Construction of novel dye aggregates based on "comb-type" sequence
Author(s) -
Hiromu Kashida,
Tomoyuki Fujii,
Hiroyuki Asanuma
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
nucleic acids symposium series
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1746-8272
pISSN - 0261-3166
DOI - 10.1093/nass/nrm006
Subject(s) - stacking , intermolecular force , duplex (building) , thermal stability , molecule , sequence (biology) , exciton , materials science , crystallography , chemistry , dna , organic chemistry , biochemistry , physics , quantum mechanics
Novel dye aggregates ("comb-type" aggregates) was prepared by hybridizing modified oligodeoxyribo-nucleotides (ODNs), in which dyes were introduced consecutively. From NMR structural analysis, dye molecules were intercalated between base pairs and stacked in anti-parallel manner. When ODNs containing three Methyl Red moieties were hybridized, strong exciton coupling was observed. In addition, thermal stability of duplex was substantially enhanced due to the intermolecular stacking.
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