Patent Application: US-29949894-A

Abstract:
the invention concerns a method for creating , identifying , and isolating ribozymes capable of binding a selected ligand and catalyzing a reaction involving the selected ligand . the method entails sequential selections for ligand binding molecules and catalytic molecules . the invention also includes novel ribozymes produced by these methods .

Description:
in one example of the invention , rna molecules which bind atp were first isolated from a pool of random rna . rna molecules capable of binding atp were sequenced , and the information obtained was used to design a second pool of rna molecules which included an atp binding site or variant thereof . this pool was then subjected to selection and amplification to identify rna molecules having polynucleotide kinase activity . the selection of atp - binding rnas was carried out in a manner designed to ensure selection of rnas capable of binding atp in solution as well as on an insoluble support . this was accomplished by selecting rna molecules which bound an atp - sepharose column and could be eluted using atp . a chemically synthesized pool of dna molecules containing a central region of 120 random nucleotides 5 flanked by constant regions used as primer binding sites was pcr - amplified and transcribed in vitro by t7 rna polymerase in the presence of α - 32 p ! grp . rna was ethanol - precipitated and unincorporated nucleotides removed by sephadex - g50 chromatography . following a brief incubation at 65 ° c . in binding buffer ( 300 mm nacl , 20 mm tris , ph 7 . 6 , 5 mm mgcl 2 ), the rna was cooled to room temperature before being loaded onto a 1 - ml atp agarose affinity column . the affinity matrix contained ˜ 1 . 6 mm atp linked through its c8 position through a diaminohexyl linker to cyanogen bromide - activated agarose ( sigma , st . louis , mo .). after washing with 6 column - volumes of binding buffer , bound rnas were eluted with 3 column - volumes of binding buffer containing 4 mm atp , then concentrated by precipitation with ethanol . for the first three cycles , an agarose pre - column was used to prevent enrichment of the rna pool with agarose - binding rnas , and bound rnas were eluted with 5 mm edta in water rather than affinity - eluted with atp . after reverse transcription and pcr amplification , dna templates were transcribed and the resulting rna was used in the next round of selection . rna from the eighth round of selection was converted to cdna , amplified as double - stranded dna by pcr , digested with ecor1 and bamhl gel - purified and cloned into the phage m13 based vector pgem3z ( promega , madison , wis .). thirty - nine clones from the eighth cycle rna population were sequenced seventeen different sequences were found . of these , the most abundant sequence ( c8 - atp - 3 ) occurred 14 times , and 12 sequences occurred just once . comparison of the seventeen different sequences revealed an 11 - nucleotide consensus sequence , of which seven positions are invariant among all clones but one ( c8 - atp - 15 ). clones 2 , 3 , 8 , 15 , and 19 were individually tested for binding to atp - agarose . all had a dissociation constant ( k d ) of less than 50 μm , except for c8 - atp - 15 , for which the estimated k d was ˜ 250 μm . to determine the minimal sequence for atp binding , deletions of c8 - atp - 3 were analyzed . an active rna molecule 54 nucleotides in length ( atp - 54 - 1 ) was generated by a combination of 5 &# 39 ; and 3 &# 39 ; deletions . this rna can be folded into a secondary structure in which the 11 - base consensus is flanked by two base - paired stems . deletion of the left - hand stem abolished atp - binding activity ; dimethylsulphate modification experiments also supported the proposed secondary structure . comparing sequences of all the clones showed that they all had a potential to fold into this secondary structure . this analysis also highlighted the presence of an invariant unpaired g opposite the 11 - base consensus . the orientation and distance of this g and its flanking sequences relative to the consensus sequence was variable from clone to clone . the stems flanking the conserved g and the consensus were variable in length and composition , and frequently contained g - u base pairs . the simplest explanation for the observation that all of the selected clones contained a single consensus sequence embedded in a common secondary structure is that these clones contain the shortest sequences capable of binding atp with the necessary affinity , and that all other sequences with comparable or superior affinity are longer and hence less abundant in the initial random sequence pool . on the basis of these findings , a smaller rna of 40 nucleotides ( atp - 40 - 1 ) was designed , in which the consensus sequence was flanked by stems of six base pairs , with the right - hand stem closed by a stable loop sequence for enhanced stability . this rna bound atp as well as the full - length 164 - nucleotide rna c8 - atp - 3 and was used for later experiments . variant 40 - oligonucleotide rnas were also synthesized to test the importance of the highly conserved unpaired g ( residue g34 in atp - 40 - 1 ) for atp binding . deleting this residue or changing it to an a residue eliminated binding , confirming the results of the selection experiments . to determine which functional groups on the atp are recognized by the atp - binding rna , we examined the ability of a series of atp analogues to elute bound atp - 40 - a rna from an atp - agarose column . methylation of positions 1 , 2 , 3 , or 6 on the adenine base , or the 3 &# 39 ; hydroxyl of the ribose sugar , abolish binding , as does removal of the 6 - amino or 2 &# 39 ; -- hydroxyl . positions 7 and 8 on the base can be modified without effect ; this is not surprising considering that selection was for binding to atp linked to an agarose matrix through its c8 position . adenosine , amp , and atp are equally efficient at eluting the rna , suggesting that the 5 &# 39 ; position on the ribose moiety is not recognized by the rna . isocratic elution ( arnold et al ., j . chromatography 31 : 1 , 1986 ) from atp - agarose and equilibrium gel filtration ( fersht , in enzyme structure and mechanism p . 186 - 188 , freeman , new york , 1985 ) was used to measure the dissociation constant for the rna - atp complex on the column and in solution . the k d of atp - 40 - 1 was ˜ 14 μm when measured by isocratic elution from an atp - c8 - agarose column , and 6 - 8 μm by equilibrium gel filtration . the k d for the atp - agarose complex is an upper estimate , because the fraction of bound atp that is accessible to the rna is not known . the solution k d for adenosine was similar to that of atp ( 5 - 8 μm ), but the k d for datp was not measurable (& gt ; 1 mm ). the k d of atp - 40 - 1 for its ligand dropped to 2 μm when the mg + 2 concentration was raised from 5 to 20 mm . changing the base pair u18 - a33 to c - g , as found in most of the clones initially selected , further decreased the k d to 0 . 7 μm . at almost saturating concentrations of atp ( 50 μm ), the rna bound ˜ 0 . 7 equivalents of atp . the rna likely binds its ligands with a stoichiometry of unit . kethoxal modification ( moozod et al ., j . mol . biol . 187 : 399 , 1987 ) was used to assess the accessibility of guanosine residues to modification . g7 and g17 within the loop , and g6 ( which forms the g - c base pair on the left side of the loop ), all of which are strongly protected in the absence of atp , become highly accessible to modification by this reagent in the presence of atp . other guanosine residues , including g8 in the large loop , the single unpaired g opposite the loop , and gs in the stems , are highly protected in the presence or absence of atp . these observations suggest that the motif is highly structured both in the presence and absence of atp , but that binding induces a conformational change in the structure of the rna . a pool of random sequence rnas , using the above - identified minimal atp aptamer as a core structure was prepared and used to create polynucleotide kinase ribozymes . the atp aptamer is based on that described by sassanfar and szostak ( nature , 364 : 550 , 1993 ). a pool of rna molecules for selection of catalytic rnas was created based on a minimal atp aptamer core sequence ( fig1 ). the atp aptamer core was surrounded by three regions of random sequence , 40 , 30 , and 30 nucleotides in length as shown in fig2 . the atp - binding domain itself was mutagenized such that each base had a 15 % chance of being non - wild type , to allow for changes in the aptamer sequence that might be required for optimal activity . to increase the likelihood of finding active molecules , an effort was made to create a pool containing as many different molecules as possible . because it is difficult to obtain an acceptable yield from the synthesis of a single oligonucleotide of this length ( 174 nucleotides ), two smaller dna templates were prepared and linked together to generate the full length dna pool ( fig2 ) ( bartel and szostak , science , 261 : 1411 , 1993 ). the presence of constant primer binding sites at the 5 &# 39 ; and 3 &# 39 ; ends of the molecules permitted amplification by pcr . transcription of this dna pool yielded between 5 × 10 15 and 2 × 10 16 different rna molecules . in order to select for catalytic activity , it is necessary to tag active molecules so that they can be separated from inactive ones . to accomplish this , the random sequence rna pool was incubated with atp - γ - s and the transfer of the thiophosphate from atp - γ - s to the rna was selected for chromatography on a thiopyridine - activated thiopropyl sepharose column , which forms disulfide bonds with rnas containing thiophosphate groups . molecules without thiophosphates were washed away under denaturing conditions . rnas linked via a disulfide to the column matrix were eluted with an excess of 2 - mercaptoethanol . this overall scheme is illustrated in fig2 . briefly , the pool was incubated with atp - γ - s under conditions designed to promote the formation of rna tertiary structure ( 400 mm kcl , 50 mm mgcl 2 , 5 mm mncl 2 , 25mm hepes , ph 7 . 