Guo M J, Hildbrand S, Leumann C J, McLaughlin L W, Waring M J
Department of Pharmacology, University of Cambridge, Tennis Court Road, Cambridge CB2 1QJ, UK.
Nucleic Acids Res. 1998 Apr 15;26(8):1863-9. doi: 10.1093/nar/26.8.1863.
To investigate the influence of the pyrimidine 2-keto group on selection of nucleotides for incorporation into DNA by polymerases, we have prepared two C nucleoside triphosphates that are analogues of dCTP and dTTP, namely 2-amino-5-(2'-deoxy-beta-d-ribofuranosyl)pyridine-5'-triphosphate (dCTP) and 5-(2'-deoxy- beta-d-ribofuranosyl)-3-methyl-2-pyridone-5'-triphosphate (dTTP) respectively. Both proved strongly inhibitory to PCR catalysed by Taq polymerase; dTTP rather more so than dCTP. In primer extension experiments conducted with either Taq polymerase or the Klenow fragment of Escherichia coli DNA polymerase I, both nucleotides failed to substitute for their natural pyrimidine counterparts. Neither derivative was incorporated as a chain terminator. Their capacity to inhibit DNA polymerase activity may well result from incompatibility with the correctly folded form of the polymerase enzyme needed to stabilize the transition state and catalyse phosphodiester bond formation.
为了研究嘧啶2-酮基团对聚合酶将核苷酸掺入DNA时核苷酸选择的影响,我们制备了两种C核苷三磷酸,它们分别是dCTP和dTTP的类似物,即2-氨基-5-(2'-脱氧-β-D-呋喃核糖基)吡啶-5'-三磷酸(dCTP)和5-(2'-脱氧-β-D-呋喃核糖基)-3-甲基-2-吡啶酮-5'-三磷酸(dTTP)。两者均被证明对Taq聚合酶催化的PCR具有强烈抑制作用;dTTP的抑制作用比dCTP更强。在用Taq聚合酶或大肠杆菌DNA聚合酶I的Klenow片段进行的引物延伸实验中,两种核苷酸都不能替代它们天然的嘧啶对应物。两种衍生物都不能作为链终止剂掺入。它们抑制DNA聚合酶活性的能力很可能是由于与稳定过渡态和催化磷酸二酯键形成所需的正确折叠形式的聚合酶不相容所致。