作者:Simon P. Scheidegger、Christian J. Leumann
DOI:10.1002/chem.200600597
日期:2006.10.25
base-pairing properties with complementary parallel and antiparallel oriented DNA and RNA were studied by UV-melting analysis and CD spectroscopy. We found that alpha-tc-DNA binds preferentially to parallel nucleic acid complements through Watson-Crick duplex formation, with a preference for RNA over DNA. In comparison with natural DNA, alpha-tc-DNA shows equal to enhanced affinity to RNA and also pairs to antiparallel
我们描述了从已知的相应的α-tc-核苷开始的覆盖所有四个天然碱基的α-三环-DNA(α-tc-DNA)的亚磷酰胺结构单元的合成。这些构件用于制备代表高嘌呤,高嘧啶和嘌呤/嘧啶混合碱基序列的三个α-tc-寡核苷酸10聚体。通过紫外熔融分析和CD光谱研究了具有互补的平行和反平行取向的DNA和RNA的碱基配对特性。我们发现,α-tc-DNA优先通过Watson-Crick双链体形成与平行核酸补体结合,相对于DNA而言,RNA优先。与天然DNA相比,α-tc-DNA与RNA的亲和力增强,并且与反平行DNA或RNA互补序列成对存在,尽管亲和力要低得多。在混合碱基序列中,这些反平行双链体是反向的Watson-Crick类型,而在高嘌呤/高嘧啶序列中,观察到Hoogsteen和/或反向Hoogsteen配对。还观察到两个α-tc-寡核苷酸的反平行双链体形成,尽管该双链体的热稳定性出奇地低。在α-DNA,