4 ). mn 2 + was included because of its ability to coordinate phosphorothioates . streptavidin agarose immobilization of pool rna was used during the first seven cycles to prevent pool aggregation . after cycle 7 , the atp - γ - s reaction step was performed in solution ( 1 μm rna ). for the first cycle , 2 . 4 mg ( 40 nmoles ; 5 pool equivalents ) of random pool rna was used , in the second cycle 150 μg ( 2 . 4 nmoles ) rna was used , and in succeeding cycles 60 μg ( 1 nmole ) was used . the selection step was performed by incubating the rna with thiopyridine - activated thiopropyl sepharose - 6b ( pharmacia , piscataway , n . j .) in 1 mm edta , 25 mm hepes , ph 7 . 4 for 30 minutes at room temperature . the resin was then washed with 20 column volumes each of wash buffer ( 1m nacl , 5 mm edta , 25 mm hepes , ph 7 . 4 ), water , and finally 3m urea , 5 mm edta to eliminate molecules without thiophosphates . rnas linked to the resin via a disulfide were eluted with 0 . 1m 2 - mercaptoethanol in 0 . 5 × wash buffer . reverse - transcription , pcr and transcription yielded a new rna pool enriched in active molecules . this process comprised one cycle of selection . prior to each cycle of the selection , the pool rna generated by transcription was exhaustively dephosphorylated with calf intestinal alkaline phosphatase to remove the 5 &# 39 ;- triphosphate , and any other phosphates that might have been transferred to the rna by autophosphorylation during transcription . the selection protocol demanded only that an rna molecule contain a thiophosphate in order for it to be isolated . reactions that could have been selected for include : transfer of the γ - thiophosphate from atp - γ - s to the 5 &# 39 ;- hydroxyl of the rna ( analogous to the reaction catalyzed by t4 polynucleotide kinase ), to the 3 &# 39 ;- end of the rna , to an internal 2 &# 39 ;- hydroxyl , or even to a group on one of the bases . transfer of diphosphate ( or perhaps the entire triphosphate ) instead of a single thiophosphate is also possible for all of these reactions . a splicing reaction , in which atp - γ - s displaces one of the first few nucleotides of the rna in a manner analogous to the reaction catalyzed by the group i introns , could also occur . however , cleavage of more than the first few bases of the rna would result in a molecule lacking a 5 &# 39 ;- primer binding site , and such a molecule would not be amplified during the pcr step of the selection . similarly , any reaction that blocked reverse transcription would not be selected for . the progress of the selection process was monitored by measuring the fraction of the pool rna that bound to the thiopropyl sepharose and was eluted with 2 - mercaptoethanol ( fig3 ). initially , ˜ 0 . 5 % of the rna bound nonspecifically to the matrix and was eluted by 2 - mercaptoethanol . after five cycles of selection , greater than 20 % of the pool rna reacted with thiopropyl sepharose . since there were at least 10 , 000 different molecules left in the pool at this stage , the stringency of the selection in the succeeding cycles was increased by lowering the atp - γ - s concentration and the incubation time , in order to try to isolate the most active catalysts . because the random pool initially prepared sampled sequence space very sparsely ( there are between 4 100 and 10 60 possible 100 - mers , but only approximately 10 16 different molecules in the pool ), active molecules are likely to be sub - optimal catalysts . accordingly , three cycles of mutagenic pcr ( before selection cycles 7 , 8 , and 9 ) were performed to allow the evolution of improvements in the active molecules . mutagenic pcr was performed as described by bartel and szostak ( science , 61 : 1411 , 1993 ) and by cadwell and joyce ( pcr methods appl ., 28 , 1992 ). briefly , thirty total cycles of pcr were done at each round to yield - 2 % mutagenesis . reactions of pool rnas were performed either with trace atp - γ - 35 s , or with 100 μm atp - γ - s plus additional trace atp - γ - 35 s . dithiothreitol ( dtt , 10 mm ) was included in the reactions . reactions were quenched by the addition of one volume of 150 mm edta , 20 mm dtt in 95 % formamide . reactions were analyzed by electrophoresis on 10 % polyacrylamide / 8m urea gels . quantitation was performed using a phosphorimager ( molecular dynamics ). a known amount of atp - γ - 35 s was spotted on the gels as a standard . the combined effect of increasing the stringency and performing mutagenic pcr was to increase the activity of the pool by nearly three orders of magnitude from cycle 6 to cycle 13 ( fig4 ). after 13 cycles of selection , rna molecules from the pool were cloned using the pt7 blue t - vector kit by novagen , and 50 clones were sequenced . the clones sequenced ( fig5 ) fall into seven classes of two or more closely related molecules ( 19 clones ) and 31 unique sequences . each class of sequences represents molecules with a common ancestor that acquired mutations during the course of the mutagenic pcr done in cycles 7 - 9 of the selection . comparison of the sequences in the seven major classes of molecules reveals significant conservation of the sequence of the original atp binding site in some of the active rnas . fig6 shows the putative structures for the atp aptamer regions from classes i , iii , iv and v , the classes for which an aptamer - like structure can be drawn . it appears that classes i and iii have changed significantly from the original atp binding domain , whereas classes iv and v are only slightly different from the atp aptamer consensus sequence described by sassanfar and szostak ( nature , 364 : 550 , 1993 ). either the right or left hand stems of the class ii , vi and vii aptamer regions appear to be missing , and it seems likely that these molecules have found novel modes of binding their substrates . using run - off transcription of synthetic dna oligonucleotides ( milligan and uhlenbeck , methods enzymol . 180 : 51 , 1989 ) the rnas corresponding to the class i , iii , iv , and v aptamer regions were produced . the class iv aptamer rna binds weakly to c - 8 linked atp agarose ( sassanfar and szostak , supra ), consistent with a molecule having a k d for atp in the range of 0 . 05 - 0 . 5 mm . the class i , iii , and iv aptamers , on the other hand , do not detectably interact with atp agarose , consistent with k d s & gt ; 0 . 5 mm for atp ( if they bind atp at all ). presumably , the corresponding classes of kinases have developed novel modes of binding atp - γ - s . pool 13 rna and the members of each of the major classes of kinases were tested to determine what reactions they catalyze . nuclease p1 analysis was performed as follows . rna ( 1 μm ) was allowed to react with ˜ 1μm atp - γ - 35 s in reaction buffer for 4 - 18 hours . the rna was the separated from nucleotides by g - 50 spin column gel filtration ( boehringer - mannheim , indianapolis , ind .). the rna was digested with nuclease p1 as described in westaway et al . ( j . biol . chem . 268 : 2435 , 1993 ) and konarska et al . ( nature 293 : 112 , 1981 ). an aliquot was then spotted directly onto a pei cellulose tlc plate ( baker , phillipsburg , n . j .) and developed in 1m licl , 10 mm dtt ( as described in westaway , supra ). the products were localized by uv shadowing ( for unlabelled gmpαs ) or autoradiography . thiophosphate containing nucleotides run slower in this system than do the corresponding phospho - nucleotides , presumably because there is weaker interaction between li + and the thiophosphate than there is with the phosphate . pei cellulose thin layer chromatography ( tlc ) of nuclease p1 digests of auto - thiophosphorylated rna shows two major radiolabeled products , demonstrating that at least two different reactions are catalyzed by the pool 13 rnas . if a particular rna molecule transfers the γ - thiophosphate from atp - γ - s to its own 5 &# 39 ;- hydroxyl , the nuclease p1 digestion should yield labeled gmpαs , since all of the rnas begin with guanosine . all members of classes i , ii , iii , v , and vi yield gmpαs as the sole nuclease p1 digestion product , indicating that they are 5 &# 39 ;- kinases . classes iv and vii , on the other hand , yield a nuclease p1 digestion product that does not migrate from the origin in the tlc system used . both rnase t2 , which hydrolyzes rna to nucleotide 3 &# 39 ;- monophosphates , and nuclease p1 digestion of reacted class iv and class vii rnas , give products that run as molecules with charges of - 5 to - 6 on deae cellulose tlc plates , using a solvent system that separates based upon the charge of the rna fragment ( dondey and gross , anal . biochem . 