Abstract
We have synthesized fd and phi X174DNA in the presence of 2'-deoxyadenosine 5'-O-(1-thiotriphosphate) (dATP alpha S) and the corresponding phosphorothioate derivatives of dCTP and dTTP using ether-permeabilized E. coli cells or crude cell extracts of E. coli DNA polymerase I. Reaction rates of enzymes involved in the formation or breakdown of DNA are decreased in the presence of phosphorothioates. The amount of label incorporated with [35S]dATP alpha S suggests that the dAMP has been completely substituted by 2'-deoxyadenosine 5'-0-phosphorothioate (dAMPS). The substituted DNAs have the same sedimentation coefficients, similar buoyant density, infectivity, and thermal stability as the unsubstituted DNAs. The procedure therefore allows specific modification at the 5' position of dA, dC, or dT in the DNA. In view of the recent demonstration of specific binding of Pt2+ complexes to the phosphorothioate analogue of poly[r(A-U)] (Strothkamp, K.G., and Lippard, S.J. (1976), Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 73, 2536), the synthesis of phosphorothioate containing DNA may be of use for DNA sequencing by electron microscopy.
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