Synthesis of new biocarrier-nucleotide systems for cellular delivery in bacterial auxotrophic strains

In search for a delivery approach for thymidine monophosphate (TMP) in bacterial cells, we have synthesized a series of conjugates of TMP with biotin having an oxymethyleneoxy ester, a carboxy ester, and different carboxamide linkers between the carboxyl group of biotin and the 3′-OH group of TMP. The synthetic strategy starts from 5′-O-(dibenzylphosphate)-thymidine having the linkers already connected at the 3′-position. Likewise, kanamycin A was linked at the 3′-position of TMP using a carbamoyl or thioethyl carbamoyl group. None of the conjugates were able to sustain growth of a ΔthyA, ΔphoA Escherichia coli strain.