Selenium derivatization and crystallization of DNA and RNA oligonucleotides for X-ray crystallography using multiple anomalous dispersion
AUTOR(ES)
Carrasco, Nicolas
FONTE
Oxford University Press
RESUMO
We report here the solid phase synthesis of RNA and DNA oligonucleotides containing the 2′-selenium functionality for X-ray crystallography using multiwavelength anomalous dispersion. We have synthesized the novel 2′-methylseleno cytidine phosphoramidite and improved the accessibility of the 2′-methylseleno uridine phosphoramidite for the synthesis of many selenium-derivatized DNAs and RNAs in large scales. The yields of coupling these Se-nucleoside phosphoramidites into DNA or RNA oligonucleotides were over 99% when 5-(benzylmercapto)-1H-tetrazole was used as the coupling reagent. The UV melting study of A-form dsDNAs indicated that the 2′-selenium derivatization had no effect on the stability of the duplexes with the 3′-endo sugar pucker. Thus, the stems of functional RNA molecules with the same 3′-endo sugar pucker appear to be the ideal sites for the selenium derivatization with 2′-Se-C and 2′-Se-U. Crystallization of the selenium-derivatized oligonucleotides is also reported here. The results demonstrate that this 2′-selenium functionality is suitable for RNA and A-form DNA derivatization in X-ray crystallography.
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