Nucleoside Sensing

Author: Fokkens Michael   Klärner Frank-Gerrit   Schrader Thomas  

Publisher: MDPI

E-ISSN: 1424-8220|6|8|860-873

ISSN: 1424-8220

Source: Sensors, Vol.6, Iss.8, 2006-08, pp. : 860-873

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Abstract

A rigid molecular clip comprising bisphosphonate binding sites and aromatic sidewalls forming an electron-rich cavity is able to distinguish between nucleosides and nucleotides in aqueous solution. Neutral nucleosides as well as antibiotics derived thereof are drawn into the unpolar interior of the cleft and lead to substantial upfield-shifts in the 1H NMR spectrum. Nucleoside drugs can therefore be detected with high selectivity in the presence of their phosphorylated pendants or nucleic acids.