anti–synUnnatural Base Pair Enables Alphabet-Expanded DNA Self-Assembly

Autor: Morihiro, Kunihiko, Moriyama, Yuya, Nemoto, Yui, Osumi, Hiraki, Okamoto, Akimitsu
Zdroj: Journal of the American Chemical Society; 20210101, Issue: Preprints
Abstrakt: Self-assembly properties and diversity in higher-order structures of DNA enable programmable tools to be used to construct algorithms at the molecular level. However, the utility of DNA-based programmable tools is hampered by the low orthogonality to natural nucleic acids, especially in complex molecular systems. To address this challenge, we report here the orthogonal regulation of DNA self-assembly by using an unnatural base pair (UBP) formation. Our newly designed UBP AnN:SyNis formed in combination with antiand unusual synglycosidic conformation with high thermal stability and selectivity. Furthermore, AnCworked as a pH-sensitive artificial nucleobase, which forms a strong base pair with cytosine under a weak acidic condition (pH 6.0). The orthogonal AnN:SyNbase pair functioned as a trigger for hybridization chain reaction to provide long nicked double-stranded DNA (ca. 1000 base pairs). This work represents the first example of the orthogonal DNA self-assembly that is nonreactive to natural four-letter alphabets DNA trigger and expands the types of programmable tools that work in a complex environment.
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