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Biochemistry and protein analysis, Nucleic acid based molecular biology, Synthetic chemistry

Author(s): Makoto Komiyama, Yuichiro Aiba, Takumi Ishizuka, and Jun Sumaoka
Affiliation(s): Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology, The University of Tokyo, 4-6-1 Komaba, Meguro-ku
DOI: 10.1038/nprot.2008.6

Solid-phase synthesis of pseudo-complementary peptide nucleic acids

Pseudo-complementary peptide nucleic acid (pcPNA) is a DNA analog in which modified DNA bases 2,6-diaminopurine (D) and 2-thiouracil (Us) 'decorate' a poly[N-(2-aminoethyl)glycine] backbone, together with guanine (G) and cytosine (C). One of the most significant characteristics of pcPNA is its ability to effect double-duplex invasion of predetermined DNA sites inducing various changes in the biological and the physicochemical properties of the DNA. This protocol describes solid-phase synthesis of pcPNA. The monomers for G and C are commercially available, but the monomers for D and Us need to be synthesized (or can be ordered to custom synthesis companies). Otherwise, the procedure is the same as that employed for Boc-strategy synthesis of conventional PNA. This protocol, if the synthesis of D and Us monomers is not factored in, takes approximately 7 d to complete.

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