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Entropy and Mg control ligand affinity and specificity in the malachite green binding RNA aptamer

Molecular BioSystems, ISSN: 1742-206X, Vol: 7, Issue: 7, Page: 2156-2163
2011
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The binding of small molecule targets by RNA aptamers provides an excellent model to study the versatility of RNA function. The malachite green aptamer binds and recognizes its ligand via stacking and electrostatic interactions. The binding of the aptamer to its original selection target and three related molecules was determined by isothermal titration calorimetry, equilibrium dialysis, and fluorescence titration. The results reveal that the entropy of complex formation plays a large role in determining binding affinity and ligand specificity. These data combined with previous structural studies show that metal ions are required to stabilize the complexes with non-native ligands whereas the complex with the original selection target is stable at low salt and in the absence of divalent metal ions. © 2011 The Royal Society of Chemistry.

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