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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
24
pubmed:dateCreated
2007-10-22
pubmed:abstractText
A covalently modified heteroconjugate between linezolid and neomycin B leads to an enhanced and more specific binding affinity to hairpin RNA targets in comparison to neomycin B itself. This heteroconjugate was used as a lure to select linezolid-specific hairpin RNA from an Escherichia coli genome RNA. The selected RNA obtained after eight cycles not only has typical stem-loop structures but also includes known sequences of the linezolid binding site. The results of RNA footprinting show that the binding site of the heteroconjugate encompasses both stem and loop regions, suggesting that the possible binding site for linezolid is in the terminal loop. In addition, findings from application of a surface plasmon resonance assay clearly demonstrate that linezolid binds to selected hairpin RNA in a highly specific manner with a low millimolar affinity. The results suggest that heteroconjugates might represent a generally useful approach in studies aimed at uncovering loop-specific RNA binding ligands that would be otherwise difficult to identify owing to their weak affinities.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Dec
pubmed:issn
1464-3391
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:day
15
pubmed:volume
15
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
7688-95
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2007
pubmed:articleTitle
Elucidation of the RNA target of linezolid by using a linezolid-neomycin B heteroconjugate and genomic SELEX.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Chemistry and Education, Seoul National University, Seoul 151-742, Republic of Korea.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't