MECHANISM OF HYDROXYLAMINE MUTAGENESIS - TAUTOMERIC SHIFTS AND PROTON-EXCHANGE BETWEEN THE PROMUTAGEN N6-METHOXYADENOSINE AND CYTIDINE
MECHANISM OF HYDROXYLAMINE MUTAGENESIS - TAUTOMERIC SHIFTS AND PROTON-EXCHANGE BETWEEN THE PROMUTAGEN N6-METHOXYADENOSINE AND CYTIDINE
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DOI:
10.1021/bi00388a022
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发表时间:
1987-07-14
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影响因子:
2.9
通讯作者:
SHUGAR, D
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作者:
STOLARSKI, R;KIERDASZUK, B;SHUGAR, D
Whereas the amino, but not imino, tautomer of the promutagen N6-methoxyadenosine (OMe6A) forms planar associates (base pairs) with the potentially complementary uridine [Stolarski, R., Kierdaszuk, B., Hagberg, C.-E., and Shugar, D. (1984) Biochemistry 23, 2913], it has now been found, with the aid of 1H NMR spectroscopic techniques, that only the imino tautomer of OMe6A base pairs with the potentially complementary cytidine. The association constant for such heteroassociates is more than an order of magnitude higher than that for autoassociates of OMe6A. The formation of heteroassociates is accompanied by a marked shift in tautomeric equilibrium of OMe6A, with an increase in the population of the amino form from 18% to as high as 44% and a corresponding decrease in the population of the imino species. Furthermore, the presence of cytidine in a solution of OMe6A appreciably enhances the rate of tautomeric exchange between the two tautomeric forms. Formation of planar heteroassociates between cytidine and the imino form of OMe6A. The rate constants for this exchange and for tautomeric exchange, determined by the saturation transfer technique, have been measured at various concentrations and temperatures. A model is advanced for proton exchange that takes into account the interdependence of tautomeric exchange and proton exchange, as well as the role of auto- and heteroassociates. The relevance of these results to the molecular basis of hydroxylamine and methoxyamine mutagenesis and to the phenomenon of proton exchange in other systems is briefly discussed.