Abstract
Abstract Octadeoxyribonucleotides with the sequences d(GGA∗ATTCC), d(GGAA∗TTCC), and d(GG∗AATTCC) have been prepared by solid phase synthesis using the H-phosphonate units containing modified base moieties. These oligomers which have an isosterically altered recognition sequence of the restriction endodeoxyribonuclease Eco RI. The oligomers, with replacement to deoxy-7,8-dihyroadenosine-8-one (dAOH), 8-methoxydeoxyadenosine (dAOMe) and 8-methoxydeoxyguanosine (dGOMe) from deoxyadenosine or deoxyguanosine were used for studying recognition phenomena at the functional group level. From thermodyamic data of these alternating octamers it was shown that the oligomer containing 8-methoxydeoxyadenosine in the center of the recognition sequence destabilizes such duplexes less strongly than the oligomers containing other 8-substituted nucleosides in the 5′-side of the recognition sequences. Further, the hydrolysis by Eco RI of the modified oligomers perfectly resisted compared to d(GGAATTCC).
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