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Fluorescence properties and base pair stability of oligonucleotides containing 8-aza-7-deaza-2′-deoxyisoinosine or 2′-deoxyisoinosine
Seela,Becher,Chen
, p. 1581 - 1598 (2000)
The fluorescence and the base pairing properties of 8-aza-7-deaza-2′-deoxyisoinosine (1) are described and compared with those of 2′-deoxyisoinosine (2). The corresponding phosphoramidites (11, 12) are synthesized using the diphenylcarbamoyl (DPC) residue for the 2-oxo group protection. The nucleosides 1 and 2 base pair with 2′-deoxy-5-methylisocytidine in DNA duplexes with antiparallel chain orientation and with 2′-deoxycytidine in a parallel DNA. These base pairs are less stable than the canonical dA-dT pair and that of 2′-deoxyinosine (4) with 2′-deoxycytidine. The fluorescence of the nucleosides 1 and 2 is quenched (~95%) in duplex DNA. The residual fluorescence is used to determine the Tm-values, which are found to be the same as determined UV-spectrophotometrically.