The Structural Stability and Catalytic Activity of DNA and RNA Oligonucleotides in the Presence of Organic Solvents

Overview

Journal Biophys Rev

Publisher Springer

Specialty Biophysics

Date 2017 May 17

PMID 28510143

Citations 28

Authors

Shu-Ichi Nakano

Naoki Sugimoto

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Abstract

Organic solvents and apolar media are used in the studies of nucleic acids to modify the conformation and function of nucleic acids, to improve solubility of hydrophobic ligands, to construct molecular scaffolds for organic synthesis, and to study molecular crowding effects. Understanding how organic solvents affect nucleic acid interactions and identifying the factors that dominate solvent effects are important for the creation of oligonucleotide-based technologies. This review describes the structural and catalytic properties of DNA and RNA oligonucleotides in organic solutions and in aqueous solutions with organic cosolvents. There are several possible mechanisms underlying the effects of organic solvents on nucleic acid interactions. The reported results emphasize the significance of the osmotic pressure effect and the dielectric constant effect in addition to specific interactions with nucleic acid strands. This review will serve as a guide for the selection of solvent systems based on the purpose of the nucleic acid-based experiments.

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