title: A new method for 3'-labelling of polyribonucleotides by phosphorylation with RNA ligase and its application to the 3'-modification for joining reactions.
abstract: P1-Adenosine 5'-P2-o-nitrobenzyl pyrophosphate (nbzlppA) has been synthesized as a substrate for T4 RNA ligase catalyzed 3'-phosphorylation. Incubation of oligoribonucleotides and nbzlppA with RNA ligase yielded oligoribonucleotides having a 3'-o-(o-nitrobenzyl) phosphate. Photochemical removal of the o-nitrobenzyl group provided the free 3'-phosphate. Using [P2-32P] nbzlppA, 3'-termini of oligoribonucleotides could be labelled with 32P. This reaction was applied to modify the 3'-end of donor molecules in joining reaction with RNA ligase. A trinucleotide U-A-G was converted to U-A-Gpnbzl and phosphorylated with polynucleotide kinase. pU-A-Gpnbzl was then joined to an acceptor trinucleotide A-U-G to yield A-U-G-U-A-Gp.
mesh_terms: D000244:Adenosine Diphosphate / Q000031:analogs & derivatives; D002852:Chromatography, Ion Exchange; D008722:Methods; D009843:Oligoribonucleotides; D010766:Phosphorylation; D011118:Polynucleotide Ligases; D011131:Polyribonucleotides; D011130:RNA Ligase (ATP)
chemical_list: D009843:Oligoribonucleotides; D011131:Polyribonucleotides; D000244:Adenosine Diphosphate; C018809:P1-adenosine 5'-P2-2-nitrobenzyl pyrophosphate; D011118:Polynucleotide Ligases; D011130:RNA Ligase (ATP)