98 : 346 , 1979 ; konarska et al ., nature 293 : 112 , 1981 ). these data are consistent with class iv and vii rnas being internal 2 &# 39 ;- kinases , since neither nuclease p1 nor rnase t2 can cleave at 2 &# 39 ;- phosphorylated sites ( westaway et al ., j . biol . chem . 268 : 2435 , 1993 ). the products of these digestions , then , should be 35 s - labeled dinucleotides with 5 &# 39 ;- phosphates or 3 &# 39 ;- phosphates ( for nuclease p1 and rnase t2 digestions , respectively ) and 2 &# 39 ;- mono - or di - phosphates . experiments in which the rnas were allowed to react with unlabeled atp - γ - s and were then purified and reacted with atp - γ - 32 p and t4 polynucleotide kinase support the proposal that classes i , ii , iii , v , and vi are 5 &# 39 ;- kinases , and that classes iv and vii phosphorylate some internal site . as expected , reaction products from classes i , ii , iii , v , and vi cannot be labeled by t4 polynucleotide kinase , consistent with their being 5 &# 39 ;- kinases . class iv and vii rnas , on the other hand , are efficiently labeled by t4 polynucleotide kinase after they have been allowed to react with atp - γ - s . furthermore , this labeled rna can be purified on a thiopyridine - activated thiopropyl sepharose column , demonstrating that the thiophosphate label is not lost during the reaction with atp and t4 polynucleotide kinase . thus , the class iv and vii kinases do not catalyze reactions involving their 5 &# 39 ;- hydroxyls . conclusive evidence for the 2 &# 39 ;- kinase hypothesis is provided by partial alkaline hydrolysis of the auto - thiophosphorylated , 5 &# 39 ;- 32 p - labeled rna . for this analysis , rna was reacted with atp - γ - s as described above for tlc analysis , except that 100 μm unlabeled atp - γ - s was used . the thiophosphorylated rnas were purified on thiopyridine - activated thiopropyl sepharose , and then 5 &# 39 ;- end labeled using t4 polynucleotide kinase and atp - γ - 32 p . alkaline hydrolysis was performed in 50 mm sodium carbonate / bicarbonate buffer , ph 9 . 0 , 0 . 1 mm edta for 3 min . at 90 ° c . reaction products were analyzed on an 8 % polyacrylamide / 8m urea gel . for rnas from both classes iv and vii , a gap is seen in the alkaline hydrolysis ladder of the auto - thiophosphorylated material that is not present in the ladder made with unreacted rna . the missing bands can be most easily explained if the 2 &# 39 ;- hydroxyls at these positions are thiophosphorylated , thus preventing base - catalyzed rna hydrolysis . this experiment permitted identification of positions of thiophosphorylation : g62 in kin . 10 ( class iv ) and g83 in kin . 62 ( class vii ). g62 is in a putative helix within the atp aptamer region of kin . 10 , and g83 is in the random loop between the two halves of kin . 62 &# 39 ; s aptamer domain . kinetic analysis of the most active clone from each of the four major classes of kinases has revealed that they all obey the standard michaelis - menten kinetics expected of molecules possessing saturable substrate binding sites . rates for each clone were determined ( as described herein ) at 6 different atp - γ - s concentrations , ranging from 2 μm - 2 . 5 μm . values of k cat and k m are shown in table 1 , and range between 0 . 03 and 0 . 37 min - 1 and between 41 and 456 μm , respectively . table 1______________________________________kinase class ( clone ) k . sub . cat ( min . sup .- 1 ) k . sub . m ( μm ) ______________________________________class i ( kin . 46 ) 0 . 37 ± 0 . 01 456 ± 57 0 . 23 ± 0 . 02 116 ± 41 0 . 36 ± 0 . 02 352 ± 85class ii ( kin . 25 ) 0 . 20 ± 0 . 02 41 ± 15 0 . 33 ± 0 . 02 42 ± 11class iii ( kin . 42 ) 0 . 07 ± 0 . 005 50 ± 13 0 . 10 ± 0 . 016 58 ± 28class iv ( kin . 44 ) 0 . 03 ± 0 . 001 276 ± 25 0 . 03 ± 0 . 001 200 ± 22______________________________________ the k cat for class i - iv ribozymes compares favorably with corresponding values for naturally occurring ribozymes , which range from 0 . 04 to 2 min - 1 . comparison of k cat / k m is difficult because most natural ribozymes have oligonucleotide substrates that form base pairs with the ribozyme &# 39 ; s substrate binding site , leading to very low k m values . a comparison between the kinase ribozymes described here and the self - cleavage reaction catalyzed by the tetrahymena group i intron is particularly relevant , however , because both reactions use external small molecule substrates ( atp - γ - s and guanosine nucleotides , respectively ) to modify themselves . kin . 25 ( class ii ) phosphorylates itself with a k cat of approximately 0 . 3 min - 1 and a k cat / k m of 6 × 10 3 min - 1 m - 1 . the tetrahymena self - splicing intron has a k cat of 0 . 5 min - 1 and a k cat / k m of 2 . 5 × 10 4 min - 1 m - 1 ( bass and cech , nature 308 : 820 , 1984 ). thus , from a vanishingly small sampling of sequence space , it has been possible to isolate a molecule with autocatalytic activity essentially as good as that of a ribozyme found in nature . class i - iv kinases show specificity for atp - γ - s as a substrate . no reaction (& lt ; 0 . 1 % atp - γ - s rate ) could be detected with gtpγs , indicating that the rnas can discriminate between similar substrates . interestingly , as much as 30 % of the cycle 13 pool rna can use gtp - γ - s as a substrate , and thus pool 13 does contain molecules with less stringent substrate specificities . the class i - iv kinases are also able to discriminate between atp - γ - s and atp ( k obs ( atp - γ - s )/ k obs ( atp ): class i = 55 ; class ii = 300 ; class iii = 150 ; class iv ≧ 300 ; 100 μm atp , atp - γ - s ). since these values are significantly larger than the three to ten fold intrinsic reactivity difference between atp - γ - s and atp ( herschlag et al ., biochemistry 30 : 4844 , 1991 ), the data suggest that the thiophosphate is important for binding , catalysis or both . furthermore , pool 13 rna is not detectably labeled by either atp - α - 35 s or atp - α - 32 p , suggesting that 5 &# 39 ; splicing is not a reaction that occurs in the pool ( unless the γ - thiophosphate is an absolute requirement for the molecules that carry out this reaction ). rate acceleration : the uncatalyzed background reaction for the thiophosphorylation of rna ( or guanosine ) by atp - γ - s was not detectable . based on the sensitivity of these experiments , the lower limit for the rate acceleration of the kinase ribozymes is roughly 10 5 - fold . at 70 ° c . the rate of hydrolysis of atp in the presence of mg 2 + is ˜ 4 × 10 - 4 min - 1 ( ph 6 - 8 ). correcting for the temperature and 55m water , this value gives a second order rate constant of approximately 1 × 10 - 6 min - 1 m - 1 . atp - γ - s should hydrolyze 3 - 10 times faster than atp . taking this factor into account , the approximate rate enhancement of the present ribozymes k cat / k m !/ k hydrolysis !, would be 6 × 10 3 min - 1 m - 1 /˜ 10 - 5 min - 1 m - 1 or 10 8 - 10 9 fold . this enhancement corresponds to an effective molarity of 10 4 - 10 5 m for atp in the atp - ribozyme complex ( k cat / k hydrolysis = 0 . 3 min - 1 / 10 - 5 min 1 m - 1 ). a comparison of first - order rate constants gives a value for the rate enhancement that is independent of substrate binding . this value is approximately 10 3 fold ( k cat / k hydrolysis ( 1 ° order )= 0 . 3 min 1 /˜ 4 × 10 - 4 min - 1 ). this analysis assumes that the mechanism of hydrolysis of atp - γ - s ( dissociative ) is the same as that used by the kinase ribozymes . at least one of the selected kinases is capable of catalyzing the phosphorylation of a separate rna substrate . in particular , kin . 46 ( class i ) was demonstrated to transfer the γ - thiophosphate from atp - γ - s to the 5 &# 39 ;- end of a 6 - mer oligoribonucleotide with the same sequence as the 5 &# 39 ;- end of the ribozyme . to carry out this experiment , rna was incubated as described in fig2 except that 2 . 5 mm atp - γ - s was used , and 100 μm 5 &# 39 ;- ho - ggaacc - 3 &# 39 ; rna was added . the 6 - mer was synthesized by run - off transcription ( milligan et al ., meth . enzymol . 180 : 51 , 1989 ) and was dephosphorylated with calf intestinal alkaline phosphatase prior to ion - exchange hplc purification . the thiophosphorylated 6 - mer marker was made by end - labelling 5 &# 39 ;- ggaacc - 3 &# 39 ; with atp - γ - 35 s using t4 polynucleotide kinase . products were analyzed on 20 % acrylamide / 8m urea gels . full - length kin . 