Synthesis and characterisation of oligodeoxynucleotides containing thio analogues of (6-4) pyrimidine—pyrimidinone photo-dimers
- 29 May 1998
- journal article
- Published by Elsevier BV in Journal of Molecular Biology
- Vol. 279 (1), 89-100
- https://doi.org/10.1006/jmbi.1998.1719
Abstract
A method for the preparation of an oligodeoxynucleotide, 20 bases in length, containing centrally located thio analogues of (6-4) pyrimidine-pyrimidinone thymine photo-dimers is reported. The approach is based on the selective irradiation, at 350 nm, of a Tp4ST (4ST=4-thiothymidine) step within a 20-mer having the sequence: d(ACTCGGACCT(4ST)CGCTGTGAT). Conversion of the S5-(6-4)/S5-thietane pyrimidine-pyrimidinone, initially formed, to its S5-Dewar isomer is by a subsequent irradiation at 300 nm. Both of the photo-dimer-containing oligonucleotides were purified by HPLC (ion exchange and reverse phase) and characterised by base composition analysis. The S5-(6-4)/S5-thietane pyrimidine-pyrimidinone containing 20-mer has a characteristic UV absorbance at 320 nm and exhibits strong fluorescence when excited at this wavelength. As expected, conversion to the S5-Dewar isomer abolished both the 320 nm absorbance and the fluorescence emission. The lengths of the oligonucleotides produced allowed the formation of stable double-stranded DNA, by hybridisation to a complementary sequence. Examination of these duplexes by circular dichroism spectroscopy showed that they formed B-DNA, with little changes to their gross structure as compared to the parent duplex. However, local structural perturbations in the region of the photo-dimer cannot be excluded. The S5-(6-4)/S5-thietane photoproduct lowered the tmby 10.5 deg. C and the Dewar isomer by 12 deg. C. The degree of curvature induced in the DNA sequence by the introduction of the photo-dimers was assessed by analysing the migration of modified and unmodified multimer ladders on polyacrylamide gels. Both photoproducts induced considerable bending into the DNA. A comparison with a six-base-pair T tract, a bending standard that has a known bend angle of 19°, gave values of around 47° for the S5-(6-4)/S5-thietane product and about 28° for the S5-Dewar isomer.Keywords
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