Allosteric ligand–aptamer complexes orchestrate supramolecular or transient catalytic, transcription and fibrinogenesis processes
Abstract
-dependent DNAzyme strands for substrate cleavage, the formation of thrombin aptamer subunits that inhibit the conversion of fibrinogen to fibrin, and the stabilization of a transcription template encoding the Malachite Green (MG) RNA aptamer. Furthermore, coupling an enzyme that depletes the ligand/aptamer complex, which allosterically stabilizes the biocatalytic reaction module, demonstrates the dissipative and transient operation of the catalytic system. This concept is illustrated by the adenosine (Ade)/aptamer subunits supramolecular complex, which stabilizes thrombin aptamer subunits to inhibit thrombin-induced fibrinogenesis, and promotes the formation of an active transcription template for RNA synthesis. In the presence of adenosine deaminase (ADA), Ade is transformed into inosine, which lacks affinity for the aptamer subunits, thereby degrading the Ade/aptamer assemblies and depleting the allosteric complexes. The temporal disassembly of these allosteric stabilizing complexes leads to the transient inhibition of thrombin-induced coagulation or to the transient operation of a transcription machinery.
Fields of Study & Subjects
Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques
DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry
Metal complexes synthesis and properties
Publication details
- Journal / source
- Chemical Science
- Publisher
- Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)
- Volume
- 17
- Issue
- 12
- Pages
- 6086–6098
- Publication date
- 1 January 2026
- Language
- EN