New chemically reactive dsDNAs containing single internucleotide monophosphoryldithio links: reactivity of 5′-mercapto-oligodeoxyribonucleotides

Novel modified DNA duplexes with single bridging 5′‐SS-monophosphoryldithio links [-OP(=O)-O–-SS-CH2-] were synthesized by autoligation of an oligonucleotide 3′-phosphorothioate and a 5′-mercapto-oligonucleotide previously converted to a 2-pyridyldisulfide adduct. Monophosphoryldisulfide link format...

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Veröffentlicht in:Nucleic acids research 2001-10, Vol.29 (19), p.4062-4069
Hauptverfasser: Metelev, Valeri G., Borisova, Oxana A., Volkov, Eugene M., Oretskaya, Tatiana S., Dolinnaya, Nina G.
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Zusammenfassung:Novel modified DNA duplexes with single bridging 5′‐SS-monophosphoryldithio links [-OP(=O)-O–-SS-CH2-] were synthesized by autoligation of an oligonucleotide 3′-phosphorothioate and a 5′-mercapto-oligonucleotide previously converted to a 2-pyridyldisulfide adduct. Monophosphoryldisulfide link formation is not a stringent template-dependent process under the conditions used and does not require strong binding of the reactive oligomers to the complementary strand. The modified internucleotide linkage, resembling the natural phosphodiester bond in size and charge density, is stable in water, easily undergoes thiol–disulfide exchange and can be specifically cleaved by the action of reducing reagents. DNA molecules containing an internal -OP(=O)-O–-SS-CH2- bridge are stable to spontaneous exchange of disulfide-linked fragments (recombination) even in the single-stranded state and are promising reagents for autocrosslinking with cysteine-containing proteins. The chemical and supramolecular properties of oligonucleotides with 5′-sulfhydryl groups were further characterized. We have shown that under the conditions of chemical ligation the 5′-SH group of the oligonucleotide has a higher reactivity towards N‐hydroxybenzotriazole-activated phosphate in an adjacent oligonucleotide than does the OH group. This autoligation, unlike disulfide bond formation, proceeds only in the presence of template oligonucleotide, necessary to provide the activated phosphate in close proximity to the SH-, OH- or phosphate function.
ISSN:0305-1048
1362-4962
DOI:10.1093/nar/29.19.4062