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Phosphodiester cleavage of guanylyl-(3 ',3 ')-(2 '-amino-2 '-deoxyuridine): Rate acceleration by the 2 '-amino function




AuthorsOra M, Linjalahti H, Lonnberg H

PublisherAMER CHEMICAL SOC

Publication year2005

Journal:Journal of the American Chemical Society

Journal name in sourceJOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Journal acronymJ AM CHEM SOC

Volume127

Issue6

First page 1826

Last page1832

Number of pages7

ISSN0002-7863

DOIhttps://doi.org/10.1021/ja045060+


Abstract
Hydrolytic reactions of the structural analogue of guanylyl-(3',3')-uridine, guanylyl-(3',3')-(2'-amino-2'-deoxyuridine), having one of the 2'-hydroxyl groups replaced with an amino function, have been followed by RIP HPLC in the pH range 0-13 at 90degreesC. The results are compared to those obtained earlier with guanylyl-(3',3')-uridine, guanylyl-(3', 3')-(2', 5'-di-O-methyluridine), and uridylyl-(3',5')-uridine. Under basic conditions (pH > 8), the hydroxide ion-catalyzed cleavage of the P-O3' bond (first-order in [OH-]) yields a mixture of 2'-amino-2'-deoxyuridine and guanosine 2',3'-cyclic phosphate which is hydrolyzed to guanosine 2'- and T-phosphates. Under these conditions, guanylyl-(3',3')-(2'-amino-2'-deoxyuridine) is 10 times less reactive than guanylyl-(3',3')-uridine. Under acidic and neutral conditions (pH 3-8), where the pH-rate profile for the cleavage consists of two pH-independent regions (from pH 3 to pH 4 and from 6 to 8), guanylyl-(3', 3')-(2'-amino-2'-deoxyuridine) is considerably reactive. For example, in the latter pH range, guanylyl-(3', 3')-(2'-amino-2-deoxyuridine) is more than 2 orders of magnitude more labile than guanylyl(3',3')-(2',5'-di- O-methyluridine), while in the former pH range the reactivity difference is 1 order of magnitude. Under very acidic conditions (pH < 3), the isomerization giving guanylyl-(2', 3)-(2'-amino-2'-deoxyuridine) and depurination yielding guanine (both first-order in [H+]) compete with the cleavage. The Zn2+-promoted cleavage ([Zn2+] = 5 mmol L-1) is 15 times faster than the uncatalyzed reaction at pH 5.6. The mechanisms of the reactions of guanylyl-(3',3')-(2'-amino-2'-deoxyuridine) are discussed, particularly focusing on the possible stabilization of phosphorane intermediate and/or transition state via an intramolecular hydrogen bonding by the 2'-amino group.


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