46 was found to catalyze the reaction approximately 500 - fold more slowly than the autocatalytic reaction . part of the reason for the decreased activity is likely to be competition for the active site between the 5 &# 39 ;- end of the rna and the exogenous 6 - mer substrate . when the 5 &# 39 ;- constant region of the rna is removed ( via pcr with an internal 5 &# 39 ;- primer , followed by transcription ), the activity increases ˜ 100 - fold , but is still 6 fold below that of the auto - thiophosphorylation reaction . ( at saturating concentrations of 6 - mer ( 100 μm ) and atp - γ - s ( 2 . 5 mm ) the initial rate of thiophosphorylation is 0 . 05 μm / min with 1 μm ribozyme . in comparison , the rate of auto - thiophosphorylation for full length kin . 46 rna ( 1 μm ) with 2 . 5 mm atp - γ - s is 0 . 3 μm / min .) at 25 ° c . the ribozyme performs approximately 60 turnovers in 24 hours , and is thus acting as a true enzyme . the cause of the lower trans activity relative to the autocatalytic activity remains unknown , but could involve slow substrate binding or improper folding of the shortened ribozyme . the off rate of the 6 - mer is not limiting because no burst phase is observed in a time course of the reaction . the identification of autocatalytic ribozymes capable of carrying out catalysis in trans , i . e ., catalyzing a reaction involving the ligand and a molecule other than the ribozymes itself can be found by testing the ability of the ribozyme to act on a molecule having a sequence similar to the region of the ribozyme which is modified . fig7 a illustrates an example of a cis - acting ribozyme with polynucleotide kinase activity . a ribozyme capable of carrying out this catalysis in trans can be made by eliminating the 5 &# 39 ; end of the ribozyme which would otherwise base pair with the 3 &# 39 ; end of the ribozyme and be kinased . the particular molecule shown in fig7 b is derived from the moleucle illustrated in panel fig7 a and transfers phosphate to the 5 &# 39 ; end of the short oligoribonucleotide ggaaccu . in a second example of the invention , rnas which bind biotin were first created , identified , and isolated using a randomized rna pool . the selected rnas were used to prepare a second pool of partially randomized rnas . this pool was then subjected to selection and amplification to identify rnas capable of ligating biotin . the overall scheme is illustrated in fig8 a , 8b , and 8c . a pool of approximately 5 × 10 14 different random sequence rnas was generated by in vitro transcription of a dna template containing a central 72 - nucleotide random sequence region , flanked at both ends by 20 - nucleotide constant regions . this pool ( random n72 pool ) had the following sequence : ggaacactatccgactggca ( n ) 72 ccttggtcattaggatcg ( seq id no : 3 ) ( fig8 d , also seq id no : 32 ). on average , any given 28 nucleotide sequence has a 50 % probability of being represented in a pool of this complexity . the initial pool of rna ( approximately 80 μg ; on average , 2 - 3 copies of each sequence ) was resuspended in a binding buffer containing 100 mm kcl , 5 mm mgcl 2 , and 10 mm na - hepes , ph 7 . 4 , conditions chosen to favor rna folding and to mimic physiological environments while minimizing non - specific aggregation . the solution was applied to an agarose column derivatized with 2 - 6 mm biotin ( sigma , st . louis , mo .) and subsequently washed with 15 column volumes of binding buffer . specifically - bound rnas were then eluted by washing the column with binding buffer containing 5 mm biotin . ten μg of glycogen and 0 . 3m nacl were then added to the eluted material , and the rna was amplified as follows . briefly , the mixture was precipitated with 2 . 5 volumes of ethanol at - 78 ° c . after resuspending the selected rna , the reverse transcriptase primer ( 2 . 5 μm ) was annealed at 65 ° c . for 3 min ., and reverse transcription ( rt ) was carried out at 42 ° c . for 45 min . ( using superscript rt enzyme , life technologies , inc .). pcr amplification was performed by diluting one - fifth of the rt reaction with the appropriate dntps , pcr buffer , usb taq polymerase ( united states biochemical , cleveland , ohio ), and 0 . 5 μm (+) primer containing the t7 rna polymerase promoter . a strong band of the correct size was typically observed after 8 - 15 cycles amplification ( 94 ° c ., 1 minute ; 55 ° c ., 45 seconds ; 72 ° c ., 1 minute ). half of the pcr reaction was used for in vitro transcription with t7 rna polymerase ( 37 ° c ., overnight ). the resulting rna was purified by electrophoresis on an 8 % polyacrylamide gel . after six rounds of repeated enrichment , more than half of the rna applied to the biotin column was retained during the buffer wash , but eluted during the biotin wash ( fig9 a ). the rna pool from the eighth round of selection was cloned into the pcr vector using the ta cloning kit ( in vitro - gen , inc ., san diego , calif . ), and individual aptamers were sequenced by the sanger dideoxynucleotide method using the universal m13 primer . a single sequence ( represented by clone bb8 - 5 ) accounted for ≧ 90 % of the selected pool ( two minor clones account for the vast majority of remaining rnas ). previous rna selections for binding to small ligands , including various dyes , amino acids , cofactors , and nucleotides , have suggested that aptamers exist at a frequency of 10 - 10 to 10 - 11 in random sequence pools . all of these ligands , however , have contained aromatic rings which could intercalate between rna bases and / or charged groups which might interact electrostatically with the rna backbone . the lower frequency of biotin bindings ( 10 - 15 ) shows that ligands lacking such groups may require a more complex binding site . the sequence of the biotin aptamer was used to direct the synthesis of a second pool of rnas which was screened for the presence of biotin - utilizing ribozymes ( fig8 a ). this pool contained a core of 93 nucleotides ( 71 nucleotides derived from the original random region plus its 22 nucleotide 5 &# 39 ; constant region ; fig8 d ) with the wild - type nucleotide ( i . e ., that which was found in the original biotin aptamer incorporated at each position in the template with 70 % probability ( the three non - native nucleotides each occurring with 10 % probability ). deletion analysis indicated that the 3 &# 39 ; primer was not required for binding and the same sequence was therefore used for the 3 &# 39 ; primer of the partially - randomized pool . to allow for the possibility that the 5 &# 39 ; primer formed part of the aptamer core , the original 5 &# 39 ; primer sequence was included in the partially - randomized region of the new pool and a different 5 &# 39 ; primer was appended for amplification . because of differences in the relative rates of phosphoramidite incorporation during dna synthesis , a biased mix of all four nucleotides was prepared with molor ratios of 3 : 3 : 2 : 2 ( a : c : g : t ). this mix was added to pure phosphoramidite stocks ( a and c : 64 % pure stock , 36 % random mix ; g and t : 55 % pure stock , 45 % random mix ) to yield mixed stocks for pool synthesis . twelve random bases were added to either end of this core sequence and new constant primers for pcr amplification were included . the synthesis of this 156 nucleotide dna sequence yielded a pool containing 8 × 10 13 different molecules , which were transcribed to yield a pool of rna molecules clustered in sequence space around the original biotin aptamer sequence . the total yield from the dna synthesis was approximately 77 μg ( 1 . 52 nmole ). the quality of the synthetic dna was determined by a primer extension assay , which showed that only 8 . 7 % of the dna molecules could serve as full length templates for taq polymerase . the pool thus contains 1 . 52 × 10 - 9 × 6 . 02 × 10 23 × 0 . 087 = 8 × 10 13 distinct sequences . this second rna pool was used to identify ribozymes able to enhance the rate of self - alkylation with the haloacetyl derivative , n - biotinoyl - n &# 39 ;- iodoacetylethylenediamine ( bie ; molecular probes , eugene , oreg .). bie is normally used to biotinylate proteins by reaction with free cysteine sulfhydryls . to provide one potential internal substrate for the alkylation reaction , the doped pool was transcribed in the presence of excess 8 - mercaptoguanosine , thus yielding rnas containing a single free thiol in the 5 &# 39 ;- terminal nucleotide . following an overnight ( 15 hour ) room temperature incubation with 200 μm bie , rnas that had undergone the self - biotinylation reaction were isolated by streptavidin agarose chromatography . in particular , reaction with bie was terminated by the addition of 100 mm β - mercaptoethanol , 5 mm edta , 0 . 3m nacl , 50 μg trna ( e . coli , rnase - free , boehringer - mannheim , indianapolis , ind .). after five minutes , the mixture was precipitated with 2 . 5 volumes ethanol on dry ice . after washing and resuspension , the rna was applied to 0 . 5 ml of a 50 % slurry of streptavidin agarose in wash buffer ( 1m nacl , 10 mm nahepes , ph 7 . 