Burgers P M, Eckstein F
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1978 Oct;75(10):4798-800. doi: 10.1073/pnas.75.10.4798.
The diastereomers of uridyl-(3'-5')adenyl-O,O-phosphorothioate [Up(S)A] have been separated by high-performance liquid chromatography. Their identification as RP and SP follows from the RNase A digestion of these products. It was then shown, by the same method, that the R isomer is hydrolyzed by snake venom phosphodiesterase (PDEase) approximately 500 times faster than the S isomer. Similarly, the stereoisomer of adenosine 5'-O-(1-thiotriphosphate) (ATPalphaS), until now arbitrarily designated as isomer B, is hydrolyzed ca 400 times faster by PDEase than is isomer A. From these results it is concluded that the R isomers of Up(S)A and ATPalphaS, isomers B, have the same absolute configuration. It then follows that isomer A of ATPalphaS, the preferred of the two isomers as substrate for DNA-dependent RNA polymerase, has the S configuration. The implications for the stereochemistry of action of the latter enzyme are discussed.
尿苷酰 -(3'-5')腺苷 - O,O - 硫代磷酸酯[Up(S)A]的非对映异构体已通过高效液相色谱法分离。通过对这些产物进行核糖核酸酶A消化确定它们为RP和SP。然后通过相同的方法表明,R异构体被蛇毒磷酸二酯酶(PDEase)水解的速度比S异构体快约500倍。同样,腺苷5'-O-(1-硫代三磷酸)(ATPαS)的立体异构体,直到现在被任意指定为异构体B,被PDEase水解的速度比异构体A快约400倍。从这些结果可以得出结论,Up(S)A和ATPαS的R异构体,即异构体B,具有相同的绝对构型。因此,ATPαS的异构体A,作为依赖DNA的RNA聚合酶的底物,两种异构体中更受青睐的一种,具有S构型。讨论了后者酶作用的立体化学意义。