Reversible modification of DNA by methyltransferase-catalyzed transfer and light-triggered removal of photo-caging groups

L Anhäuser, F Muttach, A Rentmeister - Chemical Communications, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
Methyltransferases are powerful tools for site-specific transfer of non-natural functional
groups from synthetic analogs of their cosubstrate S-adenosyl-L-methionine (AdoMet). We …

Circular siRNAs for reducing off-target effects and enhancing long-term gene silencing in cells and mice

L Zhang, D Liang, C Chen, Y Wang, G Amu… - … Therapy-Nucleic Acids, 2018 - cell.com
Circular non-coding RNAs are found to play important roles in biology but are still relatively
unexplored as a structural motif for chemically regulating gene function. Here, we …

Fluorine-18 labeling of an anti-HER2 VHH using a residualizing prosthetic group via a strain-promoted click reaction: Chemistry and preliminary evaluation

Z Zhou, SK Chitneni, N Devoogdt, MR Zalutsky… - Bioorganic & medicinal …, 2018 - Elsevier
In a previous study, we evaluated a HER2-specific single domain antibody fragment (sdAb)
2Rs15d labeled with 18 F via conjugation of a residualizing prosthetic agent that was …

Chemical synthesis of long RNAs with terminal 5′‐phosphate groups

U Pradère, F Halloy, J Hall - Chemistry–A European Journal, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Long structured RNAs are useful biochemical and biological tools. They are usually
prepared enzymatically, but this precludes their site‐specific modification with functional …

Studies on Aculeines: Synthetic Strategy to the Fully Protected Protoaculeine B, the N-Terminal Amino Acid of Aculeine B

H Shiozaki, M Miyahara, K Otsuka, K Miyako… - Organic …, 2018 - ACS Publications
A synthetic strategy for accessing protoaculeine B (1), the N-terminal amino acid of the
highly modified peptide toxin aculeine, was developed via the synthesis of the fully protected …

Caged siRNAs with single folic acid modification of antisense RNA for photomodulation of exogenous and endogenous gene expression in cells

L Yu, N Jing, Z Yang, L Zhang, X Tang - Organic & Biomolecular …, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
Manually controlling siRNA activity is an essentially important way to spatiotemporally
investigate gene expression and function. Owing to ease of operation and precise …

Wavelength-selective light-triggered strand exchange reaction

K Morihiro, T Kodama, S Mori, S Tsunoda… - Organic & Biomolecular …, 2016 - pubs.rsc.org
We prepared an oligodeoxynucleotide (ODN) bearing two 4-hydroxy-2-
mercaptobenzimidazole nucleobase analogues (SBNV and SBNB) modified with different …

Release of Terminal Alkynes via Tandem Photodeprotection and Decarboxylation of o-Nitrobenzyl Arylpropiolates in a Flow Microchannel Reactor

BE Tebikachew, K Börjesson, N Kann… - Bioconjugate …, 2018 - ACS Publications
Photocleavable protecting groups (PPGs) offer a complementary protection paradigm
compared to traditional protection groups. Herein, an o-nitrobenzyl (NB) PPG was employed …

Synthesis and enzymatic incorporation of photolabile dUTP analogues into DNA and their applications for DNA labeling

J Wu, X Tang - Bioorganic & medicinal chemistry, 2013 - Elsevier
Two novel photolabile nucleotide triphosphate (NTP) analogues were synthesized through
Sonogashira coupling and their enzymatic incorporation into DNA was evaluated with three …

Photoremovable NPEC group compatible with Ns protecting group in polyamine synthesis

M Miyahara, H Shiozaki, H Tukada, Y Ishikawa… - Tetrahedron …, 2018 - Elsevier
Herein, we disclose an efficient combination of NPEC and Ns protecting groups in the
synthesis of polyamine, by showing the orthogonal reactivity using N-NPEC-N-Ns …