A novel artificial nucleic acid base pair which is obtained by forming a selective base pair by introducing a group having steric hindrance (preferably a group having steric hindrance and static repulsion and a stacking effect) and can be recognized by a polymerase such as DNA polymerase; a novel artificial gene; and a method of designing nucleic acid bases so as to form a selective base pair with the use of steric hindrance, static repulsion and stacking effect at the base moiety of the nucleic acid. An artificial nucleic acid comprising these bases; a process for producing the same; a codon containing the same; a nucleic acid molecule containing the same; a process for producing a non-natural gene by using the same; a process for producing a novel protein by using the above nucleic acid molecule or non-natural gene, and the like.
一种新型人工核酸碱基对,通过引入具有空间位阻的基团(最好是具有空间位阻、静电排斥和堆积效应的基团),形成一种选择性碱基对,并可以被聚合酶如
DNA聚合酶识别;一种新型人工
基因;以及一种设计核酸碱基的方法,以利用核酸碱基的基团上的空间位阻、静电排斥和堆积效应形成选择性碱基对。包含这些碱基的人工核酸;生产该人工核酸的方法;包含该核酸的密码子;包含该核酸的核酸分子;使用该核酸分子或非自然
基因生产非自然
基因的方法;使用上述核酸分子或非自然
基因生产新型蛋白质的方法等。