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Published on: May 23, 2025
Design of triple helix forming C-glycoside molecules
Jian-Sen Li1, Yun-Hua Fan, Yi Zhang
1Eppley Institute for Research in Cancer, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Nebraska Medical Center, 986805 Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska 68198-6805, USA.
Abstract:
The modeling, synthesis, and characterization of oligomers containing 2-aminoquinazolin-5-yl 2'-deoxynucleotide residues are reported. The 2-aminoquinazoline residues sequence specifically bind via Hoogsteen base pairing as a third strand in the center of the major groove at T:A base pair Watson-Crick duplex sequences. Evidence for the formation of a sequence specific three-stranded structure is based on thermal denaturation UV-vis and fluorescence studies. The novel 2-aminoquinazoline C-nucleotide is a component of a system designed to overcome the homopurine requirement for triple helix structures.
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