Synthesis and Behavior of DNA Oligomers Containing the Ambiguous Z-Nucleobase 5-Aminoimidazole-4-carboxamide

Autor: Yuhei Nogi, Noriko Saito-Tarashima, Sangita Karanjit, Noriaki Minakawa
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2023
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Zdroj: Molecules, Vol 28, Iss 7, p 3265 (2023)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1420-3049
DOI: 10.3390/molecules28073265
Popis: 5-Amino-1-β-D-ribofuranosylimidazole-4-carboxamide 5′-monophosphate (ZMP) is a central intermediate in de novo purine nucleotide biosynthesis. Its nucleobase moiety, 5-aminoimidazole-4-carboxamide (Z-base), is considered an ambiguous base that can pair with any canonical base owing to the rotatable nature of its 5-carboxamide group. This idea of ambiguous base pairing due to free rotation of the carboxamide has been applied to designing mutagenic antiviral nucleosides, such as ribavirin and T-705. However, the ambiguous base-pairing ability of Z-base has not been elucidated, because the synthesis of Z-base-containing oligomers is problematic. Herein, we propose a practical method for the synthesis of Z-base-containing DNA oligomers based on the ring-opening reaction of an N1-dinitrophenylhypoxanthine (HxaDNP) base. Thermal denaturation studies of the resulting oligomers revealed that the Z-base behaves physiologically as an A-like nucleobase, preferentially forming pairs with T. We tested the behavior of Z-base-containing DNA oligomers in enzyme-catalyzed reactions: in single nucleotide insertion, Klenow fragment DNA polymerase recognized Z-base as an A-like analog and incorporated dTTP as a complementary nucleotide to Z-base in the DNA template; in PCR amplification, Taq DNA polymerase similarly incorporated dTTP as a complementary nucleotide to Z-base. Our findings will contribute to the development of new mutagenic antiviral nucleoside analogs.
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