Synthesis and DNA binding properties of terminally modified peptide nucleic acids
摘要:
PNAs with terminal modifications of varying structure and charge were synthesized and their binding to DNA was studied. A variation in thermal stability of 19.8 degreesC has been observed between the least and the most stable PNA-DNA duplexes. The most stable duplex melts 7.7 degreesC higher than the duplex of the corresponding non-modified PNA and complementary DNA. It has been shown that sequence fidelity of the PNA conjugate having the highest DNA affinity is significantly better than that of non-modified PNA. The results obtained can be used for the design of PNA probes, whose binding to DNA is sequence independent. (C) 2003 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
Synthesis and DNA binding properties of terminally modified peptide nucleic acids
摘要:
PNAs with terminal modifications of varying structure and charge were synthesized and their binding to DNA was studied. A variation in thermal stability of 19.8 degreesC has been observed between the least and the most stable PNA-DNA duplexes. The most stable duplex melts 7.7 degreesC higher than the duplex of the corresponding non-modified PNA and complementary DNA. It has been shown that sequence fidelity of the PNA conjugate having the highest DNA affinity is significantly better than that of non-modified PNA. The results obtained can be used for the design of PNA probes, whose binding to DNA is sequence independent. (C) 2003 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.