Table 2 Thermodynamic properties of non-canonical nucleic acids

From: Advances and challenges in non-canonical nucleic acids data storage

Type

ΔTm compared to DNA (°C)

ΔTm compared to RNA (°C)

Reference

Base modifications

2-amino-A

+(2 ~ 4)

/

237

6mA

/

/

/

5mC

+(5 ~ 9)

/

238

5hmC

/

/

/

8-oxoG

−(8.3 ~ 13.8)

/

239

isoC-isoG

/

/

/

5-F-U

/

−0.8

240

5-Cl-U

/

+6.6

240

5-Br-U

/

+5.8

240

5-I-U

/

+4

240

5-Me-U

/

+0.6

240

5E-U

/

/

/

B-S, P-Z, X-K, J-V

/

/

/

Sugar modifications

2′-OMe-RNA

+(0.7 ~ 1.1)

−0.6

53

2F-RNA

/

+2.4

241

ANA

+(2 ~ 10.2)

+1.9

65

FANA

+(1 ~ 2)

/

242

TNA

−(4.5 ~ 11)

/

243

LNA

+(1 ~ 8)

+(2 ~ 10)

92,244

L-αTNA

+4.1

+0.3

245

D-αTNA

+4.2

+3.0

245

XyloNA

/

/

/

Backbone modifications

PS-DNA

+(2.2 ~ 2.6)

−0.7

246,247

PS-RNA

+2.4

/

/

NP-DNA

−0.5

−0.7

248

PNA

+(0.2 ~ 1.2)

+1.3

249

SNA

+(0.5-12)

/

250

Multiple modifications

PS + FANA

/

/

/

TNA + TPT3

/

/

/

Mirror-image isomerism

L-DNA

/

/

/

L-RNA

/

/

/

  1. Y Yes, N No, “/” data not available. Δ Tm indicates the average melting temperature change relative to canonical DNA or RNA duplexes