A review on recent advances in methods for site-directed spin labeling of long RNAs

K Huang, X Fang - International Journal of Biological Macromolecules, 2023 - Elsevier
RNAs are important biomolecules that play essential roles in various cellular processes and
are crucially linked with many human diseases. The key to elucidate the mechanisms …

Posttranscriptional site-directed spin labeling of large RNAs with an unnatural base pair system under non-denaturing conditions

Y Wang, V Kathiresan, Y Chen, Y Hu, W Jiang… - Chemical …, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Site-directed spin labeling (SDSL) of large RNAs for electron paramagnetic resonance
(EPR) spectroscopy has remained challenging to date. We here demonstrate an efficient …

A versatile approach for site-directed spin labeling and structural EPR studies of RNAs

ES Babaylova, AV Ivanov, AA Malygin… - Organic & …, 2014 - pubs.rsc.org
Site-directed spin labeling (SDSL) is widely applied for structural studies of biopolymers by
electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR). However, SDSL of long RNA sequences still …

A fully enzymatic method for site-directed spin labeling of long RNA

I Lebars, B Vileno, S Bourbigot, P Turek… - Nucleic Acids …, 2014 - academic.oup.com
Site-directed spin labeling is emerging as an essential tool to investigate the structural and
dynamical features of RNA. We propose here an enzymatic method, which allows the …

Cut and paste RNA for nuclear magnetic resonance, paramagnetic resonance enhancement, and electron paramagnetic resonance structural studies

O Duss, ND dit Konté, FHT Allain - Methods in enzymology, 2015 - Elsevier
RNA is a crucial regulator involved in most molecular processes of life. Understanding its
function at the molecular level requires high-resolution structural information. However, the …

Strategies for covalent labeling of long RNAs

H Depmeier, E Hoffmann, L Bornewasser… - …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The introduction of chemical modifications into long RNA molecules at specific positions for
visualization, biophysical investigations, diagnostic and therapeutic applications still …

Studying RNA using site-directed spin-labeling and continuous-wave electron paramagnetic resonance spectroscopy

X Zhang, P Cekan, ST Sigurdsson, PZ Qin - Methods in enzymology, 2009 - Elsevier
In site-directed spin-labeling (SDSL), a stable nitroxide radical is attached to a specific
location within a macromolecule and electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) spectroscopy …

Noncovalent spin labeling of riboswitch RNAs to obtain long-range structural NMR restraints

C Helmling, I Bessi, A Wacker, KA Schnorr… - ACS Chemical …, 2014 - ACS Publications
Paramagnetic relaxation enhancement (PRE) NMR is a powerful method to study structure,
dynamics and function of proteins. Up to now, the application of PRE NMR on RNAs is a …

Site-Directed Spin Labeling of RNA with a Gem-Diethylisoindoline Spin Label: PELDOR, Relaxation, and Reduction Stability

C Wuebben, S Blume, D Abdullin, D Brajtenbach… - Molecules, 2019 - mdpi.com
Ribonucleic acid function is governed by its structure, dynamics, and interaction with other
biomolecules and influenced by the local environment. Thus, methods are needed that …

A model system for investigating lineshape/structure correlations in RNA site-directed spin labeling

PZ Qin, J Iseri, A Oki - Biochemical and biophysical research …, 2006 - Elsevier
In RNA site-directed spin labeling (SDSL) studies, structural and dynamic information at the
individual RNA nucleotide level is derived from the observed electron paramagnetic …