Abstract
Nylon nucleic acids containing oligouridine nucleotides with pendent polyamide linkers and flanked by unmodified heteronucleotide sequences were prepared by DNA templated synthesis. Templation was more efficient than the single-stranded synthesis; coupling step yields were as high as 99.2%, with up to 7 amide linkages formed in the synthesis of a molecule containing 8 modified nucleotides. Controlled digestion by calf spleen phosphodiesterase enabled the mapping of modified nucleotides in the sequences. a combination of complete degradation of nylon nucleic acids by snake venom phosphodiesterase and dephosphorylation of the resulting nucleotide fragments by bacterial alkaline phosphatase, followed by LCMS analysis, clarified the linear structure of the oligo-amide linkages. the templated synthesis strategy afforded nylon nucleic acids in the target structure and was compatible with the presence heteronucleotides. the complete digestion procedure produced a new species of DNA analogues, nylon ribonucleosides, which display nucleosides attached via a 2'-alkylthio linkage to each diamine and dicarboxylate repeat unit of the original nylon nucleic acids. the binding affinity of a nylon ribonucleoside octamer to the complementary DNA was evaluated by thermal denaturing experiments. the octamer was found to form stable duplexes with an inverse dependence on salt concentration, in contrast to the salt-dependent DNA control
Recommended Citation
Y. Liu et al., "Templated Synthesis of Nylon Nucleic Acids and Characterization by Nuclease Digestion," Chemical Science, vol. 3, no. 6, pp. 1930 - 1937, Royal Society of Chemistry, Jun 2012.
The definitive version is available at https://doi.org/10.1039/c2sc20129a
Department(s)
Chemistry
Keywords and Phrases
Amide Linkages; Bacterial Alkaline Phosphatase; Binding Affinities; Dephosphorylations; Digestion Procedure; DNA-templated Synthesis; Inverse Dependence; Lc-ms Analysis; Linear Structures; Modified Nucleotides; New Species; Nuclease Digestion; Nucleotide Fragment; Octamers; Phosphodiesterases; Ribonucleosides; Salt Concentration; Snake Venom Phosphodiesterase; Target Structure; Templated Synthesis; Templation; Binding Energy; Carboxylation; Degradation; Phosphatases; Polyamides; Synthesis (chemical)
International Standard Serial Number (ISSN)
2041-6520
Document Type
Article - Journal
Document Version
Final Version
File Type
text
Language(s)
English
Rights
© 2012 Royal Society of Chemistry, All rights reserved.
Creative Commons Licensing
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 4.0 License
Publication Date
01 Jun 2012
PubMed ID
23125913
