Evolving a fluorescent light-up aptamer for rotationally quenched asymmetric rhodamines

Abstract

We describe the evolution and characterization of a fluorescent light-up aptamer, RhoBAST G36C , that binds asymmetric, rotationally quenched rhodamines. Binding induces an over 300-fold fluorescence turn-on, which we leveraged for real-time monitoring in vitro transcription reactions and live-cell imaging of tRNA and mRNA in E. coli.

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Article type
Communication
Submitted
18 Mar 2026
Accepted
20 May 2026
First published
21 May 2026
This article is Open Access
Creative Commons BY license

Chem. Commun., 2026, Accepted Manuscript

Evolving a fluorescent light-up aptamer for rotationally quenched asymmetric rhodamines

F. Grün, D. Englert, A. Crenner, S. Jänner, E. Burger, M. Sunbul and A. Jaeschke, Chem. Commun., 2026, Accepted Manuscript , DOI: 10.1039/D6CC01648K

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