Translation of DNA into synthetic N-acyloxazolidines

J Am Chem Soc. 2004 Apr 28;126(16):5090-2. doi: 10.1021/ja049666+.

Abstract

The translation of DNA into synthetic molecules enables their manipulation by powerful evolution-based methods previously available only to proteins and nucleic acids. The development of increasingly sophisticated DNA-templated small-molecule syntheses is crucial to broadening the scope of this approach. Here, we report the translation of DNA templates into monocyclic and bicyclic N-acyloxazolidines using multistep DNA-templated organic synthesis. Second-generation template architectures, used for the first time in a multistep DNA-templated synthesis, together with reactions and linker cleavage strategies not previously described in a DNA-templated format, were crucial to the successful translation. The products generated in this work represent the most complex small molecules to date synthesized in a DNA sequence-programmed manner and provide the basis for DNA-templated synthetic heterocycle libraries.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.
  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

MeSH terms

  • Acylation
  • Avidin / chemistry
  • Biotin / chemistry
  • Cyclization
  • DNA / chemistry*
  • DNA / genetics
  • Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel
  • Molecular Structure
  • Oxazoles / chemical synthesis*
  • Protein Biosynthesis*
  • Templates, Genetic

Substances

  • Oxazoles
  • oxazolidine
  • Avidin
  • Biotin
  • DNA