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ArticleMethods (San Diego, Calif.)2016

Chemical synthesis of RNA with site-specific methylphosphonate modifications.

Sara Flür, Ronald Micura

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Article in Methods (San Diego, Calif.), 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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4citing papers in PubMed
0.7field-weighted citation impact, top 26% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed, 11 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. RNA chemistry and therapeutics.Nature reviews. Drug discovery · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Sara FlürInstitute of Organic Chemistry and Center for Molecular Biosciences, CMBI, Leopold-Franzens University, Innrain 80-82, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria.
Ronald MicuraInstitute of Organic Chemistry and Center for Molecular Biosciences, CMBI, Leopold-Franzens University, Innrain 80-82, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria. Electronic address: ronald.micura@uibk.ac.at.
Universität Innsbruck · AT

Funding

Austrian Science Fund FWF I 1040Austrian Science Fund FWF P 27947
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Methylphosphonate(mP)-modified RNA serves as valuable probe to evaluate biomolecular interactions between the nucleic acid backbone and binding partners, such as proteins or small molecules. Here, we describe an efficient workflow for the synthesis of RNA with a single mP modification in diastereomerically pure form. While the automated assembly of mP-modified RNA is straightforward, its deprotection under basic conditions is challenging; a carefully optimized step-by-step procedure is provided. In addition, we demonstrate purification and separation strategies for the RP and SP-configurated RNA diastereomers using a combination of anion-exchange and reversed-phase HPLC, and comment on troubleshooting if their separation appears difficult. Furthermore, we demonstrate the stereochemical assignment of short RP and SP mP-modified RNA diastereomers based on 2D ROESY NMR spectroscopy and we report on the impact of the mP modification on thermal and thermodynamic stabilities of RNA-DNA hybrid and RNA-RNA duplexes.

Indexed as

ThermodynamicsMagnetic Resonance SpectroscopyNucleic Acid ConformationOligodeoxyribonucleotidesOrganophosphorus CompoundsRNAmethylphosphonic acidOligodeoxyribonucleotidesOrganophosphorus CompoundsRNAMethylphosphonateRNA solid-phase synthesisStereochemical assignmentThermodynamic base pairing stability

Identifiers

PMID27037236
PMCPMC5405801
OpenAlexW2333740432

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