Synthesis of oligoarginine-oligonucleotide conjugates and oligoarginine-bridged oligonucleotide pairs.
Conjugates consisting of oligoarginine peptides linked to oligodeoxynucleotides have been synthesized, including a new type of conjugate, in which a pair of oligonucleotides is bridged by a cationic peptide. Two different 9-mer oligonucleotides were conjugated to the terminal cysteine residues of the peptide series H-Cys-(Arg)n-Cys-NH2 (n = 3, 5, 7). Different thiol protecting groups were utilized on the amino- and carboxy-terminal cysteine residues of the peptide to allow selective attachment to the 3'- or 5'-terminus of each specific oligonucleotide. The conjugates containing oligoarginine peptides were purified by anion-exchange chromatography, and their structures were confirmed by polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis and amino acid analysis.
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Center for Advanced Biotechnology and Medicine, Piscataway, New Jersey 08854.
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D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000596:Amino Acids / Q000032:analysis; D001120:Arginine / Q000737:chemistry*; D001483:Base Sequence; D002848:Chromatography, DEAE-Cellulose; D004591:Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009841:Oligonucleotides / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification; D009842:Oligopeptides / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification
D000596:Amino Acids; D009841:Oligonucleotides; D009842:Oligopeptides; D001120:Arginine