{"title":"Photoelectrochemical identification of 5-methylcytosine modification in DNA: combination of photosensitization and enzymatic cleavage.","authors":"Kazuhito Tanabe, Hisatsugu Yamada, Takeo Ito, Sei-ichi Nishimoto","doi":"10.1093/nass/nrp103","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>We present a novel photoelectrochemical approach for discriminating between cytosine and 5-methylcytosine in DNA when used in combination with enzymatic digestion. A photosensitizer-linked DNA duplex bearing 5-methylcytosine or cytosine at a given restriction site of the strand was immobilized on a gold electrode and digested with enzyme, and the photocurrent response was measured. We observed high photocurrent density that was selective for the methylated duplex.</p>","PeriodicalId":87448,"journal":{"name":"Nucleic acids symposium series (2004)","volume":" 53","pages":"205-6"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2009-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1093/nass/nrp103","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Nucleic acids symposium series (2004)","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1093/nass/nrp103","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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We present a novel photoelectrochemical approach for discriminating between cytosine and 5-methylcytosine in DNA when used in combination with enzymatic digestion. A photosensitizer-linked DNA duplex bearing 5-methylcytosine or cytosine at a given restriction site of the strand was immobilized on a gold electrode and digested with enzyme, and the photocurrent response was measured. We observed high photocurrent density that was selective for the methylated duplex.