TY - JOUR
AU - Hesse, Robert
AU - Gertzen, Christoph G. W.
AU - Schmuck, Jessica Felice
AU - Böcker, Justin Darvin
AU - Pandey, Piyush
AU - Behn, Tobias
AU - Ruth, Christopher
AU - Riesner, Detlev
AU - Kath-Schorr, Stephanie
AU - Lang, Philipp A.
AU - Gohlke, Holger
AU - Etzkorn, Manuel
TI - The coming of age of DNA‐based catalysts for therapeutic applications
JO - Clinical and translational medicine
VL - 15
IS - 7
SN - 2001-1326
CY - Hoboken, NJ
PB - Wiley
M1 - FZJ-2025-03758
SP - e70408
PY - 2025
AB - DNA enzymes, also known as DNAzymes (Dz), are synthetic high-precision biocatalysts that have been identified by in vitro selection three decades ago.1 Dz are usually short, single-stranded DNA molecules that catalyse chemical reactions through their specific three-dimensional structure.2 Due to their enormous therapeutic potential, particular interest has been invested in RNA-cleaving Dz, such as the 8–17 Dz and 10–23 Dz2. In general, these DNAzymes share a modular architecture comprising a (conserved) catalytic loop sequence and adaptable substrate binding arm sequences that, following specific design guidelines, can be modified to bind virtually any given target RNA with high selectivity.
LB - PUB:(DE-HGF)16
DO - DOI:10.1002/ctm2.70408
UR - https://juser.fz-juelich.de/record/1046238
ER -