Synthesis, characterization and hybridization studies of new nucleo-gamma-peptides based on diaminobutyric acid
Overview of Roviello GN et al.
Authors | Roviello GN Moccia M Sapio R Valente M Bucci EM Castiglione M Pedone C Perretta G Benedetti E Musumeci D |
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Affiliation | Istituto di Biostrutture e Bioimmagini-CNR Via Mezzocannone 16 Napoli 80134 Italy. |
Journal | J Pept Sci |
Year | 2006 |
Abstract
In the present work, we report the synthesis and the characterization of a new chiral nucleoaminoacid, in which a diaminobutyric moiety is connected to the DNA nucleobase by an amidic bond, and its oligomerization to give the corresponding nucleo-gamma-peptide. The ability of this synthetic polymer to bind complementary DNA was studied in order to explore its possible use in antigene/antisense or diagnostic applications. Our interest in the presented DNA analogue was also supported by the importance of gamma-aminoacid-containing compounds in natural products of biological activity and by the known stability of gamma-peptides to enzymatic degradation. Furthermore, our work could contribute to the study of the role of nucleopeptides as prebiotic material in a PNA world that could successively lead to the actual DNA/RNA/protein world, as recently assumed.