2'-Alkynylnucleotides: A Sequence- and Spin Label-Flexible Strategy for EPR Spectroscopy in DNA.
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Electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) spectroscopy is a powerful method to elucidate molecular structure through the measurement of distances between conformationally well-defined spin labels. Here we report a sequence-flexible approach to the synthesis of double spin-labeled DNA duplexes, where 2'-alkynylnucleosides are incorporated at terminal and internal positions on complementary strands. Post-DNA synthesis copper-catalyzed azide-alkyne cycloaddition (CuAAC) reactions with a variety of spin labels enable the use of double electron-electron resonance experiments to measure a number of distances on the duplex, affording a high level of detailed structural information.
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Alkynes, Base Sequence, DNA, B-Form, Electron Spin Resonance Spectroscopy, Models, Molecular, Nucleic Acid Conformation, Nucleotides, Spin Labels
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J Am Chem Soc
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0002-7863
1520-5126
1520-5126
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138
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American Chemical Society (ACS)