4 , 5 mm edta ) that had been washed with 50 μg trna . after rocking 30 minutes to allow streptavidin - biotin binding , the mixture was transferred to a 10 ml - column and washed with 4 × 10 ml wash buffer and 2 × 10 ml distilled water . rna bound to streptavidin could be affinity eluted by first saturating the free biotin - binding sites with excess biotin and then heating in the presence of 10 mm biotin at 94 ° c . for 8 minutes . amplification of the resultant molecules ( by reverse transcription , pcr , and transcription ) yielded a pool enriched for catalysts . after three rounds of selection , an increase in the proportion of rnas binding to the streptavidin was observed ( fig9 b ). by the fifth round , 10 % of the rna ligated the biotin substrate . to select for the most active catalysts , the incubation time was progressively shortened from 15 hours to 30 minutes to 1 minute . after eight rounds of selection , no further increase in activity was observed suggesting that the complexity of the starting pool had been exhausted . sequencing individual clones from the selected pool showed that 50 % of the ribozymes were very closely related and were derived from a single progenitor . one of these clones , bl8 - 6 , catalyzes self - biotinylation at a rate of 0 . 001 min - 1 in the presence of 200 μm bie . the rate of self - biotinylation was determined by a time course experiment . 32 p - labelled rna was first resuspended in incubation buffer ( 100 mm kcl , 10 mm na - hepes , ph 7 . 4 , 5 mm mgcl 2 ) and allowed to equilibrate for 10 minutes at room temperature . 200 μm bie was added to the mixture and aliquots were subsequently removed after 0 to 120 minutes of incubation . samples were quenched and affinity purified as described in haugland , molecular probes handbook of fluoprescent probes and research chemicals . aliquots were counted in a scintillation counter following ethanol precipitation ( total rna count ) and following binding to streptavidin agarose ( product rna count ); the ratio of these two counts is the fraction reacted . optimizing enzymatic activity : it seemed likely that the original rna pool from which the bl8 - 6 ribozyme was derived might not saturate the space of biotin - ligating ribozymes . to test the possibility that appropriate additional mutations to the bl8 - 6 sequence might increase its catalytic activity , a third rna pool was generated based on its sequence but with non - wild - type nucleotides substituted at each position with 30 % probability ( fig8 d ) ( using methods described above ). the selection for catalytic activity was repeated as described above , but with both the reaction incubation time and the bie concentration progressively lowered to select for the most active enzymes . after eight rounds of selection ( ending with a 1 minute incubation period at 10 μm bie ), active clones from the pool were sequenced and assayed for catalytic activity . ribozymes in this pool were uniformly more active than their bl8 - 6 progenitor , with one clone ( bl2 . 8 - 7 ) catalyzing self - biotinylation at a rate of 0 . 05 min - 1 in the presence of 100 μm bie ( one hundred fold more active than bl8 - 6 ). the observation that bl8 - 6 ribozyme transcribed without 8 - mercaptoguanosine catalyzed the self - biotinylation reaction as efficiently as the thiol - containing rna indicated that some site other than the free thiol in the 8 - mercaptoguanosine base at the 5 &# 39 ;- end of the rna might serve as nucleophiles for the alkylation reaction . however , the observation that bl8 - 6 ribozyme transcribed without 8 - mercaptoguanosine catalyzed the self - biotinylation reaction as efficiently as the thiol - containign rna indicated that some other site was being alkylated . to identify the reactive site , 5 &# 39 ;- end labelled bl8 - 6 ribozyme that had reacted with bie was subjected to alkaline hydrolysis , and the resultant ladder of molecules was affinity purified on streptavidin agarose . in particular , rna was partially hydrolyzed by heating to 90 ° c . for 7 minutes in the presence of 100 mm nahco 3 , ph 9 . 0 and subsequently ethanol precipitated . after resuspending in wash buffer , biotin - labelled rna was affinity purified as described by haugland ( supra ). purified non - biotinylated rna was obtained from the initial flowthrough fraction from the streptavidin agarose slurry ( prior to washing ). full length rnas and those with the approximately 60 3 &# 39 ;- terminal nucleotides deleted were retained by the streptavidin whereas shorter molecules were not bound . this result maps the biotin attachment site to the region . . . 5 &# 39 ;- 92 ggacguaaa 100 - 3 &# 39 ; . . . alkylation at the n7 position of purines leads to rna strand scission following treatment with sodium borohydride followed by aniline acetate ( this reaction serves as the basis for the rna chemical sequencing ) ( peattie , proc . natl . acad . sci . usa 76 : 1760 , 1979 ). rna incubated with bie , purified on streptavidin - agarose , and treated in this manner was cleaved at g 96 (. . . ggacguaaa . . . ) ( fig1 a ). briefly , rna was dissolved in 1 . 0m tris - hcl , ph 8 . 2 and 0 . 2m nabh 4 . following a 30 min . incubation , the reaction was quenched with 0 . 6m sodium acetate / 0 . 6m acetic acid , ph 4 . 5 , containing carrier trna . following precipitation and rinsing , the rna was treated with 1 . 0m aniline / acetate , ph 4 . 5 at 60 ° c . for 20 min . no g 96 - specific cleavage was observed for rna that had been exposed to bie but not biotinylated ( i . e . the streptavidin flowthrough fraction ). g 96 is therefore the alkylation site for the ribozyme . to further characterize the alkylation product , the bl8 - 6 ribozyme was transcribed with α - 32 p !- gtp , thus labelling phosphates attached to the 5 &# 39 ;- hydroxyl of all guanosines in the rna . following reaction with bie , biotinylated rna was streptavidin - purified and subsequently digested to 5 &# 39 ;- monophosphate nucleotides with snake venom phosphodiesterase i . labelled rna was diluted with 25 μl 10 mm nacl , 10 mm mgcl 2 , 10 mm tris - cl , ph 7 . 4 , and 5 μl phosphodiesterase i ( boehringer - mannheim , indianapolis , ind .) and incubated for 20 hrs at 37 ° c . thin layer ion exchange chromatography was carried out by spotting plates pre - run with water to remove excess salts and then developed with 6 m formic acid . the pei cellulose plates ( j . t . baker co ., phillipsburg , n . j .) indicated the presence of a radioactive species in the streptavidin - purified rna that was absent from the streptavidin - flowthrough rna . this adduct migrated more rapidly than 5 &# 39 ;- gmp in this tlc system , and co - migrated with 7 - methyl gmp , suggesting that the adduct carries a positive charge , consistent with alkylation at n7 ( fig1 a and fig1 b ). although the possibility of alkylation at n1 or n3 cannot be ruled out , alkylation at either of these sites would not be expected to lead to strand cleavage following aniline treatment , but would be expected to disrupt reverse transcription , thus preventing catalysts using these nucleophiles from being enriched during the in vitro selection procedure . taken together , these results strongly suggest that n7 of g 96 is the alkylation site . the background rate of guanosine alkylation by bie was determined by two independent methods . first , radiolabelled random sequence rna ( from the pool used to isolate the original biotin binder ) was incubated for 24 hours with or without 200 μm bie . the specstreptncrease in the fraction bound by streptavidin agarose ( 0 . 15 %) after extensive washing was taken as a measure of the background reaction . assuming an average of 28 guanosines / rna sequence , this fraction corresponds to a non - catalyzed alkylation rate of 2 . 3 × 10 - 6 s - 1 m - 1 . in a similar approach , low concentrations of α - 32 p !- gtp were incubated overnight in the presence or absence of 200 μm bie and after 12 hours , affinity purified by streptavidin agarose . the fraction specifically bound ( 3 . 4 × 10 - 5 ) indicates a non - catalyzed rate of 2 . 3 × 10 - 6 s - 1 m - 1 , in close agreement with that obtained from the rna labelling experiment . a time course experiment with bl2 . 8 - 7 rna yields a catalyzed biotinylation rate of approximately 8s - 1 m - 1 . the ribozyme rate enhancement is thus approximately 3 × 10 6 , comparable to that of the most active catalytic antibodies although substantially less than that of many natural protein enzymes ( tramontano et al ., j . am . chem . soc . 110 : 2282 , 1988 ; janda et al ., ibid . 