title: Chemical synthesis and properties of an oligodeoxyribonucleotide containing a 2-deoxyribosylformamide residue.
abstract: To elucidate the conformational properties of DNA with a 2-deoxyribosylformamide residue (dF), an oligodeoxyribonucleotide containing this abasic residue in a specific position of the nucleotide sequence was synthesized by the standard solid-phase phosphotriester method. Deprotection of the synthesized oligonucleotide was performed under routine alkaline and acidic conditions. The presence of a dF residue in the oligomer was confirmed by ion-spray mass spectrometry. A dF residue was found to affect considerably the stability of the DNA duplex, as determined from the melting behavior of the dF-containing duplex.
authors.affiliation: Department of Applied Biology, Faculty of Textile Science and Technology, Shinshu University, Nagano, Japan.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Shida
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Iwaori
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Arakawa
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Sekiguchi
mesh_terms: D001483:Base Sequence; D003855:Deoxyribose / Q000031:analogs & derivatives; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009690:Nucleic Acid Conformation; D009838:Oligodeoxyribonucleotides / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000737:chemistry
chemical_list: D009838:Oligodeoxyribonucleotides; D003855:Deoxyribose; C071599:2-deoxyribosylformylamine