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Reactive OFF-ON type alkylating agents for higher-ordered structures of nucleic acids.


ABSTRACT: Higher-ordered structure motifs of nucleic acids, such as the G-quadruplex (G-4), mismatched and bulge structures, are significant research targets because these structures are involved in genetic control and diseases. Selective alkylation of these higher-order structures is challenging due to the chemical instability of the alkylating agent and side-reactions with the single- or double-strand DNA and RNA. We now report the reactive OFF-ON type alkylating agents, vinyl-quinazolinone (VQ) precursors with a sulfoxide, thiophenyl or thiomethyl group for the OFF-ON control of the vinyl reactivity. The stable VQ precursors conjugated with aminoacridine, which bind to the G-4 DNA, selectively reacted with a T base on the G-4 DNA in contrast to the single- and double-strand DNA. Additionally, the VQ precursor reacted with the T or U base in the AP-site, G-4 RNA and T-T mismatch structures. These VQ precursors would be a new candidate for the T or U specific alkylation in the higher-ordered structures of nucleic acids.

SUBMITTER: Onizuka K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6649768 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Reactive OFF-ON type alkylating agents for higher-ordered structures of nucleic acids.

Onizuka Kazumitsu K   Hazemi Madoka E ME   Sato Norihiro N   Tsuji Gen-Ichiro GI   Ishikawa Shunya S   Ozawa Mamiko M   Tanno Kousuke K   Yamada Ken K   Nagatsugi Fumi F  

Nucleic acids research 20190701 13


Higher-ordered structure motifs of nucleic acids, such as the G-quadruplex (G-4), mismatched and bulge structures, are significant research targets because these structures are involved in genetic control and diseases. Selective alkylation of these higher-order structures is challenging due to the chemical instability of the alkylating agent and side-reactions with the single- or double-strand DNA and RNA. We now report the reactive OFF-ON type alkylating agents, vinyl-quinazolinone (VQ) precurs  ...[more]

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