112 : 1275 , 1990 ). structural differences between the biotin binder and the biotin ligator : given that the biotin ligator arose by mutagenesis of the biotin binder sequence and that both molecules interact specifically with biotin , we expected to find significant structural similarities between the two rnas . simple comparison of their primary sequences , however , failed to identify a well - conserved domain that might play a functional role ; mutations appear randomly distributed along the length of the two sequences . to characterize the functional cores of the two molecules , we analyzed the sequences of active clones isolated from the two mutagenized rna pools generated from the biotin aptamer and self - alkylating ribozyme sequences . after four rounds of reselection with the biotin aptamer - derived pool , & gt ; 40 % of the applied rna bound tightly to biotin agarose . similarly , three rounds of re - selection of the self - alkylating ribozyme - derived pool yielded a collection of rnas with activity matching that of the original bl8 - 6 clone , and five additional rounds of selection increased the activity ˜ 100 - fold . approximately thirty individual rnas from each of these subcloned pools were sequenced and analyzed to determine which nucleotide positions were conserved and which pairs of nucleotides covaried to maintain watson - crick base pairing . the results of these experiments are summarized below and in fig1 , fig1 a , and 12b . two regions of the biotin binder are very highly conserved in clones that retain binding activity ( fig1 ). mutations at the 5 &# 39 ; and 3 &# 39 ; ends of the first conserved domain ( changing the a 53 . g 70 pair to either c : g or a : t ) suggest a hairpin structure stabilized by a 4 - base - pair watson - crick duplex . seven non - paired bases in the middle of the first domain directly complement the 3 &# 39 ;- terminal half 5 of the second conserved domain , thus suggesting a pseudoknot structure ( fig1 a ). in that the bases in these conserved domains are essentially invariant , the sequence data provide no covariational evidence for the pseudoknot . to test the proposed structure , a series of site - directed mutants was generated and assayed for binding to biotin agarose . single - base substitutions that disrupt proposed watson - crick base pairs in the pseudoknot completely abolish biotin binding while compensatory second site mutations that introduce non - native watson - crick base pairs are able to largely restore biotin binding . these data strongly support the proposed pseudoknot model for the biotin aptamer . comparison of the sequences of active ribozymes from the bl8 - 6 re - selection indicate a striking change in structure relative to the original biotin binder . nucleotides involved in the pseudoknot base - pairing ( 53 - 70 , 101 - 107 ), virtually invariant in the biotin binders , are poorly conserved in the enzyme sequences ( fig1 ). in contrast , the ribozyme sequence in the region corresponding to the variable connecting loop of the biotin binder ( nucleotides 71 to 94 ) appears to be well conserved , suggesting a structural role . nucleotides that are very highly conserved in the biotin binder but not involved in the pseudoknot base pairing (. . . 5 &# 39 ; - 95 cgaaaag 101 - 3 &# 39 ; . . . ) are retained in the self - alkylating enzymes but with a highly conserved change to . . . 5 &# 39 ; - 95 cguaaag 101 - 3 &# 39 ; . . . these results suggest that the change in function from biotin binding to alkylation of rna with bie is achieved by major structural rearrangements . further analysis of the bl8 - 6 - derived sequences suggested a cloverleaf structure with several remarkable similarities to trna ( fig1 b ). the sequence . . . 5 &# 39 ;- 94 acguaaa100 - 3 &# 39 ; . . . is presented as the trna variable stem , flanked on either side by extended duplexes ( as indicated by several observed watson - crick covariations ). the single guanosine in the variable stem serves as the internal alkylation site for the enzyme . one interpretation of these results is that the hexanucleotide segments cgaaaa and cguaaa directly mediate the interaction with biotin in the biotin binder and the biotin ligator respectively , although they are presented in strikingly different secondary structure contexts . comparison of ribozyme sequences from the third and eighth rounds of reselection suggest that the increase in pool alkylation activity is achieved by optimization of watson - crick base pairing in the cloverleaf duplexes and an increased fraction of purines ( particularly adenosine ) in the loop that caps helix 3 . to test the cloverleaf model for the biotin ligator , a synthetic ribozyme was designed by modifying one of the re - selected sequences such that 1 ) primer sequences at the 5 &# 39 ;- and 3 &# 39 ;- ends not involved in the cloverleaf were deleted ; 2 ) non - conserved bulges in the putative helices were removed , and 3 ) the variable loop of approximately 45 nucleotides was replaced by a three nucleotide loop sequence . the predicted lowest energy structure for the resulting 99 - nucleotide molecule is shown in fig1 . this highly simplified structure has ˜ 10 fold lower activity than the best re - selected clone , but is still ˜ 10 fold more active than the original bl8 - 6 ribozyme , thus supporting the proposed cloverleaf structure ( fig1 ). for a ribozyme to properly qualify as an enzyme , it must emerge from the catalyzed reaction unmodified . the self - alkylating ribozyme , which has been selected to covalently modify its own active site , fails to meet this requirement . the cloverleaf secondary structure , however , immediately indicates a way to engineer the ribozyme into two self - associating parts , one of which ( bl - s ) can function as a substrate for biotinylation while the other ( bl - e ) acts as a true enzyme ( fig1 a and fig1 b ). a low level of bl - s biotinylation , corresponding to the non - catalyzed rate of alkylation was observed in the absence of bl - e . the initial rate of biotinylation of the rna substrate increased linearly with increasing concentrations of bl - e , although the concentration of product never exceeded the concentration of enzyme . this result indicates that the two rna pieces can associate with the bie substrate to form a ternary complex capable of true catalysis . the extensive watson - crick base - pairing that drives complex formation most likely prevents dissociation of the biotinylated product and thus limits the enzyme fragment to a single catalytic event . destabilizing the enzyme - substrate duplexes should make it possible to form a kinetically reversible complex that will dissociate after substrate biotinylation , allowing multiple rounds of turnover . nucleic acids produced by the method of the invention can be used as in vitro or in vivo catalysts . in some cases the nucleic acids may be used to detect the presence of the ligand . for example , the nucleic acid may bind the ligand and catalyze a reaction which converts the ligand into a readily detectable molecule . the ribozymes created by the method of the invention can also be used in assays to detect molecules modified by the ribozymes which are not themselves ligands , e . g ., an rna phosphorylated by a polynucleotide kinase ribozyme . __________________________________________________________________________sequence listing ( 1 ) general information :( iii ) number of sequences : 91 ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 1 :( i ) sequence characteristics :( a ) length : 21 base pairs ( b ) type : nucleic acid ( c ) strandedness : single ( d ) topology : linear ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 1 : ggaaccucuaggucauuaaga21 ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 2 :( i ) sequence characteristics :( a ) length : 18 base pairs ( b ) type : nucleic acid ( c ) strandedness : single ( d ) topology : linear ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 2 : acgucagaaggauccaag18 ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 3 :( i ) sequence characteristics :( a ) length : 110 base pairs ( b ) type : nucleic acid ( c ) strandedness : single ( d ) topology : linear ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 3 : ggaacactatccgactggcannnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn60nnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnccttggtcattaggatcg110 ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 4 :( i ) sequence characteristics :( a ) length : 32 base pairs ( b ) type : nucleic acid ( c ) strandedness : single ( d ) topology : linear ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 4 : ggugggaagaaacugcagcuucggcuggcacc32 ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 5 :( i ) sequence characteristics :( a ) length : 134 base pairs ( b ) type : nucleic acid ( c ) strandedness : single ( d ) topology : linear ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 5 : nnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnncgagggaagaaacugcggca60ccnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnagugccggcucgnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn120nnnnnnnnnnnnnn134 ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 6 :( i ) sequence characteristics :( a ) length : 127 base pairs ( b ) type : nucleic acid ( c ) strandedness : single ( d ) topology : linear ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 6 : tgattcgctagcacgtcattggctggtaacacatgacactatacgagcgaaaaaactacg60gcaccctggtccgttagggacaacgactaaagttagtgcccacggggctcgttcaggggg120ggcacgg127 ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 7 :( i ) sequence characteristics :( a ) length : 115 base pairs ( b ) type : nucleic acid ( c ) strandedness : single ( d ) topology : linear ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 7 : agtctcgctagcaccttattggctggtaacacctgacactatacgagcgaaaaaactacg60gcactctggtccgtacgggccatggacttaagatagtgcccacggggctcgttca115 ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 8 :( i ) sequence characteristics :( a ) length : 127 base pairs ( b ) type : nucleic acid ( c ) strandedness : single ( d ) topology : linear ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 8 : ggactcactagcacgttgttggctggtaacacccgaccctatacgagcgaaaaaactacg60gcactctggtccatacgggacttggactaaagttagtgcccacggggctcgttcaggggg120ggcacgg127 ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 9 :( i ) sequence characteristics :( a ) length : 127 base pairs ( b ) type : nucleic acid ( c ) strandedness : single ( d ) topology : linear ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 9 : agactcactagcgcgttattggctggtagcccctgacactatacagcgaaaatactgcgg60caccctggtccgtacgggacatggacattatgttagtgcccacggggctcgttcaggggg120ggcacgg127 ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 10 :( i ) sequence characteristics :( a ) length : 130 base pairs ( b ) type : nucleic acid ( c ) strandedness : single ( d ) topology : linear ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 10 : ggatatgttgattcgccccagcctataaagtgactcaattcgagggacgcaactacggca60ccgtctatctgaatcggacgcggaacttgtgccgtctctactctaacgttagcggaaaac120gtgggttgcg130 ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 11 :( i ) sequence characteristics :( a ) length : 130 base pairs ( b ) type : nucleic acid ( c ) strandedness : single ( d ) topology : linear ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 11 : agatgtgtcgattcgccacagccaacaaagcggcccaattcgagggacgcaacttcggca60ccgtctatcagaacgggacgcggttctagtgccgtctctatcctaacgttagcggaaaag120gagggttgcg130 ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 12 :( i ) sequence characteristics :( a ) length : 130 base pairs ( b ) type : nucleic acid ( c ) strandedness : single ( d ) topology : linear ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 12 : agatgtgttgattcgcctcggcctgtttagtgaccaatttcgagggacgcaacttcggca60ccgtctacctgcaatagacgaggtacttatgcaggccctactttaacgttagcgggaaac120gagggttgcg130 ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 13 :( i ) sequence characteristics :( a ) length : 123 base pairs ( b ) type : nucleic acid ( c ) strandedness : single ( d ) topology : linear ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 13 : agtctacatggaagttgtactatctaagtgtactcaccaaagacgagggcaggaaatacg60gcaccattggctacgcaaggcccaagtgcccggcgtcgtttcagaaaggataacgttagc120ctg123 ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 14 :( i ) sequence characteristics :( a ) length : 123 base pairs ( b ) type : nucleic acid ( c ) strandedness : single ( d ) topology : linear ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 14 : aggccacttagatgtcgcactatctaagcgtacacgccaattacgagggcaggaaatacg60gcacctccagctacgcaaggccccagtgccctgcctcagttcggaacggataacgttacc120ctg123 ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 15 :( i ) sequence characteristics :( a ) length : 121 base pairs ( b ) type : nucleic acid ( c ) strandedness : single ( d ) topology : linear ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 15 : agacctcgtgtaagtcgtactatctaggagtgcacacgaatacgagggcaggaaatacgg60caccataactacgcaaggcccaagtgcccggccttgattcagaacggataacgttagcct120g121 ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 16 :( i ) sequence characteristics :( a ) length : 136 base pairs ( b ) type : nucleic acid ( c ) strandedness : single ( d ) topology : linear ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 16 : ttatttcgttcgcacccagtgatcgctcgggactggggcctccgctagggaggacattgc60ggcacccaaacgaccacacagaacgtgctaacgatagtgccggctagcatccgtgaatga120actgctgctgctggcg136 ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 17 :( i ) sequence characteristics :( a ) length : 135 base pairs ( b ) type : nucleic acid ( c ) strandedness : single ( d ) topology : linear ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 17 : agaagttgttcgcacccagtgaacgctcgggactggggcctccgctagggaggacattgg60gcacccgaactatcactcagaacgtgctatcgatatagccggctagcacctgattatgaa120ctgctgctgctggcg135 ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 18 :( i ) sequence characteristics :( a ) length : 136 base pairs ( b ) type : nucleic acid ( c ) strandedness : single ( d ) topology : linear ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 18 : ggatattgttcgcaccctgcgatcgcttgggactggggcctccgctagggaggacattgc60ggcacccaaactatcactcagaacgtgctaacgatagtgccggctagcttctgtaagtga120actgctgctgttggcg136 ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 19 :( i ) sequence characteristics :( a ) length : 137 base pairs ( b ) type : nucleic acid ( c ) strandedness : single ( d ) topology : linear ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 19 : agaccttaattcgaaagcgtattcaacttaccatatctcgcgccgagggaaggaccatcg60gcgccaactacagagccgtggttagcggactccgcagtgccggctcggggaatagggttc120tcacgaattaccggcat137 ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 20 :( i ) sequence characteristics :( a ) length : 137 base pairs ( b ) type : nucleic acid ( c ) strandedness : single ( d ) topology : linear ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 20 : aggccttaattcgaaagcgtattcgacataccatattttgcgccgagggaagatccttcg60gcacagactacagcgtcgaggtgagcggcgcacactgtgtcggctcggggaatagggttc120tcacgaattaccggcat137 ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 21 :( i ) sequence characteristics :( a ) length : 136 base pairs ( b ) type : nucleic acid ( c ) strandedness : single ( d ) topology : linear ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 21 : agatgtggttgcatagtaggcagccgggcacttacgccgaatcgagggacgagaccggag60caccacgatgcgccgcgatacctcatttgggattagtgccggctaggaaagtgagttcct120tatgacctgcctccac136 ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 22 :( i ) sequence characteristics :( a ) length : 136 base pairs ( b ) type : nucleic acid ( c ) strandedness : single ( d ) topology : linear ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 22 : agatgtggcggcatagtaggcagccgagcactaacgccaaatcgaaggacgagactgcgg60ctccacgatgcgccgcgatgccacttttgagattagtaccggctgggaaagtgaattcct120tctggcctgtctccac136 ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 23 :( i ) sequence characteristics :( a ) length : 137 base pairs ( b ) type : nucleic acid ( c ) strandedness : single ( d ) topology : linear ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 23 : agatcgattggagacgccctggcgtactttaggtagaaaactccgacggaaaaaactgcg60gcaccgtgggagtagaggatagataacagggcattagtgccggcctcgcaaagctaccat120gagatggagcgatcagg137 ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 24 :( i ) sequence characteristics :( a ) length : 137 base pairs ( b ) type : nucleic acid ( c ) strandedness : single ( d ) topology : linear ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 24 : ggttagattggaagcgccccgacttactttaggttgaaaactccgacggaaaaactacag60caccgtgggagtagaggatgggatatcaggcattagtgccggcctcgtaaagctaccagg120atattgggacgatcagg137 ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 25 :( i ) sequence characteristics :( a ) length : 34 base pairs ( b ) type : nucleic acid ( c ) strandedness : single ( d ) topology : linear ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 25 : cgagggaagaaaaugcggcaccagugccggcucg34 ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 26 :( i ) sequence characteristics :( a ) length : 41 base pairs ( b ) type : nucleic acid ( c ) strandedness : single ( d ) topology : linear ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 26 : acgagcgaaaaaacuacggcacuagugcccacggggcucgu41 ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 27 :( i ) sequence characteristics :( a ) length : 36 base pairs ( b ) type : nucleic acid ( c ) strandedness : single ( d ) topology : linear ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 27 : cgagggcaggaaauacggcaccagugcccggccuug36 ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 28 :( i ) sequence characteristics :( a ) length : 36 base pairs ( b ) type : nucleic acid ( c ) strandedness : single ( d ) topology : linear ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 28 : gcuagggaggacauugcggcaccagugccggcuagc36 ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 29 :( i ) sequence characteristics :( a ) length : 36 base pairs ( b ) type : nucleic acid ( c ) strandedness : single ( d ) topology : linear ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 29 : ccgagggaagauccuucggcacaugugucggcucgg36 ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 30 :( i ) sequence characteristics :( a ) length : 92 base pairs ( b ) type : nucleic acid ( c ) strandedness : single ( d ) topology : linear ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 30 : ggaaccuacgagcgaaaaaacuacggcacucugguccauacgggacuuggacuaaaguua60gugcccacggggcucguucaagguucucacgg92 ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 31 :( i ) sequence characteristics :( a ) length : 85 base pairs ( b ) type : nucleic acid ( c ) strandedness : single ( d ) topology : linear ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 31 : acgagcgaaaaaacuacggcacucugguccauacgggacuuggacuaaaguuagugccca60cggggcucguucaagguucucacgg85 ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 32 :( i ) sequence characteristics :( a ) length : 112 base pairs ( b ) type : nucleic acid ( c ) strandedness : single ( d ) topology : linear ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 32 : ggaacactatccgactggcaccnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn60nnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnccttggtcattaggatcg112 ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 33 :( i ) sequence characteristics :( a ) length : 156 base pairs ( b ) type : nucleic