Artificial DNA made exclusively of nonnatural C-nucleosides with four types of nonnatural bases

Yasuhiro Doi, Junya Chiba*, Tomoyuki Morikawa, Masahiko Inouye

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Abstract

We describe a new class of DNA-like oligomers made exclusively of nonnatural, stable C-nucleosides. The nucleosides comprise four types of nonnatural bases attached to a deoxyribose through an acetylene bond with the β-configuration. The artificial DNA forms right-handed duplexes and triplexes with the complementary artificial DNA. The hybridization occurs spontaneously and sequence-selectively, and the resulting duplexes have thermal stabilities very close to those of natural duplexes. The artificial DNA might be applied to a future extracellular genetic system with information storage and amplifiable abilities.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)8762-8768
Number of pages7
JournalJournal of the American Chemical Society
Volume130
Issue number27
DOIs
StatePublished - 2008/07/09

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Catalysis
  • General Chemistry
  • Biochemistry
  • Colloid and Surface Chemistry

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