A highly basic peptide (net charge +8) derived from the HIV-1 Tat protein is conjugated with quantitative yield within minutes to a 19 mer rhodamine-labelled phosphodiester oligonucleotide activated by the pyridine sulfenyl group. To avoid precipitation due to antagonist charges of the oligonucleotide and the peptide the conjugation was performed with high salt concentration (400mM) and acetonitrile (40%). (C) 1997, Published by Elsevier Science Ltd.
Selective coupling of a highly basic peptide to an oligonucleotide
Vives, E.; Lebleu, B.
1997
Tetrahedron Letters
1997-02-17 / vol 38 / pages 1183-1186
Abstract
0040-4039
Tags
sequence; antiviral activity; complementary; hybrids; rna; tat protein