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Etheno Adenosine & Etheno Cytidine:
The application of fluorescent conjugates to study biochemical processes of macromolecules is well recognized and extremely useful. Most of these methods involve either covalent attachment of fluorescent reporter groups or use of fluorescent nucleobases that contains extended conjugation through fused aromatic rings to the natural bases. Former approach remains the possibility of perturbation of discrete structure, especially in the neighborhood of the chromophore. In the later approach, some of these nucleosides maintain the Watson-Crick hydrogen bonding face and therefore maintain the ability to hybridize within a DNA duplex. Among the first such modified nucleotides were the “etheno” series synthesized by Leonard and collaborators (Figure 1).1,2 With the etheno nucleoside within the chain, this possibility is minimized significantly, as the small structural change can be tolerated to a certain degree. ChemGenes Corporation have developed protocol for incorporation of Etheno-2′-deoxy-Cytidine, Etheno-2′-deoxy-Adenosine into DNA and Etheno-ribo-Cytidine, Etheno-ribo-Adenosine RNA oligonucleotides via standard cyanoethyl phosphoramidite chemistry.3
Figure 1: Etheno-adenosine and etheno-Cytosine. R = deoxyribose or ribose.
ChemGenes Corporation offers ultra high pure Etheno-2′-deoxy-Cytidine (CLP-9182), Etheno-2′-deoxy Adenosine (CLP-9181), Etheno-ribo Cytidine (CLP-9192), Etheno-ribo-Adenosine (CLP-9191) for researchers in this exciting field of fluorescent nucleobases.
Salient Features and Applications of Etheno Nucleosides:
References:
1. Barrio, J. R.; Secrist III, J. A.; Leonard, N. J. Biochim. Biophys. Res. Commun. 1992, 92, 597-604.
2. Leonard, N. J. Chemtracts - Biochem. Mol. Biol. 1992, 3, 273-297.
3. Srivastava, S. C.; Raza, S. K.; Misra, R. Nucleic Acids Res. 1994, 22, 1296-304.
4. Giedroc, D.P, Khan, R., Bamhart, K. Biochemistry 1991 30, 8230-8242.
5. Leonard, N. J. Chemtracts-Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, 1992, 3, 273-297.