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Facile preparation of DNA-tagged carbohydrates.

Bioorganic & medicinal chemistry letters (2003-07-23)
Shinsuke Sando, Kazuki Matsui, Yusuke Niinomi, Nobuhiko Sato, Yasuhiro Aoyama
ABSTRACT

We report here that unprotected carbohydrates (maltose, lactose, cellobiose, and maltoheptaose) can be attached to the aminoalkylated oligonucleotides under mild reductive-amination conditions (aqueous borate buffer, pH 8.0, NaBH(3)CN, 60 degrees C) without notable side reactions. Quadruplex-forming G-rich oligonucleotide, 5'-aminoalkyl d(TGGGGT), is glycosylated with maltoheptaose to afford a novel DNA-assisted tetrasaccharide cluster motif.

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Sodium cyanoborohydride solution, 1.0 M in THF
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Sodium cyanoborohydride solution, 5.0 M in 1 M NaOH
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Sodium cyanoborohydride, reagent grade, 95%