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Conformational Switching of Pyrenes Associated on Hairpin Loop Region by DNA B-Z Transition

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CHEMISTRYSELECT
Volume 7, Issue 29, Pages -

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WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH
DOI: 10.1002/slct.202200696

Keywords

Absorption; Circular dichroism; DNA structures; Fluorescence; Molecular dynamics

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  1. JSPS KAKENHI [20K05477]

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DNA B-Z transitions are important in biological systems and DNA nanotechnology. We prepared pyrene-labelled DNA that can switch its conformation and fluorescence through a DNA B-Z transition.
DNA B-Z transitions play an important role in biological systems and have attracted much attention in DNA nanotechnology. DNA and its analogues have also been used as templates to construct helical chromophore associates with pi-interactions. We prepared DNAs with consecutive non-nucleoside pyrene residues in the middle of d(CG) repeat sequences. The pyrene-labelled DNAs adopted a unimolecular hairpin structure, in which the pyrenes associated in the loop region. They exhibited inversion of exciton-coupled circular dichroism signals that can be ascribed to pyrene association through a DNA B-Z transition. This indicates that the conformation of pyrene associates can be switched from right to left by the DNA B-Z transition. The fluorescence of the pyrene-labelled DNA changed when switching the association. Thus, pyrene-labelled DNA can be utilized as a chiroptical molecular switch.

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