| Literature DB >> 22221796 |
Cheng Yang1, Vasilica Lates, Beatriz Prieto-Simón, Jean-Louis Marty, Xiurong Yang.
Abstract
We report an aptasensor for biosensing of Ochratoxin A (OTA) using aptamer-DNAzyme hairpin as biorecognition element. The structure of this engineered nucleic acid includes the horseradish peroxidase (HRP)-mimicking DNAzyme and the OTA specific aptamer sequences. A blocking tail captures a part of these sequences in the stem region of the hairpin. In the presence of OTA, the hairpin is opened due to the formation of the aptamer-analyte complex. As a result, self-assembly of the active HRP-mimicking DNAzyme occurs. The activity of this DNAzyme is linearly correlated with OTA concentration up to 10 nM, showing a limit of detection of 2.5 nM.Entities:
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Year: 2011 PMID: 22221796 DOI: 10.1016/j.bios.2011.12.011
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Biosens Bioelectron ISSN: 0956-5663 Impact factor: 10.618