We have developed a new alternative for enzymatic synthesis of single-stranded hypermodified oligodeoxyribonucleotides displaying four different hydrophobic groups based on reverse transcription from RNA templates catalyzed by DNA polymerases using a set of base-modified dNTPs followed by digestion of RNA by RNases. Using mixed oligodeoxyribonucleotide primers containing a ribonucleotide at the 3'-end, RNase AT1 simultaneously digested the template and cleaved off the primer to release a fully modified oligonucleotide that can be further 3'-labelled with a fluorescent nucleotide using TdT. The resulting hypermodified oligonucleotides could find applications in selection of aptamers or other functional macromolecules.

Dept of Organic Chemistry Faculty of Science Charles University Prague Hlavova 8 CZ 12843 Prague 2 Czech Republic

Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry Czech Academy of Sciences Flemingovo nam 2 16000 Prague 6 Czech Republic

Chem Commun (Camb). 2022 Oct 20;58(84):11873. doi: 10.1039/d2cc90363f. PubMed

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