Porphyrin substituted phosphoramidites: new building blocks for porphyrin-oligonucleotide syntheses
Porphyrin substituted phosphoramidites: new building blocks for porphyrin-oligonucleotide syntheses
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DOI:
10.1016/j.bmc.2005.01.045
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发表时间:
2005-04-01
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3.5
通讯作者:
Berova, N
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作者:
Balaz, M;Holmes, AE;Berova, N
Thymidine phosphoramidites containing trispyridylphenyl and tetraphenylporphyrin chromophores attached via a short amide linker in the 3'-position have been synthesized and used as building blocks in solid-phase synthesis of self-complementary 8-mer oligonucleotides 3'-T-5'-GCGCGCA-3' and 5'-ACGCGCGT-3'. To our knowledge, these are the first porphyrin-oligonucleotide conjugates carrying the porphyrin chromophores in the 3'-position. Chain assembly was achieved by automated solid-phase synthesis and by inexpensive straightforward `in flask' modification of commercially available solid supported oligonucleotides. This approach allows the synthesis of modified oligonucleotides without using costly instrumentation for automated DNA synthesis. Porphyrin-containing self-complementary oligonucleotides are expected to be a valuable model for drug binding studies and determination of conformational changes in DNA sequences using circular dichroism. (c) 2005 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.