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SUBMITTER: Kennelly SA
PROVIDER: S-EPMC9588621 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Chemistry (Weinheim an der Bergstrasse, Germany) 20220825 58
Catch and release DNA decoys (CRDDs) utilize photochemically responsive nucleoside analogues that generate abasic sites upon exposure to light. Herein, we describe the synthesis and evaluation of four candidate CRDD monomers containing nucleobases that mimic endogenous pyrimidines: 2-nitroimidazole (2-NI), 2-nitrobenzene (2-NB), 2-nitropyrrole (2-NP) and 3-nitropyrrole (3-NP). Our studies reveal that 2-NI and 2-NP can function as CRDDs, whereas 3-NP and 2-NB undergo decomposition and transformat ...[more]