The invention relates to the field of biological detection, in particular to a
biosensor for sensitively and rapidly detecting Whara syndrome
helicase activity and application, the
biosensor comprises a substrate chain, crRNA, Cas12a
protein and a report chain FQ; according to the invention,
a DNA-
DNA /
DNA-
RNA substrate chain with complementary sequences at two ends and a non-complementary'bubble 'structure with a specific length in the middle is constructed, the substrate chain can be specifically unwound by WRN, and released single-stranded
DNA further activates trans-cleavage activity and non-specific cleavage
fluorescence reporter groups of Cas12a, so that unprecedented high-sensitivity and high-specificity detection on WRN
helicase activity is realized; the fluorescent probe can be applied to in-situ and real-time
fluorescence imaging and visual analysis of WRN activity in living cells, and has wide application prospects in the fields of
cancer mechanism research, WRN-targeted inhibitor high-
throughput screening, clinical adjoint diagnosis and the like.