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US 6,280,936 B1Granted
Method for screening nucleic acid catalysts
AssigneeRibozyme Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
InventorsAlex Burgin, Leonid Beigelman, Laurent Bellon
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Abstract
Nucleic acid catalysts, method of screening for variants of nucleic acid catalysts, synthesis of ribozyme libraries and discovery of gene sequences are described.
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A nucleic acid molecule in a purified form with an endonuclease activity, comprising ribonucleotides and having the formula I:
- wherein, N is independently a nucleotide or a non-nucleotide linker, which may be same or different;
- M and Q are independently oligonucleotides of length sufficient to stably interact with a target nucleic acid molecule;
- o and n are integers greater than or equal to 1, wherein if (N)o and (N)n are nucleotides, (N)o and (N)n are optionally able to interact by hydrogen bond interaction;
- L is a linker which may be present or absent, but when present, is a nucleotide and/or a non-nucleotide linker, which may be a single-stranded and/or double-stranded region;
- represents a chemical linkage;
- U3, C4 and N7 indicate the relative position of each said nucleotide in the nucleic acid molecule, and A, C, U and G represent adenosine, cytidine, uridine and guanosine nucleotides, respectively.
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A nucleic acid molecule with catalytic activity, comprising ribonucleotides having the formula II:
- wherein, N is independently a nucleotide or a non-nucleotide linker, which may be same or different;
- M and Q are independently oligonucleotides of length sufficient to stably interact with a target nucleic acid molecule;
- o and n are integers greater than or equal to 1, wherein if (N)o and (N)n are nucleotides, (N)o and (N)n are optionally able to interact by hydrogen bond interaction;
- L is a linker which may be present or absent, but when present, is a nucleotide and/or a non-nucleotide linker, which may be a single-stranded and/or double-stranded region;
- Z3 is 2′-methylthiomethyl uridine;
- Z4 is 2′-C-allyl uridine;
- Z7 is 6-methyl uridine;
- represents a chemical linkage;
- and A, and G represent adenosine and guanosine nucleotides, respectively.
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A nucleic acid molecule with catalytic activity, comprising ribonucleotides and having the formula III:
- wherein, N is independently a nucleotide or a non-nucleotide linker, which may be same or different;
- M and Q are independently oligonucleotides of length sufficient to stably interact with a target nucleic acid molecule;
- o and n are integers greater than or equal to 1, wherein if (N)o and (N)n are nucleotides, (N)o and (N)n are optionally able to interact by hydrogen bond interaction;
- L is a linker which may be present or absent, but when present, is a nucleotide and/or a non-nucleotide linker, which may be a single-stranded and/or double-stranded region;
- Z3 is 2′-methylthiomethyl uridine;
- Z4 is 2′-methylthiomethyl cytidine;
- Z7 is 6-methyl uridine;
- represents a chemical linkage;
- and A, and G represent adenosine and guanosine nucleotides, respectively.
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A nucleic acid molecule with catalytic activity, comprising ribonucleotides and having the formula IV:
- wherein, N is independently a nucleotide or a non-nucleotide linker, which may be same or different;
- M and Q are independently oligonucleotides of length sufficient to stably interact with a target nucleic acid molecule;
- o and n are integers greater than or equal to 1, wherein if (N)o and (N)n are nucleotides, (N)o and (N)n are optionally able to interact by hydrogen bond interaction;
- L is a linker which may be present or absent, but when present, is a nucleotide and/or a non-nucleotide linker, which may be a single-stranded and/or double-stranded region;
- Z3 is 2′-methylthiomethyl uridine;
- Z4 is 2′-methylthiomethyl cytidine;
- Z7 is 2′-C-allyl uridine;
- represents a chemical linkage;
- and A, anq G represent adenosine and guanosine nucleotides, respectively.
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A nucleic acid molecule with catalytic activity, comprising ribonucleotides and having the formula V:
- wherein, N is independently a nucleotide or a non-nucleotide linker, which may be same or different;
- M and Q are independently oligonucleotides of length sufficient to stably interact with a target nucleic acid molecule;
- o and n are integers greater than or equal to 1, wherein if (N)o and (N)n are nucleotides, (N)o and (N)n are optionally able to interact by hydrogen bond interaction;
- L is a linker which may be present or absent, but when present, is a nucleotide and/or a non-nucleotide linker, which may be a single-stranded and/or double-stranded region;
- Z3 is 2′-methylthiomethyl uridine;
- Z4 is 2′-methylthiomethyl cytidine;
- Z7 is pyridine-4-one;
- and represents a chemical linkage;
- and A, and G represent adenosine and guanosine nucleotides, respectively.
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