Protocols for the synthesis of C 7 -nitropurine nucleosides and nucleotides are described. Each of these nucleotides can completely replace its naturally occurring counterpart in polymerase chain reaction (PCR), generating amplified duplex DNA containing nitropurines. As predicted, the electron-withdrawing power of the nitro group rendered these modified oligonucleotides susceptible to chemoselective
描述了用于合成 C 7 -硝基嘌呤核苷和核苷酸的方案。这些核苷酸中的每一个都可以在聚合酶链式反应 (PCR) 中完全取代其天然存在的对应物,从而产生含有硝基嘌呤的扩增双链 DNA。正如预测的那样,硝基的吸电子能力使这些修饰的寡核苷酸对修饰碱基的化学选择性切割敏感。在高温下用仲胺处理会在硝基嘌呤位点产生选择性 DNA 断裂。有趣的是,这种 Maxam-Gilbert 类型的 DNA 切割反应是通过添加强还原剂和亲核试剂三 (2-羧乙基) 膦 (TCEP) 促进的。质谱分析不仅证实了 DNA 裂解发生在硝基嘌呤上,但也揭示了片段化的 DNA 产物在其 3'-末端附加了一个 TCEP 部分。这一令人惊讶的结果为这种 DNA 切割反应的机制提供了新的见解。
Template-Directed Interference Footprinting of Protein−Adenine Contacts
作者:Changhee Min、Timothy D. Cushing、Gregory L. Verdine
DOI:10.1021/ja953658z
日期:1996.1.1
Noncovalent contacts between amino acid residues and DNA bases are the principal contributors to sequence-specific recognition in most protein-DNA complexes. We have developed a method, template-directed interference (TDI) footprinting, which not only identifies DNA bases that are contacted by a protein upon formation of a specific complex but also reveals the groove location of the contacts and provides a rough gauge of their energetics. Previously, we demonstrated TDI footprinting of guanine (TDI-G), cytosine (TDI-C), and thymine (TDI-T) residues in the major groove of DNA. Here we report the development of a procedure for TDI footprinting of the fourth and final DNA base, adenine (TDI-A). The base-analog 7-deaza-7-nitroadenine (A*), present as the corresponding 2'-deoxynucleoside 5'-triphosphate, was found to undergo efficient incorporation into DNA during template-directed enzymatic polymerization. The analog exhibits the same base-pairing preference as its native counterpart (A), and could be selectively degraded, leading to DNA strand scission upon treatment with aqueous piperidine. To validate the use of A* as a probe of specific protein-DNA contacts, we carried out TDI-A footprinting of the bacteriophage 434 repressor/O(R)1 operator interaction. The observed interference by A* only at position-1 of the operator is consistent with the results of X-ray crystallographic analysis. Together with TDI-G, -C, and -T footprinting, the present TDI-A footprinting procedure now completes the series of four experiments required for the analysis of major groove contacts to all four DNA bases in solution.