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Nucleic Acids Research, 1994, Vol. 22, No. 25 5590-5599
© 1994

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The solution structure of a 3'-phenazinium (Pzn) tethered DNA-RNA duplex with a dangling adenosine: r(5'G-AUUGAA3'):d(5TCAATC3' - Pzn)

T.V. Maltseva, P. Agback, M.N. Repkova1, A.G. Venyaminova1, E.M. Ivanova1, A. Sandström, V.F. Zarytova1 and J. Chattopadhyaya*,

Department of Bioorganic Chemistry Box 581 Biomedical Center, University of Uppsala S-751 23 Uppsala, Sweden 1Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences Novosibirsk 630090, Russia

*To whom correspondence should be addressed

Received September 24, 1994. Revised October 20, 1994. Accepted October 20, 1994.

The 3'-Pzn group tethered to an oligo-DNA stabilizes a DNA-RNA hybrid duplex structure by 13°C compared to the natural counterpart. This report constitutes the first full study of the conformatlonal features of a hybrid DNA - RNA duplex, which has been possible because of the unique stabilization of this rather small duplex by the tethered 3'-Pzn moiety (Tm {approx} 40°C from NMR). In this study, a total of 252 Inter-and intra-strand torsional and distance constraints along with the full NOE relaxation matrix, taking into account the exchange process of imino and amino protons with water, have been used. The 3'-Pzn-promoted stabilization of the DNA - RNA hybrid duplex results In detailed local conformational characteristics such as the torsion angles of the backbone and sugar moieties that are close to the features of the other natural DNA-RNA hybrids (i.e. sugars of the RNA strand are Z'-endo, but the sugars of the DNA strand are Intermediate between A- and B-forms of DNA, 72° < P < 180°; note however, that the sugars of our DNA strand have a Cr-exo conformation: 131° < P < 154°). This study suggests that 3'-Pzn-tethered smaller oligo-DNA should serve the same purpose as a larger ollgo-DNA as a antisense Inhibitor of the viral mRNA. Additionally, these types of tethered oligos have been found to be relatively more resistant to the cellular nuclease. Moreover, they are taken up quite readily through the cellular membrane (14) compared to the natural counterparts.


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