Hydrolysis of plasmid DNA and RNA by amino alkyl naphthalimide as metal-free artificial nuclease

  • Qing Yang*
  • , Jianqiang Xu
  • , Yuanshe Sun
  • , Zhigang Li
  • , Yonggang Li
  • , Xuhong Qian
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

A strategy of dimethylamino alkyldiimide conjugated with an intercalator of naphthalimide for hydrolysis of DNA was suggested and evaluated. 4 can hydrolyze 4 kb plasmid DNA into 2 kb fragments with GC and GG selectivity, which represents a novel example of sequence- or site-selective metal-free DNA artificial nuclease. Results also show it could hydrolyze RNA efficiently.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)803-806
Number of pages4
JournalBioorganic and Medicinal Chemistry Letters
Volume16
Issue number4
DOIs
StatePublished - 15 Feb 2006
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • DNA cleavage
  • Hydrolysis
  • Intercalator
  • Naphthalimide
  • RNA
  • Selectivity

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