Sintim Herman O, Kool Eric T
Department of Chemistry, Stanford University, California 94305-5080, USA.
J Am Chem Soc. 2006 Jan 18;128(2):396-7. doi: 10.1021/ja0562447.
Here we test the steric effects of added size on DNA base pairing and replication by the use of thiocarbonyl group replacements for natural nucleoside thymidine. The 2-thioT (2S) and 4-thioT (4S) nucleosides were reported previously, but their pairing specificity and replication fidelity were unknown. We find that 2S pairs with higher specificity than thymidine, and both 2S and 4S nucleoside triphosphates are replicated with higher efficiency than natural dTTP. The results indicate possible biotechnological uses for these analogues and have implications in the ongoing use of thionucleobases in cancer treatment.
在这里,我们通过使用硫代羰基取代天然核苷胸腺嘧啶来测试添加的大小对DNA碱基配对和复制的空间效应。2-硫代胸腺嘧啶(2S)和4-硫代胸腺嘧啶(4S)核苷此前已有报道,但其配对特异性和复制保真度尚不清楚。我们发现,2S的配对特异性高于胸腺嘧啶,并且2S和4S核苷三磷酸的复制效率均高于天然的三磷酸胸苷(dTTP)。这些结果表明这些类似物可能具有生物技术用途,并且对硫代碱基在癌症治疗中的持续应用具有启示意义。