Pallan Pradeep S, Prakash Thazha P, Li Feng, Eoff Robert L, Manoharan Muthiah, Egli Martin
Department of Biochemistry, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN 37232, USA.
Chem Commun (Camb). 2009 Apr 21(15):2017-9. doi: 10.1039/b822781k. Epub 2009 Feb 26.
Crystal structures of A-form and B-form DNA duplexes containing 2'-S-methyl-uridines reveal that the modified residues adopt a RNA-like C3'-endo pucker, illustrating that the replacement of electronegative oxygen at the 2'-carbon of RNA by sulfur does not appear to fundamentally alter the conformational preference of the sugar in the oligonucleotide context and sterics trump stereoelectronics.
含有2'-硫代甲基尿苷的A-型和B-型DNA双链体的晶体结构表明,修饰后的残基呈现出类似RNA的C3'-内向型构象,这说明在寡核苷酸环境中,RNA 2'-碳上的电负性氧被硫取代似乎并未从根本上改变糖的构象偏好,且空间效应胜过立体电子效应。