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Modified nucleotides and DNA for electrochemical labelling and defined display of small molecules
Krömer, Matouš ; Hocek, Michal (advisor) ; Křen, Vladimír (referee) ; Vrábel, Milan (referee)
This thesis is focused on enzymatic construction of DNA probes for electrochemical labelling, bioconjugations and, in the final part, building on knowledge gathered in previous chapters, it describes a method useful for construction of highly functionalized base-modified DNA enabling defined multivalent display of glycosides. In first chapter, a chemical route to diol-bearing nucleotides was found. Sonogashira reaction facilitated access to alkyne-tethered diols and subsequent catalytic hydrogenation, described for the first time in the literature, provided protection-free method for obtaining nucleotide diols tethered via flexible sp3 hybridized linker. Cleavage of alkane-linked, but not alkyne-linked, nucleotide diols yielded aliphatic nucleotide aldehyde. All nucleotides were found to be good substrates for KOD XL DNA polymerase in both primer extension and polymerase chain reaction, apart from aldehyde-linked dUCHO TP nucleotide, which performed well in PEX reaction, but gave PCR products only in a mixture with natural dTTP. This could be overcome by cleavage of diol-modified DNA, which also yielded aldehyde-functionalized dsDNA. All reactive probes were examined for bioconjugations with fluorescent hydrazine, reductive amination with lysine or lysine-containing peptides or other molecules...
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Synthesis of new nucleosides as potential inhibitors of flaviviral replication
Horkelová, Simona ; Nencka, Radim (advisor) ; Janeba, Zlatko (referee)
Viruses of the Flaviviridae family are the causative agents of many dangerous diseases for which we currently have no known cure, and research into new drugs against them therefore represents one of the major challenges for modern medicinal chemistry. Targeting the proteins encoded by viruses is the most common approach to combat them. For flaviviruses, the non- structural protein NS5 exhibiting methyltransferase (MTase) and RNA-dependent-RNA polymerase (RdRp) enzyme activity appears to be one of the most suitable molecular targets. This bachelor thesis deals with the synthesis of new potential drugs capable of inhibition skill of flaviviral RdRp. C-nucleoside analogues were prepared, containing 2 types of heterocyclical base: 3-fluoropicolamide modified in positions 5 or 6 and pyrido[3,2-d]pyrimidine-4-amine modified in positions 6 or 7 using aryl or heteroaromatic substituent Key words: C-nucleosides, polymerase, flaviviruses, Tick-borne encephalitis virus, Suzuki reaction, Grignard reaction
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