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Microfluidics-Assisted Fluorescence Mapping of DNA Phosphorothioation
- Source :
- Analytical Chemistry. 94:10479-10486
- Publication Year :
- 2022
- Publisher :
- American Chemical Society (ACS), 2022.
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Abstract
- As the key player of a new restriction modification system, DNA phosphorothioate (PT) modification, which swaps oxygen for sulfur on the DNA backbone, protects the bacterial host from foreign DNA invasion. The identification of PT sites helps us understand its physiological defense mechanisms, but accurately quantifying this dynamic modification remains a challenge. Herein, we report a simple quantitative analysis method for optical mapping of PT sites in the single bacterial genome. DNA molecules are fully stretched and immobilized in a microfluidic chip by capillary flow and electrostatic interactions, improving the labeling efficiency by maximizing exposure of PT sites on DNA while avoiding DNA loss and damage. After screening 116 candidates, we identified a bifunctional chemical compound, iodoacetyl-polyethylene glycol-biotin, that can noninvasively and selectively biotinylate PT sites, enabling further labeling with streptavidin fluorescent nanoprobes. With this method, PT sites in PT
- Subjects :
- DNA, Bacterial
Microfluidics
DNA
Genome, Bacterial
Sulfur
Analytical Chemistry
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 15206882 and 00032700
- Volume :
- 94
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Analytical Chemistry
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....d007d59bc155454d8787ce902358a762