Porcelli M, Cacciapuoti G, Cimino G, Gavagnin M, Sodano G, Zappia V
Istituto di Biochimica delle Macromolecole, I Facoltà di Medicina e Chirurgia, Università di Napoli, Italy.
Biochem J. 1989 Nov 1;263(3):635-40. doi: 10.1042/bj2630635.
The biosynthesis of 9-[5'-deoxy-5'-(methylthio)-beta-D-xylofuranosyl]adenine (xylosyl-MTA), a naturally occurring analogue of 5'-deoxy-5'-methylthioadenosine (MTA) recently characterized, was studied in the nudibranch mollusc Doris verrucosa. Experiments performed in vivo with putative labelled precursors such as [8-14C]adenine, [Me-14C]methionine and [Me-14C]MTA indicate that xylosyl-MTA originates from MTA. Experiments with MTA double-labelled at critical positions are consistent with a 3'-isomerization of the nucleoside through the formation of a 3'-oxo intermediate. In addition, experiments with the newly synthesized [3'-3H]xylosyl-MTA are indicative for a very low turnover rate of this molecule, which therefore accumulates in the mollusc.
9-[5'-脱氧-5'-(甲硫基)-β-D-木糖呋喃糖基]腺嘌呤(木糖基-MTA)是最近鉴定出的5'-脱氧-5'-甲硫基腺苷(MTA)的天然类似物,其生物合成在裸鳃亚目软体动物疣背海牛中进行了研究。使用[8-14C]腺嘌呤、[甲基-14C]甲硫氨酸和[甲基-14C]MTA等假定标记前体进行的体内实验表明,木糖基-MTA源自MTA。在关键位置进行双标记的MTA实验与通过形成3'-氧代中间体使核苷发生3'-异构化一致。此外,使用新合成的[3'-3H]木糖基-MTA进行的实验表明该分子的周转速率非常低,因此在软体动物中积累。