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. 1994 Jul 25;22(14):2731–2739. doi: 10.1093/nar/22.14.2731

A novel fluorogenic substrate for ribonucleases. Synthesis and enzymatic characterization.

O Zelenko 1, U Neumann 1, W Brill 1, U Pieles 1, H E Moser 1, J Hofsteenge 1
PMCID: PMC308241  PMID: 8052528

Abstract

The synthesis and enzymatic characterization of DUPAAA, a novel fluorogenic substrate for RNases of the pancreatic type is described. It consists of the dinucleotide uridylyl-3',5'-deoxyadenosine to which a fluorophore, o-aminobenzoic acid, and a quencher, 2,4-dinitroaniline, have been attached by means of phosphodiester linkages. Due to intramolecular quenching the intact substrate displayed very little fluorescence. Cleavage of the phosphodiester bond at the 3'-side of the uridylyl residue by RNase caused a 60-fold increase in fluorescence. This allowed the continuous and highly sensitive monitoring of enzyme activity. The substrate was turned over efficiently by RNases of the pancreatic type, but no cleavage was observed with the microbial RNase T1. Compared to the dinucleotide substrate UpA, the specificity constant with RNase A, RNase PL3 and RNase U(s) increased 6-, 18-, and 29-fold, respectively. These differences in increased catalytic efficiency most likely reflect differences in the importance of subsites on the enzyme in the binding of elongated substrates. Studies on the interactions of RNase inhibitor with RNase A using DUPAAA as a reporter substrate showed that it was well suited for monitoring this very tight protein-protein interaction using pre-steady-state kinetic methods.

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