The effects of the ring fragmentation product of thymidine C5-hydrate on phosphodiesterases and klenow (exo-) fragment

Nucleic Acids Res. 1995 Nov 25;23(22):4642-8. doi: 10.1093/nar/23.22.4642.

Abstract

N-(2-Deoxy-beta-D-erythro-pentofuranosyl)-N-3-(2R-hydroxyisobutyric acid)urea (alpha-R-hydroxy-beta-ureidoisobutyric acid, 8) was site specifically incorporated into a series of oligonucleotides via the ammonolysis of biopolymers containing 5R-thymidine C5-hydrate (3). alpha-R-hydroxy-beta-ureidoisobutyric acid (8) inhibits snake venom phosphodiesterase, lambda exonuclease and Klenow (exo-) fragment. Kinetic measurements for insertion of nucleotides opposite 8 by Klenow (exo-) fragment indicate that this lesion is instructive.

Publication types

  • Comparative Study
  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

MeSH terms

  • Base Sequence
  • DNA Polymerase I / metabolism*
  • Exodeoxyribonucleases / metabolism*
  • Kinetics
  • Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy
  • Mass Spectrometry
  • Molecular Sequence Data
  • Oligodeoxyribonucleotides / chemistry*
  • Oligodeoxyribonucleotides / metabolism*
  • Phosphodiesterase I
  • Phosphoric Diester Hydrolases / metabolism*
  • Structure-Activity Relationship
  • Substrate Specificity
  • Thymidine / analogs & derivatives*
  • Thymidine / chemistry
  • Viral Proteins

Substances

  • Oligodeoxyribonucleotides
  • Viral Proteins
  • thymidine C5-hydrate
  • DNA Polymerase I
  • Exodeoxyribonucleases
  • exo protein, Bacteriophage lambda
  • Phosphoric Diester Hydrolases
  • Phosphodiesterase I
  • phosphodiesterase I, snake venom
  • Thymidine