Hydrogen-bonded complexes of the ribodinucleoside monophosphates in aqueous solution. Proton magnetic resonance studies

Biochemistry ◽  
1976 ◽  
Vol 15 (6) ◽  
pp. 1224-1228 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas R. Krugh ◽  
Jean W. Laing ◽  
Michael A. Young
1978 ◽  
Vol 56 (4) ◽  
pp. 522-529 ◽  
Author(s):  
James Peeling ◽  
Frank E. Hruska ◽  
Peter C. Loewen

This 1Hmr study initiates our examination of the conformations of dinucleoside monophosphates possessing ribo 2′- or 3′-nucleotidyl units linked to 5′-nucleotidyl units possessing the 2′-deoxyribo sugar. The syntheses of uridylyl-3′,5′-2′-deoxythymidine (3′,5′-UpdT) and its 2′,5′-isomer, 2′,5′-UpdT, were carried out with standard techniques. The 1Hmr data were obtained at frequencies up to 270 MHz and used to derive the dominant conformation of the dimers in aqueous solution. Comparison with data for the component mononucleotides reveals that dimerization does not lead to drastic changes in the molecular conformation. Literature data for dimers possessing only the ribo sugar (3′,5′-UpU) and the 2′-deoxyribo sugar (3′,5′-d(TpT)) are also presented. The results indicate that, at least for our dipyrimidine dimers, the molecular conformation of a particular fragment is not critically dependent on the nature (ribo or 2′-deoxyribo) of the other nucleotide unit.


1974 ◽  
Vol 52 (19) ◽  
pp. 3353-3366 ◽  
Author(s):  
Donald J. Wood ◽  
Frank E. Hruska ◽  
Kelvin K. Ogilvie

Proton magnetic resonance studies of 2′-deoxythymidine, its 3′ and 5′-monophosphates and the dideoxynucleoside monophosphate, 2′-deoxythymidylyl-(3′,5′)-2′-deoxythymidine are described. Assignment of the spectral bands are carried out and the derived chemical shift and coupling constant data are discussed in terms of the conformational properties of these molecules. The main conclusion reached is that 3′- and 5′-phosphorylation as well as incorporation into the dinucleoside monophosphate at either the 3′- or 5′-terminus has only slight effects on the conformation of thymidine under the experimental conditions employed.


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