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Hydrolytic reactions of guanosyl-(3 ',3 ')-uridine and guanosyl-(3 ',3')-(2 ',5 '-d i-O-methyluridine)




AuthorsKiviniemi A, Lonnberg T, Ora M

PublisherAMER CHEMICAL SOC

Publication year2004

Journal:Journal of the American Chemical Society

Journal name in sourceJOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Journal acronymJ AM CHEM SOC

Volume126

Issue35

First page 11040

Last page11045

Number of pages6

ISSN0002-7863

DOIhttps://doi.org/10.1021/ja0475881


Abstract
Hydrolytic reactions of guanosyl-(3',3')-uridine and guanosyl-(3',3')-(2',5'-di-O-methyluridine) have been followed by RP HIPLC over a wide pH range at 363.2 K in order to elucidate the role of the 2'-hydroxyl group as a hydrogen-bond donor upon departure of the 3'-uridine moiety. Under neutral and basic conditions, guanosyl-(3',3')-uridine undergoes hydroxide ion-catalyzed cleavage (first order in [OH-]) of the P-O3' bonds, giving uridine and guanosine 2',3'-cyclic monophosphates, which are subsequently hydrolyzed to a mixture of 2'- and 3'-monophosphates. This bond rupture is 23 times as fast as the corresponding cleavage of the P-O3' bond of guanosyl-(3',3')-(2',5'-di-O-methyluridine) to yield 2',5'-O-dimethyluridine and guanosine 2',3'-cyclic phosphate. Under acidic conditions, where the reactivity differences are smaller, depurination and isomerization compete with the cleavage. The effect of Zn2+ on the cleavage of the P-O3' bonds of guanosyl-(3',3')-uridine is modest: about 6-fold acceleration was observed at [Zn2+] = 5 mmol L-1 and pH 5.6. With guanosyl-(3',3')-(2',5'-di-O-methyluridine) the rate-acceleration effect is greater: a 37-fold acceleration was observed. The mechanisms of the partial reactions, in particular the effects of the 2'-hydroxyl group on the departure of the 3'-linked nucleoside, are discussed.


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