acid ( c ) strandedness : single ( d ) topology : linear ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 33 : ggaggcaccacggtcggatccnnnnnnnnnnnnggaacactatccgactggcaaagacca60taggctcgggttgccagaggttccacactttcatcgaaaagcctatgctaggcaatgaca120tggactnnnnnnnnnnnnccttggtcattaggatcg156 ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 34 :( i ) sequence characteristics :( a ) length : 156 base pairs ( b ) type : nucleic acid ( c ) strandedness : single ( d ) topology : linear ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 34 : ggaggcaccacggtcggatccggtttattatcatgagcccgactcgacgggcactgtaca60taagcttcggatgccatagtttagacactatggacgtaaagcccatgctaggcaaagaca120ttgactgcatgagcgccgccttggtcattaggatcg156 ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 35 :( i ) sequence characteristics :( a ) length : 117 base pairs ( b ) type : nucleic acid ( c ) strandedness : single ( d ) topology : linear ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 35 : nnnnnnnnnnnnggaacactatccgactggcaccgaccataggctcgggttgccagaggt60tccacactttcatcgaaaagcctatgctaggcaatgacatggactnnnnnnnnnnnn117 ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 36 :( i ) sequence characteristics :( a ) length : 117 base pairs ( b ) type : nucleic acid ( c ) strandedness : single ( d ) topology : linear ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 36 : ttgcggtggganggaccacatgccgcctggcaccgaccataggctcgggttgccagaggt60tccacagtttcatcgaaaagcctatgctaggaggttacctagacttaggggttcact117 ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 37 :( i ) sequence characteristics :( a ) length : 117 base pairs ( b ) type : nucleic acid ( c ) strandedness : single ( d ) topology : linear ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 37 : atttcgcgatggggagcacatagcaactggcaccgaccataggctcgggttgcaagaggt60tccacactttcatcgaaaagcctatgctaggcaatgacatggactnnnnnnnnnnnn117 ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 38 :( i ) sequence characteristics :( a ) length : 117 base pairs ( b ) type : nucleic acid ( c ) strandedness : single ( d ) topology : linear ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 38 : tcttcggaggccgttacagacacacactggcaccgaccataggctcgggttgtgtgaggt60tgcccatgttcatcgaaaagcctatgctacccactgacatggactttatccacaagt117 ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 39 :( i ) sequence characteristics :( a ) length : 117 base pairs ( b ) type : nucleic acid ( c ) strandedness : single ( d ) topology : linear ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 39 : cagttattctgcgtaacacattctgactgacaccgaccataggctcgggttgccctagtt60gccacactttcaacgaaaagcctatgctaacctatgacgtggactccggcatgnnnn117 ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 40 :( i ) sequence characteristics :( a ) length : 117 base pairs ( b ) type : nucleic acid ( c ) strandedness : single ( d ) topology : linear ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 40 : caaaggtcctacggaatacactctaactgacaccgaccataggctcgggtctccaaaggt60gccacattttcagcgaaaagcctatgctatccaatggcatgaagtatcacgtctact117 ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 41 :( i ) sequence characteristics :( a ) length : 117 base pairs ( b ) type : nucleic acid ( c ) strandedness : single ( d ) topology : linear ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 41 : nncgcatcgtgctgaagacattccgacttcgaccgaccataggctcgggttcccaaagtt60gtctcacattctttgaaaagcctatgctacctagtgacaaggattacgcccgctgag117 ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 42 :( i ) sequence characteristics :( a ) length : 117 base pairs ( b ) type : nucleic acid ( c ) strandedness : single ( d ) topology : linear ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 42 : acgtccgccaacggtggacattctgacgggcaccgaccataggctcgggttggccgcggt60ttcatactttcattgaaaagcctatgccaggcagtgacatgaactttgaggtaaagt117 ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 43 :( i ) sequence characteristics :( a ) length : 117 base pairs ( b ) type : nucleic acid ( c ) strandedness : single ( d ) topology : linear ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 43 : ccctgttaaagaggaacacattccgactgctaccgaccataggctcgggttcgttgaggt60gccacacatgcattgacaagcttatgctaggggttgccatggactnnnnnnnnnnnn117 ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 44 :( i ) sequence characteristics :( a ) length : 117 base pairs ( b ) type : nucleic acid ( c ) strandedness : single ( d ) topology : linear ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 44 : caagaaccggccgaaaaacattccaactggtaccgaccataggctcgggttcccagacat60tacacattttctttgaaaagcctatgatatccgctgaccgtgaccgctagcggcatc117 ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 45 :( i ) sequence characteristics :( a ) length : 117 base pairs ( b ) type : nucleic acid ( c ) strandedness : single ( d ) topology : linear ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 45 : tggacttttcacggaacatgttccgattggcaccgaccataggctcggctttccagaggt60gccacaacttcattgaaaagcctatgctagccaatgacctggaccatcacaaaggtt117 ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 46 :( i ) sequence characteristics :( a ) length : 117 base pairs ( b ) type : nucleic acid ( c ) strandedness : single ( d ) topology : linear ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 46 : cttcattaaaggggaaaacattccgactgggaccgaccataggctcggtttttcagaagg60cactctgttgcgtcgacaagcctatgctggaccatgacctggactatttgcccagat117 ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 47 :( i ) sequence characteristics :( a ) length : 117 base pairs ( b ) type : nucleic acid ( c ) strandedness : single ( d ) topology : linear ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 47 : tgatgagagctacgaacacacaccgactggcaccgaccataggctcggtttgcctcagat60tcttacctttctttgaaaagcctatgcttgctaatgacctggatttgagaacannnn117 ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 48 :( i ) sequence characteristics :( a ) length : 117 base pairs ( b ) type : nucleic acid ( c ) strandedness : single ( d ) topology : linear ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 48 : gacacaaagcaggcaacaaattccgactggtaccgaccataggctcggtttgcccgagct60tccacactttcatcgaaaagcctatgttagctaatgacagggaggactcgatgtggt117 ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 49 :( i ) sequence characteristics :( a ) length : 117 base pairs ( b ) type : nucleic acid ( c ) strandedness : single ( d ) topology : linear ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 49 : ccgagcggtcggggacgacattccgtctggcaccgaccataggctcggttctccagagct60tccaaaccttcttggaaaagcctatgctgggcaatgacatggactnnnnnnnnnnnn117 ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 50 :( i ) sequence characteristics :( a ) length : 117 base pairs ( b ) type : nucleic acid ( c ) strandedness : single ( d ) topology : linear ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 50 : agtgtcatattagggacacagtccgtatcgcaccgatcataggctcggtttggcacgcgt60gccacacttgcaacgacaagcctatggtagtccataacctggactacaaacccgatt117 ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 51 :( i ) sequence characteristics :( a ) length : 117 base pairs ( b ) type : nucleic acid ( c ) strandedness : single ( d ) topology : linear ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 51 : ccctagtggataggaacacattacgcctggcaccgaccataggctcggttgaccagcgtt60tccacactttcatcgaaaagcctatgcttgccattgacatggactcacgcattgcat117 ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 52 :( i ) sequence characteristics :( a ) length : 117 base pairs ( b ) type : nucleic acid ( c ) strandedness : single ( d ) topology : linear ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 52 : gtgccgacttacggttcacattcaaactggcaccgaccataggctcggtttgcctaacgt60ttcaaactttcatcgaaaagcctatgctgggcaacggttagggtttcgcacggcgat117 ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 53 :( i ) sequence characteristics :( a ) length : 117 base pairs ( b ) type : nucleic acid ( c ) strandedness : single ( d ) topology : linear ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 53 : ctgcacaggtagggaacgcatttcgactcgcaccgaccataggctcggtcagcgagttgc60gccccaatttcaacgaaaagcctatgctaggtaatgccatggactggttcgtatcat117 ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 54 :( i ) sequence characteristics :( a ) length : 117 base pairs ( b ) type : nucleic acid ( c ) 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sequence characteristics :( a ) length : 117 base pairs ( b ) type : nucleic acid ( c ) strandedness : single ( d ) topology : linear ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 60 : ctaaatttggttgaaacacatgcagactggccccgaccataggctcgggttgtcagaggt60gcttcacgttcctcgaaaagcctatgtgatggaatgacattgactgagggatgcggt117 ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 61 :( i ) sequence characteristics :( a ) length : 117 base pairs ( b ) type : nucleic acid ( c ) strandedness : single ( d ) topology : linear ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 61 : gcngagggctccggtacacatgcagactggtcccgaccataggctcgggttaccagacct60tcaactacttcttcgaaaagcctatgccggtcaaggccatgaacgctcaatcagtgt117 ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 62 :( i ) sequence characteristics :( a ) length : 117 base pairs ( b ) type : nucleic acid ( c ) strandedness : single ( d ) topology : linear ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 62 : tgtccgaacgacgtatgccattccgtctggccccgaccataggctcggattaccattcgt60tacacactttcatcgaaaagcctatgctgttcaatggcccggacttcagtagatggt117 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