名称:
Synthesis, characterization, and biological properties of small branched RNA fragments containing chiral (Rpand Sp) 2′,5′-phosphorothioate linkages
摘要:
Synthetic branched RNA fragments were prepared to examine the stereochemical requirements for hydrolysis of RNA lariats by the yeast debranching enzyme (yDBR). Specifically, two branched trinucleoside diphosphates and a tetranucleoside triphosphate containing a 2',5'-linked phosphorothioate linkage of defined stereochemistry, namely R-p-A(2'ps5'G)pC, S-p-A(2'ps5'G)pC and S-p-ApA(2'ps5'G)pC, were prepared via solution-phase methods. Unlike the all-phosphodiester control, A(2'p5'G)pC, the R-p-thioated trimer was not cleaved by yDBR, demonstrating that changing the pro-R-p oxygen at the 2',5'-phosphodiester bond averts hydrolysis by the enzyme. In contrast, the S-p branched compounds (trimer and tetramer) were cleaved yDBR, albeit with reduced efficiency relative to the corresponding all-phosphodiester branched compounds. Furthermore, the small branched RNAs (5 nt) were not cleaved as efficiently as a 18-nt bRNA, suggesting that the enzyme appears to have a stronger preference for larger bRNA substrates. The non-hydrolyzable branched RNA fragments prepared during these studies may be promising candidates for the future co-crystallization and X-ray analyses of DBR:bRNA complexes.