Chemistry Letters, Vol.41, No.9, 917-919, 2012
Specific Amino Acid Sensing Using a Single Acridone-labeled DNA Aptamer
Acridone is an attractive fluorescent molecule for use in DNA probes. Sensing molecule, which has acridone as a signaling moiety and DNA aptamer as a recognition moiety, was prepared by postsynthetic modification method. The fluorescence of this sensing molecule changed depending on the DNA structure and L-argininamide could be detected by this molecule. This strategy could provide a quencher-free aptamer beacon.