Mutually Orthogonal Bioconjugation of Vinyl Nucleosides for RNA Metabolic Labeling.

We report a strategy for the orthogonal conjugation of the vinyl nucleosides, 5-vinyluridine (5-VU) and 2-vinyladenosine (2-VA), via selective reactivity with maleimide and tris(2-carboxyethyl)phosphine (TCEP), respectively. The orthogonality was investigated using density functional theory (DFT) and confirmed by reactions with vinyl nucleosides. Further, these chemistries were used to modify RNA for fluorescent cell imaging. These reactions allow for the expanded use of RNA metabolic labeling to study nascent RNA expression within different RNA populations.

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