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. 1998 May 1;26(9):2105–2111. doi: 10.1093/nar/26.9.2105

Synthesis and RNA polymerase incorporation of the degenerate ribonucleotide analogue rPTP.

K Moriyama 1, K Negishi 1, M S Briggs 1, C L Smith 1, F Hill 1, M J Churcher 1, D M Brown 1, D Loakes 1
PMCID: PMC147510  PMID: 9547267

Abstract

The synthesis and enzymatic incorporation into RNA of the hydrogen bond degenerate nucleoside analogue 6-(beta-d-ribofuranosyl)-3, 4-dihydro-8H-pyrimido[4,5-c]-[1,2]oxazin-7-one (P) is described. The 5'-triphosphate of this analogue is readily incorporated by T3, T7 and SP6 RNA polymerases into RNA transcripts, being best incorporated in place of UTP, but also in place of CTP. When all the uridine residues in an HIV-1 TAR RNA transcript are replaced by P the transcript has similar characteristics to the wild-type TAR RNA, as demonstrated by similar melting temperatures and CD spectra. The P-substituted TAR transcript binds to the Tat peptide ADP-1 with only 4-fold lowered efficiency compared with wild-type TAR.

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