Eckstein F, Armstrong V W, Sternbach H
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1976 Sep;73(9):2987-90. doi: 10.1073/pnas.73.9.2987.
The phosphodiester bond formation by DNA-dependent RNA-polymerase (RNA nucleotidyltransferase, nucleosidetriphosphate:RNA nucleotidyltransferase, EC 2.7.7.6) can in principle result in retention, inversion, or racemization of configuration at the alpha-phosphorus of the nucleoside 5'-triphosphate being polymerized. As a first step in elucidating the stereochemistry of this reaction, one diastereomer (A) of adenosine 5'-O-(1-thiotriphosphate) (ATPalphaS) was polymerized with UTP in the presence of poly(dA-dT)-poly(dA-dT). The resulting polymer was enzymatically cleaved to uridine 2',3'-cyclic phosphorothioate which was determined to be the endo-isomer by comparison with an authentic sample. This shows that no reacemization had occurred and that isomer A of ATPalphaS gives a phosphorothioate diester bond with the R-configuration. Whether this represents inversion of retention of configuration awaits elucidation of the absolute configuration of isomer A for ATPalphaS.
依赖DNA的RNA聚合酶(RNA核苷酸转移酶,核苷三磷酸:RNA核苷酸转移酶,EC 2.7.7.6)形成磷酸二酯键原则上会导致正在聚合的核苷5'-三磷酸的α-磷处构型的保留、翻转或外消旋化。作为阐明该反应立体化学的第一步,在聚(dA-dT)-聚(dA-dT)存在下,将腺苷5'-O-(1-硫代三磷酸)(ATPαS)的一种非对映异构体(A)与UTP聚合。将所得聚合物酶切为尿苷2',3'-环硫代磷酸酯,通过与真实样品比较确定其为内型异构体。这表明未发生外消旋化,并且ATPαS的异构体A形成具有R构型的硫代磷酸二酯键。这是代表构型翻转还是保留有待阐明ATPαS异构体A的绝对构型。