Birnbaum GI, Kierdaszuk B, Shugar D. Tautomerism and conformation of the promutagenic analogue N6-methoxy-2',3',5'-tri-O-methyladenosine.
Nucleic Acids Res 1984;
12:2447-60. [PMID:
6424098 PMCID:
PMC318675 DOI:
10.1093/nar/12.5.2447]
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Abstract
N6-Methoxy-2',3',5'-tri-O-methyladenosine crystallizes in space group P2(1)2(1)2(1) with cell dimensions a = 4.693, b = 11.412, c = 31.741 A. Least-squares refinement of diffractometer data converged at R = 0.038. The location of a hydrogen atom at N1 and the observed bond lengths and bond angles indicate unequivocally the imino tautomer of the adenine moiety. The N6-methoxy group is oriented syn to N1 and the glycosidic torsion angle XCN is -3.6 degrees, i.e. in the anti range. The furanose ring has a C2'-exo/C3'- endo pucker (P = 0.9 degrees) and is unusually flattened (tau m = 30.0 degrees). The conformations of the O-methyl groups of the ribose ring are compared with those of monomethylated nucleosides, including the biologically important 2'-O-methyl nucleosides. Evidence is presented for the existence of C-H ... N intermolecular hydrogen bonds between adenine moieties. Bearing in mind that N6-methoxyadenosine is a promutagenic analogue, the results are compared with those for the corresponding promutagenic N4-methoxycytidine. They are also discussed in relation to the tautomerism, the conformation of the N6-methoxy group, and the associated base-pairing abilities in the absence and presence of polymerases.
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