title: NMR study on the photoresponsive DNA tethering an azobenzene. Assignment of the absolute configuration of two diastereomers and structure determination of their duplexes in the trans-form.
abstract: Two diastereomers of a photoresponsive oligodeoxyribonucleotide tethering a trans-azobenzene, based on the chirality of the central carbon of a diol linker, were separated by reversed-phase HPLC. On the basis of 2D NMR analysis, absolute configurations of the diastereomers alpha and beta (tentatively designated from differences in their retention time) were determined as R- and S-forms, respectively. For both diastereomers, their NMR-determined duplex structure showed that trans-azobenzene intercalates between base pairs, because distinct NOEs were observed between the protons of azobenzene and those of the adjacent base pairs, such as with the imino protons and methyl protons of thymine. The melting temperatures of both duplexes were higher than that of the corresponding native duplex, which contained no azobenzene residue, due to the intercalated trans-azobenzene stabilizing the duplex by a stacking interaction. Between these two diastereomers, differences in T(m) were also found: the melting temperature of the R-form duplex (alpha-isomer) was higher than that of the S-form (beta-isomer). On the basis of the NMR-determined structure, this difference was attributed to the fact that the S-form (beta isomer) causes more stress forming the duplex than does the R-form (alpha isomer) due to disturbances of the right-hand helix.
authors.affiliation: Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology, The University of Tokyo, 4-6-1 Komaba, Meguro-ku, Tokyo 153-8904, Japan.
authors.forename: Xingguo
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Liang
authors.forename: Hiroyuki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Asanuma
authors.forename: Hiromu
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kashida
authors.forename: Akitsugu
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Takasu
authors.forename: Taiichi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Sakamoto
authors.forename: Gota
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Kawai
authors.forename: Makoto
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Komiyama
mesh_terms: D001391:Azo Compounds / Q000737:chemistry*; D003432:Cross-Linking Reagents / Q000737:chemistry; D004247:DNA / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000528:radiation effects; D008958:Models, Molecular; D019906:Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, Biomolecular / Q000379:methods; D009690:Nucleic Acid Conformation
chemical_list: D001391:Azo Compounds; D003432:Cross-Linking Reagents; D004247:DNA; C009850:azobenzene