Abstract:
:DNA sequences containing four types of analog nucleosides are described. All four are pyridine derivatives constructed as C-nucleosides so that they mimic the pyrimidine derivatives 2'-deoxyuridine, thymidine or 2'-deoxycytidine, but in all cases the analogs lack the corresponding O2-carbonyls that in duplex DNA are located in the minor groove. In place of the O2-carbonyl is a hydrogen atom, a polar fluorine atom, or a nonpolar methyl group. The described C-nucleosides have native-like bidentate Watson-Crick hydrogen-bonding faces and can form essentially normal W-C base pairs of varying stability with A or G. In each modified base pair, two inter-residue hydrogen bonds should be present. In spite of a common number of interstrand hydrogen bonds, the thermodynamic stabilities of the prepared duplexes, each containing two analog base pairs, vary dramatically. Most notably, base pairs containing uncompensated purine amino groups (those lacking a hydrogen-bonding partner) in the minor groove exhibit the most dramatic reductions in thermodynamic stability. Removal of such uncompensated amino groups results in increased duplex stability. Base pairs containing fluorine in the minor groove positioned adjacent to an amino group seem to enhance duplex stability marginally (relative to --H or --CH(3)), but there is little evidence to suggest that fluorine is an effective hydrogen-bonding partner in these systems. The presence of minor groove methyl groups results in the least stable duplexes in each series of sequences.
journal_name
Biopolymersjournal_title
Biopolymersauthors
Sun Z,McLaughlin LWdoi
10.1002/bip.20817subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2007-10-05 00:00:00pages
183-95issue
2-3eissn
0006-3525issn
1097-0282journal_volume
87pub_type
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