Repository logo
 

2'-Alkynylnucleotides: A Sequence- and Spin Label-Flexible Strategy for EPR Spectroscopy in DNA.

Published version
Peer-reviewed

Type

Article

Change log

Authors

Haugland, Marius M 
El-Sagheer, Afaf H 
Porter, Rachel J 
Peña, Javier 
Brown, Tom 

Abstract

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.

Description

Keywords

Alkynes, Base Sequence, DNA, B-Form, Electron Spin Resonance Spectroscopy, Models, Molecular, Nucleic Acid Conformation, Nucleotides, Spin Labels

Journal Title

J Am Chem Soc

Conference Name

Journal ISSN

0002-7863
1520-5126

Volume Title

138

Publisher

American Chemical Society (ACS)