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  2. An in vitro screening technique for DNA polymerases that can incorporate modified nucleotides. Pseudo-thymidine as a substrate for thermostable polymerases

An in vitro screening technique for DNA polymerases that can incorporate modified nucleotides. Pseudo-thymidine as a substrate for thermostable polymerases

  • Nucleic Acids Res. 1999 Jul 1;27(13):2792-8. doi: 10.1093/nar/27.13.2792.
S Lutz 1 P Burgstaller S A Benner
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  • 1 Departments of Chemistry and Anatomy and Cell Biology, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611, USA.
Abstract

DNA polymerases are desired that incorporate modified nucleotides into DNA with diminished pausing, premature termination and infidelity. Reported here is a simple in vitro assay to screen for DNA polymerases that accept modified nucleotides based on a set of primer extension reactions. In combination with the scintillation proximity assay (SPA[trade]), this allows rapid and simple screening of Enzymes for their ability to elongate Oligonucleotides in the presence of unnatural nucleotides. A proof of the concept is obtained using pseudo-thymidine (psiT), the C-nucleoside analog of thymidine, as the unnatural substrate. The conformational properties of psiT arising from the carbon-carbon bond between the sugar and the base make it an interesting probe for the importance of conformational restraints in the active site of polymerases during primer elongation. From a pool of commercially available thermostable polymerases, the assay identified Taq DNA Polymerase as the most suitable Enzyme for the PCR amplification of Oligonucleotides containing psiT. Subsequent experiments analyzing PCR performance and fidelity of Taq DNA Polymerase acting on psiT are presented. This is the first time that PCR has been performed with a C-nucleoside.

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