Paramagnetic chemical probes for studying biological macromolecules

Q Miao, C Nitsche, H Orton, M Overhand… - Chemical …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Paramagnetic chemical probes have been used in electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR)
and nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy for more than four decades. Recent …

Synthesis of nucleobase-modified RNA oligonucleotides by post-synthetic approach

K Bartosik, K Debiec, A Czarnecka, E Sochacka… - Molecules, 2020 - mdpi.com
The chemical synthesis of modified oligoribonucleotides represents a powerful approach to
study the structure, stability, and biological activity of RNAs. Selected RNA modifications …

Long-range distance determination in fully deuterated RNA with pulsed EPR spectroscopy

B Endeward, Y Hu, G Bai, G Liu, TF Prisner, X Fang - Biophysical journal, 2022 - cell.com
Pulsed electron-electron double resonance (PELDOR or DEER) spectroscopy is powerful in
structure and dynamics study of biological macromolecules by providing distance …

Site selective and efficient spin labeling of proteins with a maleimide-functionalized trityl radical for pulsed dipolar EPR spectroscopy

JJ Jassoy, CA Heubach, T Hett, F Bernhard, FR Haege… - Molecules, 2019 - mdpi.com
Pulsed dipolar electron paramagnetic resonance spectroscopy (PDS) in combination with
site-directed spin labeling (SDSL) of proteins and oligonucleotides is a powerful tool in …

Recent advances in RNA structurome

B Xu, Y Zhu, C Cao, H Chen, Q Jin, G Li, J Ma… - Science China Life …, 2022 - Springer
RNA structures are essential to support RNA functions and regulation in various biological
processes. Recently, a range of novel technologies have been developed to decode …

Do the P1 and P2 hairpins of the Guanidine-II riboswitch interact?

C Wuebben, MF Vicino, M Mueller… - Nucleic acids …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Riboswitches regulate genes by adopting different structures in responds to metabolite
binding. The guanidine-II riboswitch is the smallest representative of the ykkC class with the …

Biomolecular EPR meets NMR at high magnetic fields

K Möbius, W Lubitz, N Cox, A Savitsky - Magnetochemistry, 2018 - mdpi.com
In this review on advanced biomolecular EPR spectroscopy, which addresses both the EPR
and NMR communities, considerable emphasis is put on delineating the complementarity of …

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 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 …