| Literature DB >> 11320242 |
T Ohtsuki1, M Kimoto, M Ishikawa, T Mitsui, I Hirao, S Yokoyama.
Abstract
An unnatural base pair of 2-amino-6-(N,N-dimethylamino)purine (designated as x) and pyridin-2-one (designated as y) has been developed for specific transcription. The ribonucleoside triphosphates of y and a modified y, 5-methylpyridin-2-one, are selectively incorporated into RNA opposite x in the templates by T7 RNA polymerase. In addition, the sequences of the DNA templates containing x can be confirmed by a dideoxynucleotide chain-terminator method supplemented with the deoxynucleoside triphosphate of y. The bulky dimethylamino group of x in the templates effectively eliminates noncognate pairing with the natural bases. These results enable RNA biosynthesis for the specific incorporation of unnatural nucleotides at the desired positions.Entities:
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Year: 2001 PMID: 11320242 PMCID: PMC33139 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.091532698
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A ISSN: 0027-8424 Impact factor: 11.205