| 2-Thio-dT-CE Phosphoramidite | 
 
 Catalog Number: 10-1036-xx
Description: 2-Thio-dT-CE Phosphoramidite
| 5'-Dimethoxytrityl-(N3/O4-toluoyl)-2'-deoxy-2-thioThymidine, 3'-[(2-cyanoethyl)-(N,N-diisopropyl)]-phosphoramidite
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| Formula: C48H55N4O8PS | M.W.: 879.02 | F.W.: 320.26 | 
| Diluent: Anhydrous Acetonitrile
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| Coupling: No changes needed from standard method recommended by synthesizer manufacturer. | 
| Deprotection: No changes needed from standard method recommended by synthesizer manufacturer. Technical Bulletin | 
| Storage: Refrigerated storage, maximum of 2-8°C, dry | 
| Stability in Solution: 2-3 days | 
The C-nucleoside  2’-deoxypseudouridine, in contrast to dU, forms stable C:pseudoU-A triplets.  2-Aminopurine lacks groups critical for hydrogen bonding and is a mildly  fluorescent base.
Demand for sulfur modified bases continues to expand for  investigations of oligonucleotide structure, but primarily for cross-linking  purposes. 6-Thio-dG, 4-Thio-dT and 4-thio-dU are very useful modifications for  photo cross-linking and photoaffinity labelling experiments. Oligos containing  2-thio-dT are useful in examining protein-DNA interaction by acting as  photosensitizing probes. The thiocarbonyl group in 2-thio-dT is especially  interesting in that it is available to react with compounds associating with the  minor groove of DNA. 2-Amino-A forms a very stable base pair with T containing  three hydrogen bonds but the stability of the base pair with 2-thio-T is greatly  diminished. Due to steric interactions between the 2-thio group of thymidine and  the 2-amino group of 2-amino-A, the base pair contains only a single hydrogen  bond. Oligos containing 2-amino-dA and 2-thio-dT exhibit high affinity for  natural oligonucleotides but show little affinity for other similar oligos even  of a complementary sequence.
                                        
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