Yi. Alekseev et al., INTERACTION OF ESCHERICHIA-COLI RIBONUCLEASE-H WITH HYBRID DUPLEXES CONTAINING 2'-DEOXYXYLOTHYMIDINE, 2'-DEOXY-2'FLUOROURIDINE OR ALPHA-THYMIDINE, Nucleosides & nucleotides, 15(9), 1996, pp. 1545-1558
Oligothymidilates with repeating inserts of 1-(beta-D-2'-deoxy-2'-fluo
ropentafuranosyl) U),1-(beta-D-2'-deoxy-threo-pentafuranosyl)thymine (
xT)an d alpha-oligodeoxyribonucleotide alpha(G(2)T(12)G(2)) were synth
esized. Hybrid duplexes were obtained to study the physico-chemical pr
operties (melting curves, CD-spectra) and the interaction with E. coli
ribonuclease H. It was found that the modified hybrid duplex prA(18)/
TT(fUTT)(6) did not bind the enzyme, the modified hybrid duplex prA(18
)/(xTTT)(6) inhibited oligoriboadenylate cleavage by RNase H in hybrid
duplexes prA(20)/(G(2)T(20)) and prA(14)/T-16 as well as the modified
hybrid duplex prA(14)/alpha(G(2)T(12)G(2)).