Kuimelis R G, Nambiar K P
Department of Chemistry, University of California, Davis 95616.
Nucleic Acids Res. 1994 Apr 25;22(8):1429-36. doi: 10.1093/nar/22.8.1429.
A method is described for the incorporation of 2'-deoxy-2-thiouridine (dS2U) and 2'-deoxy-2-thiothymidine (dS2T) into oligodeoxynucleotides at predetermined positions. This requires N3 or O4-acylation of dS2U and dS2T with toluoyl chloride. These base-protected thiopyrimidines are completely stable toward the aqueous iodine oxidation reagent used in the phosphoramidite DNA synthesis method. The toluoyl protecting group is removed during the standard post-synthetic ammonia treatment. This novel protection strategy allows dS2U and dS2T to be efficiently incorporated into oligodeoxynucleotides at predetermined sites without the usual problem of desulfurization and decomposition. Several 14-mers containing the Eco-RI recognition site (dGGCGGAAXXCCGCC and dGGCGGAAXXCGCGG, where X represents dT, dS2U or dS2T) have been synthesized and characterized by base composition, thermal denaturation, CD spectroscopy and endonuclease substrate activity.
描述了一种将2'-脱氧-2-硫代尿苷(dS2U)和2'-脱氧-2-硫代胸苷(dS2T)掺入到寡脱氧核苷酸预定位置的方法。这需要用甲苯甲酰氯对dS2U和dS2T进行N3或O4酰化。这些碱基保护的硫代嘧啶对亚磷酰胺DNA合成方法中使用的水性碘氧化试剂完全稳定。在标准的合成后氨处理过程中,甲苯甲酰保护基被除去。这种新颖的保护策略允许dS2U和dS2T在预定位点有效地掺入寡脱氧核苷酸中,而没有通常的脱硫和分解问题。已经合成了几种含有Eco-RI识别位点的14聚体(dGGCGGAAXXCCGCC和dGGCGGAAXXCGCGG,其中X代表dT、dS2U或dS2T),并通过碱基组成、热变性、圆二色光谱和核酸内切酶底物活性进行了表征。