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Nucleoside Triphosphates - From Synthesis to Biochemical Characterization
Published on: April 3, 2014
Synthesis of an artificial hole-transporting nucleoside triphosphate, dMDATP, and its enzymatic incorporation into
Akimitsu Okamoto1, Kazuo Tanaka, Ken-ichiro Nishiza
1Department of Synthetic Chemistry and Biological Chemistry, Faculty of Engineering, Kyoto University, Kyoto 615-8510, Japan. okamoto@sbchem.kyoto-u.ac.jp
Abstract:
We report on the enzymatic synthesis of DNA wires by successive incorporation of artificial nucleotides. We synthesized an efficient hole-transporting nucleoside triphosphate, d(MD)ATP, and have examined the screening of polymerases and reverse transcriptases for enzymatic incorporation of d(MD)ATP into DNA. We found that KOD Dash is an effective enzyme for the enzymatic synthesis of (MD)A-containing DNA. Furthermore, the efficiency of enzymatic incorporation was remarkably improved by the addition of manganese chloride. By applying the PCR method to the synthesis of DNA containing a run of (MD)A, the (MD)A run was amplified up to 6 x 10(6) times. (MD)A runs prepared by the enzymatic method exhibited a high hole-transporting ability.
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