Research Article

Effect of Steric Constraint at the γ-Backbone Position on the Conformations and Hybridization Properties of PNAs

Table 2

(°C) of PNA-DNA hybrid duplexes containing perfectly matched and single-base mismatched sequences.

Oligomer T ( )G( )C( )

PNA1 (Unmod.)4735 (−12)32 (−15)31 (−16)
PNA2 (Ala)5140 (−11)34 (−17)33 (−18)
PNA3 (Val)5140 (−11)34 (−17)33 (−18)
PNA4 (Ile)5139 (−12)34 (−17)33 (−18)
PNA5 (Phe)5140 (−11)35 (−16)35 (−16)
PNA6 (Phe 3alt)5845 (−13)42 (−16)39 (−19)
PNA7 (Phe 3con)6047 (−13)41 (−19)41 (−19)
PNA8 (Val 3alt)5541 (−14)37 (−18)38 (−17)
PNA9 (Val 3con)5542 (−13)37 (−18)39 (−16)