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Charlotte S Madsen¹, Sarah Witzke, Pawan Kumar

¹Nucleic Acid Center, Department of Physics and Chemistry, University of Southern Denmark, Campusvej 55, 5230 Odense M, Denmark.

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Area of Science:

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Molecular Biology
Biophysics

Background:

DNA structure and function rely on specific base pairing rules.
Existing DNA modifications offer limited ways to alter duplex structure.
Novel nucleotides are needed to expand the DNA recognition repertoire.

Purpose of the Study:

To design and synthesize a double-headed nucleotide.
To investigate its ability to form novel base pairing motifs within DNA.
To characterize the structural and thermodynamic properties of these modified DNA duplexes.

Main Methods:

Chemical synthesis of the double-headed nucleotide.
UV melting experiments for thermal stability analysis.
Circular Dichroism (CD) and Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) spectroscopy.
Molecular dynamics (MD) simulations.

Main Results:

The double-headed nucleotide forms Watson-Crick base pairs with complementary adenosines.
It also self-recognizes to form a T:T base pair, creating two novel motifs.
These motifs minimally impact DNA duplex thermostability and retain B-type geometry.
MD simulations show local perturbations and specific duplex unwinding (25° or 60°).

Conclusions:

The double-headed nucleotide enables the creation of new DNA motifs and recognition capabilities.
These motifs can be incorporated multiple times into DNA duplexes without stability loss.
This work provides a foundation for a series of double-headed nucleotides and applications in DNA nanotechnology.