Department of Chemistry and Center for Nucleic Acids Science and Technology, Carnegie Mellon University, 4400 Fifth Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA.
Chem Commun (Camb). 2011 Aug 14;47(30):8524-6. doi: 10.1039/c1cc12805a. Epub 2011 Jun 30.
Guanine-rich peptide nucleic acid probes hybridize to DNA G quadruplex targets with high affinity, forming PNA-DNA heteroquadruplexes. We report a surprising degree of kinetic discrimination for PNA heteroquadruplex formation with a series of DNA targets. The fastest hybridization is observed for targets folded into parallel morphologies.
富含鸟嘌呤的肽核酸探针与 DNA G 四链体靶标具有高亲和力,形成 PNA-DNA 异四链体。我们报道了一系列 DNA 靶标对 PNA 异四链体形成的惊人程度的动力学区分。对于折叠成平行构象的靶标,观察到最快的杂交。