Non-enzymatic ligation of oligonucleotides
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1. Method of forming an oligonucleotide by:
- a) reversibly binding at least two oligonucleotides at adjacent positions on an oligo- or polynucleotide including base units complementary to base units of the oligomers, wherein one of the oligonucleotides includes a nucleotide having a first reactive group with a 3'"'"' or 5'"'"' terminal bromoacetylamino proximate to a nucleotide of the other oligomer which having a second reactive group includes a 3'"'"' or 5'"'"' terminal phosphorothioate capable of spontaneously forming a covalent bond with the first reactive group; and
b) irreversibly covalently joining the oligonucleotides together through the first and second reactive groups having been brought in proximity to each other upon binding of the oligonucleotides on the polynucleotide in the absence of added reagent or enzyme to spontaneously form a thiophosphorylacetylamino bond through the reactive groups.
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Abstract
A process for non-enzymatic convalent ligation of two oligonucleotides having the structure shown below: ##STR1## The spontaneous reaction of these above oligonucleotides produces a thiophosphorylacetylamino linkage as shown below: ##STR2## When carried out in the presence of a template, this reaction gives 90% yields within 20 minutes at micromolar concentrations.
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1. Method of forming an oligonucleotide by:
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a) reversibly binding at least two oligonucleotides at adjacent positions on an oligo- or polynucleotide including base units complementary to base units of the oligomers, wherein one of the oligonucleotides includes a nucleotide having a first reactive group with a 3'"'"' or 5'"'"' terminal bromoacetylamino proximate to a nucleotide of the other oligomer which having a second reactive group includes a 3'"'"' or 5'"'"' terminal phosphorothioate capable of spontaneously forming a covalent bond with the first reactive group; and b) irreversibly covalently joining the oligonucleotides together through the first and second reactive groups having been brought in proximity to each other upon binding of the oligonucleotides on the polynucleotide in the absence of added reagent or enzyme to spontaneously form a thiophosphorylacetylamino bond through the reactive groups. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 6, 7)
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4. A method of forming an oligonucleotide by:
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a) disposing at least two oligonucleotides in aqueous solution wherein one of the oligonucleotides has a 3'"'"' or 5'"'"' terminal bromoacetylamino group and the other of the nucleotides has a 3'"'"' or 5'"'"' terminal phosphorothioate group; and b) covalently binding the oligonucleotides together through the α
-haloacyl group and the phosphothioate groups spontaneously forming a thiophosphorylacetylamino group therebetween. - View Dependent Claims (5)
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