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Okan Osman Oglou

Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz

Publishes on Click Chemistry and Applications, Sulfur-Based Synthesis Techniques, Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research. 3 papers and 1k citations.

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MODOMICS: a database of RNA modification pathways—2013 update
Magdalena A. Machnicka, Kaja Milanowska, Okan Osman Oglou et al.|Nucleic Acids Research|2012
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MODOMICS is a database of RNA modifications that provides comprehensive information concerning the chemical structures of modified ribonucleosides, their biosynthetic pathways, RNA-modifying enzymes and location of modified residues in RNA sequences. In the current database version, accessible at http://modomics.genesilico.pl, we included new features: a census of human and yeast snoRNAs involved in RNA-guided RNA modification, a new section covering the 5'-end capping process, and a catalogue of 'building blocks' for chemical synthesis of a large variety of modified nucleosides. The MODOMICS collections of RNA modifications, RNA-modifying enzymes and modified RNAs have been also updated. A number of newly identified modified ribonucleosides and more than one hundred functionally and structurally characterized proteins from various organisms have been added. In the RNA sequences section, snRNAs and snoRNAs with experimentally mapped modified nucleosides have been added and the current collection of rRNA and tRNA sequences has been substantially enlarged. To facilitate literature searches, each record in MODOMICS has been cross-referenced to other databases and to selected key publications. New options for database searching and querying have been implemented, including a BLAST search of protein sequences and a PARALIGN search of the collected nucleic acid sequences.

Synthesis of new asymmetric xanthene dyes via catalyst-free SNAr with sulfur nucleophiles
Michaela Kotaskova, Okan Osman Oglou, Mark Helm|Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry|2014
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Addition of a single functional handle to the tricyclic moiety of fluorescein results in asymmetric xanthene dyes. Our synthesis of a new class of asymmetric xanthenes proceeds via an unusual SNAr with sulfur nucleophiles on electron rich aromatic xanthenes scaffolds in the absence of a metal catalyst. The resulting 3'-thioethers exhibit high photostability and are conveniently converted into reactive dyes for macromolecule labelling.