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CHEMISTRY-A EUROPEAN JOURNAL
Volume 18, Issue 50, Pages 16030-16036Publisher
WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH
DOI: 10.1002/chem.201201479
Keywords
chemiluminescence; cocaine; nanostructures; nucleic acids; sensors
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- MicReagents STREP FET Proactive Project in the 7th Framework Programme of the EU
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The Cu2+-dependent ligation DNAzyme is implemented as a biocatalyst for the colorimetric or chemiluminescence detection of Cu2+ ions, Hg2+ ions, or cocaine. These sensing platforms are based on the structural tailoring of the sequence of the Cu2+-dependent ligation DNAzyme for specific analytes. The tethering of a subunit of the hemin/G-quadruplex DNAzyme to the ligation DNAzyme sequence, and the incorporation of an imidazole-functionalized nucleic-acid sequence, which acts as a co-substrate for the ligation DNAzyme that is tethered to the complementary hemin/G-quadruplex subunit. In the presence of different analytes, Cu2+ ions, Hg2+ ions, or cocaine, the pretailored Cu2+-dependent ligation DNAzyme sequence stimulates the respective ligation process by combining the imidazole-functionalized co-substrate with the ligation DNAzyme sequence. These reactions lead to the self-assembly of stable hemin/G-quadruplex DNAzyme nanostructures that enable the colorimetric analysis of the substrate through the DNAzyme-catalyzed oxidation of 2,2'-azinobis(3-ethylbenzothiazoline-6-sulfonic acid), ABTS2-, by H2O2 into the colored product ABTS.-, or the chemiluminescence detection of the substrate through the DNAzyme-catalyzed oxidation of luminol by H2O2. The detection limits for the sensing of Cu2+ ions, Hg2+ ions, and cocaine correspond to 1 nM, 10 nM and 2.5 mu M, respectively. These different sensing platforms also reveal impressive selectivities.
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