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Microfluidics-Assisted Fluorescence Mapping of DNA Phosphorothioation

Authors :
Qinqin Huang
Xingxiang Chen
Qian-Fang Meng
Ludan Yue
Wei Jiang
Xing-Zhong Zhao
Lang Rao
Xiaoyuan Chen
Shi Chen
Source :
Analytical Chemistry. 94:10479-10486
Publication Year :
2022
Publisher :
American Chemical Society (ACS), 2022.

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

Details

ISSN :
15206882 and 00032700
Volume :
94
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
Analytical Chemistry
Accession number :
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