title: Synthesis and hybridization properties of oligonucleotides containing (2S,3R)-9-(2,3,4-trihydroxybutyl)adenine.
abstract: The synthesis and properties of oligonucleotides (ONs) containing 9-(2,3,4-trihydroxybutyl)adenine, A(C2) and A(C3), are described. The ON containing A(C2) involves the 3'-->4' and 3-->5' phosphodiester linkages in the strand, whereas that containing A(C3) possesses the 3'-->4' and 2'-->5' phosphodiester linkages. It was found that incorporation of the analogs, A(C2) or A(C3), into ONs significantly reduces the thermal and thermodynamic stabilities of the ON/DNA duplexes, but does not largely decrease the thermal and thermodynamic stabilities of the ON/RNA duplexes as compared with the case of the ON/DNA duplexes. It was revealed that the base recognition ability of A(C2) is greater than that of A(C3) in the ON/RNA duplexes.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biomolecular Science, Faculty of Engineering, and Center for Emerging Infectious Diseases, Gifu University, Yanagido, Gifu, Japan.
authors.forename: Yoshihito
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ueno
authors.forename: Shinji
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ishihara
authors.forename: Yasutomo
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ito
authors.forename: Yukio
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kitade
mesh_terms: D000225:Adenine / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000737:chemistry*; D020029:Base Pairing; D002942:Circular Dichroism; D006358:Hot Temperature; D019906:Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, Biomolecular; D009691:Nucleic Acid Denaturation; D009693:Nucleic Acid Hybridization; D009841:Oligonucleotides / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000737:chemistry*; D019032:Spectrometry, Mass, Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption-Ionization; D013237:Stereoisomerism
chemical_list: D009841:Oligonucleotides; D000225:Adenine