THE EFFECT OF COUPLING EFFICIENCY ON THE YIELD AND PURITY OF OLIGONUCLEOTIDES SYNTHESIZED USING PHOSPHORAMIDITE METHOD.
Journal Title: WORLD JOURNAL PHARMACY AND PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCE - Year 2017, Vol 6, Issue 12
Abstract
Coupling efficiency is a way of measuring how efficiently the DNA synthesizer is adding new bases to the growing DNA chain. To measure coupling efficiency, dimethyl trityl (DMT) group is used, which is colorless when attached to DNA base, but gives a characteristic orange color once removed upon addition of the base to the growing chain of DNA. The intensity of this color can be measured by UV spectrometry and it is directly related to the number of DMT molecules released throughout the synthesis. The aim of this study was to determine the effect of coupling efficiency on the yield and purity of the synthesized oligonucleotides by using the DNA synthesizer Mermade 12. Brucella-specific primers Forward (5’CATGCGCTATGTCTGGTTTAC3’) reverse (5’TAATAAGACTCGGCTTTGTGA3’), were arranged in the synthesis chamber with CPG standard columns C and A, respectively, with an estimated activator volume of 3.320 ml, trityl average size 10, trityl area threshold 20000. β-actin primers, forward (5’GGACTTCGAGCAAGAGATGG3’) reverse (5’AGCACTGTGTTGGCGTACAG3’), were arranged in the synthesis chamber with CPG standards columns G and G, respectively and an estimated activator volume 3.230 ml, trityl average size 10, trityl area threshold 20,000. The purity and quantity of the primers was determined by Epoch microplate spectrophotometer. Brucella-specific forward and reverse primers showed average coupling efficiencies of 99.97 and 99.95%, with a purity (OD260/280) of 1.85 and 1.84 and yields of 2456ng/μl and 2440 ng/μl, respectively. The β-actin forward and reverse primers showed average coupling efficiencies of 68% and 42%, with purities of 1.14 and 1.12 and yields of 468 and 365 ng/μl, respectively. The coupling efficiency correlates with quantity and purity of synthesized oligonucleotides. Hence, oligonucleotides with low coupling efficiency should not be used in downstream experiments.
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Kandanath B. M.
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