cyPhyRNA-seq : a genome-scale RNA-seq method to detect active self-cleaving ribozymes by capturing RNAs with 2',3'

Self-cleaving ribozymes are catalytically active RNAs that cleave themselves into a 5'-fragment with a 2',3'-cyclic phosphate and a 3'-fragment with a 5'-hydroxyl. They are widely applied for the construction of synthetic RNA devices and RNA-based therapeutics. However, the targeted discovery of self-cleaving ribozymes remains a major challenge. We developed a transcriptome-wide method, called cyPhyRNA-seq, to screen for ribozyme cleavage fragments in total RNA extract. This approach employs the specific ligation-based capture of ribozyme 5'-fragments using a variant of the Arabidopsis thaliana tRNA ligase we engineered. To capture ribozyme 3'-fragments, they are enriched from total RNA by enzymatic treatments. We optimized and enhanced the individual steps of cyPhyRNA-seq in vitro and in spike-in experiments. Then, we applied cyPhyRNA-seq to total RNA isolated from the bacterium Desulfovibrio vulgaris and detected self-cleavage of the three predicted type II hammerhead ribozymes, whose activity had not been examined to date. cyPhyRNA-seq can be used for the global analysis of active self-cleaving ribozymes with the advantage to capture both ribozyme cleavage fragments from total RNA. Especially in organisms harbouring many self-cleaving RNAs, cyPhyRNA-seq facilitates the investigation of cleavage activity. Moreover, this method has the potential to be used to discover novel self-cleaving ribozymes in different organisms. [Figure: see text].

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2021

Erschienen:

2021

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:18

Enthalten in:

RNA biology - 18(2021), sup2 vom: 12. Nov., Seite 818-831

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Olzog, V Janett [VerfasserIn]
Gärtner, Christiane [VerfasserIn]
Stadler, Peter F [VerfasserIn]
Fallmann, Jörg [VerfasserIn]
Weinberg, Christina E [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

5ʹ-3ʹ exonuclease Xrn1
Fungal Proteins
Hammerhead ribozyme
Journal Article
Next-generation sequencing
RNA, Catalytic
RNA pyrophosphohydrolase (RppH)
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
RtcB ligase
T4 RNA ligase truncated KQ

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Date Completed 10.03.2022

Date Revised 10.03.2022

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1080/15476286.2021.1999105

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM33442450X