Ts. Jahnke et V. Nair, 2'-DEOXYADENYLYL-(3'-]5')-ISODIDEOXYADENOSINE, A UNIQUE DINUCLEOTIDE - SYNTHESIS, ENZYMOLOGY, AND CONFORMATIONAL STUDIES, Bioorganic & medicinal chemistry letters, 5(19), 1995, pp. 2235-2238
The synthesis, enzymatic stability toward nucleases, and conformationa
l properties of a unique dinucleotide, 2'-deoxyadenylyl-(3'-->5')-isod
ideoxyadenosine (2), a model system for the terminus of HIV viral DNA
on incorporation of the L-related isomeric dideoxynucleoside, (S,S)-Is
oddA, is reported. This is the first example of a dinucleotide bearing
an isomeric nucleoside component.