Issue 30, 2006
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Chemical Communications

Site-specific transition of cytosine to uracilvia reversible DNA photoligation†

Kenzo Fujimoto,*ab   Shigeo Matsuda,‡c   Yoshinaga Yoshimura,b   Takashi Matsumura,a   Masayuki Hayashic  and  Isao Saito§c  

* Corresponding authors

a School of Materials Science, Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Ishikawa, Japan
E-mail: kenzo@jaist.ac.jp
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b PRESTO, Japan Science and Technology Agency, Kawaguchi, Japan

c Department of Synthetic Chemistry and Biological Chemistry, Faculty of Engineering, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan

Abstract

We report that deamination coupled with 5-carboxyvinyldeoxyuridine-mediated photobranching causes the heat-induced transition of cytosine to uracil with high efficiency without any side reaction.

Graphical abstract: Site-specific transition of cytosine to uracil via reversible DNA photoligation

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/B605289D
Article type
Communication
Submitted
12 Apr 2006
Accepted
06 Jun 2006
First published
21 Jun 2006

Chem. Commun., 2006, 3223-3225

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Site-specific transition of cytosine to uracil via reversible DNA photoligation

K. Fujimoto, S. Matsuda, Y. Yoshimura, T. Matsumura, M. Hayashi and I. Saito, Chem. Commun., 2006, 3223 DOI: 10.1039/B605289D

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