer signaling mechanisms reveals disparities in sensor response and strategies to eliminate false signals

O Alkhamis, J Canoura, C Willis, L Wang… - Journal of the …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Aptamers are nucleic acid-based affinity reagents that have been incorporated into a variety
of molecular sensor formats. However, many aptamer sensors exhibit insufficient sensitivity …

Rapid Nuclease-Assisted Selection of High-Affinity Small-Molecule Aptamers

L Wang, O Alkhamis, J Canoura, H Yu… - Journal of the American …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Aptamers are nucleic acid bioreceptors that have been widely utilized for a variety of
biosensing applications, including in vivo detection methods that would not be possible with …

Cross-binding of four adenosine/ATP aptamers to caffeine, theophylline, and other methylxanthines

Y Ding, Y **e, AZ Li, PJJ Huang, J Liu - Biochemistry, 2023 - ACS Publications
The classical DNA aptamer for adenosine and ATP was selected twice using ATP as the
target in 1995 and 2005, respectively. In 2022, this motif appeared four more times from …

RNA nanostructures for targeted drug delivery and imaging

L Teodori, M Omer, J Kjems - RNA biology, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
The RNA molecule plays a pivotal role in many biological processes by relaying genetic
information, regulating gene expression, and serving as molecular machines and catalyzers …

Affinity-guided coevolution of aptamers for guanine, xanthine, hypoxanthine, and adenine

Y Ding, L Gu, X Wang, Z Zhang, H Zhang… - ACS Chemical …, 2024 - ACS Publications
The simultaneous evolution of multiple aptamers can drastically increase the speed of
aptamer discovery. Most previous studies used the same concentration for different targets …

Circular single-stranded DNA: discovery, biological effects, and applications

X Cao, L Tang, J Song - ACS Synthetic Biology, 2024 - ACS Publications
The field of nucleic acid therapeutics has witnessed a significant surge in recent times, as
evidenced by the increasing number of approved genetic drugs. However, current platform …