Synthesis and properties of 2′-O-Methyl-2-thiouridine and oligoribonucleotides containing 2′-O-Methyl-2-thiouridine
摘要:
A new method for the synthesis of 2'-O-methyl-2-thiouridine (s(2)Um) found in thermophilic bacterial tRNA was developed. Structural properties of s(2)Um and s(2)Um(p)U were studied by using H-1 NMR spectroscopy. A modified nonaribonucleotide (RNA*: 5'-CGUUs(2)UmUUGC-3') was synthesized to study the base-recognition ability of s(2)Um in formation of RNA-RNA and RNA-DNA duplexes. The UV melting experiments revealed that RNA*-RNA and RNA*-DNA duplexes having an s(2)U-A base pair are more stable than those having a U-A base pair. On the contrary, the thermal stability of RNA*-RNA and RNA*-DNA duplexes having an s(2)U-G wobble base pair was much lower than that of the unmodified duplexes having a natural U-G base pair. It is concluded that s(2)Um has higher selectivity toward A over G than unmodified U. (C) 2000 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.
Synthesis and properties of 2′-O-Methyl-2-thiouridine and oligoribonucleotides containing 2′-O-Methyl-2-thiouridine
摘要:
A new method for the synthesis of 2'-O-methyl-2-thiouridine (s(2)Um) found in thermophilic bacterial tRNA was developed. Structural properties of s(2)Um and s(2)Um(p)U were studied by using H-1 NMR spectroscopy. A modified nonaribonucleotide (RNA*: 5'-CGUUs(2)UmUUGC-3') was synthesized to study the base-recognition ability of s(2)Um in formation of RNA-RNA and RNA-DNA duplexes. The UV melting experiments revealed that RNA*-RNA and RNA*-DNA duplexes having an s(2)U-A base pair are more stable than those having a U-A base pair. On the contrary, the thermal stability of RNA*-RNA and RNA*-DNA duplexes having an s(2)U-G wobble base pair was much lower than that of the unmodified duplexes having a natural U-G base pair. It is concluded that s(2)Um has higher selectivity toward A over G than unmodified U. (C) 2000 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.