Structures of two new “minimalist” modified nucleosides from archaeal tRNA
摘要:
The wyeosine (or wye) family of tricyclic ribonucleosides from archaeal and eukaryal tRNA(Phe) constitutes one of the most complex and interesting series of posttranscriptional RNA modifications, and has been the object of numerous studies of their chemical and biological synthesis and distribution. We report the structures of two minimally elaborated wye derivatives from archaea, raising the known number of wye nucleosides to eight: 3,4-dihydro-6-methyl-3-beta-D-ribofuranosyl-9H-imidazo[1,2-a]purine-9-one (symbol imG-14), and 3,4-dihydro-6,7-dimethyl-3-p-D-ribofuranosyl-9H-imidazo[1,2-a]purine-9-one (symbol imG2). Structures were determined primarily by mass spectrometry, and confirmed by comparison of physicochemical properties with those of chemically synthesized nucleosides. The nucleosides contain no amino acid side chains at C-7 (1H-imidazo[1,2-a]purine nomenclature) and are the only wye derivatives not methylated at N-4. These features suggest a minimal role for wye methyl groups and side chains in maintenance of anticodon stem-loop structures, and support the concept that archaeal tRNA nucleoside modification motifs are generally simpler than those of their counterparts in eukarya and bacteria. (C) 2003 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
Structures of two new “minimalist” modified nucleosides from archaeal tRNA
作者:Shaolian Zhou、Devarasetty Sitaramaiah、Kathleen R Noon、Rebecca Guymon、Takeshi Hashizume、James A McCloskey
DOI:10.1016/j.bioorg.2003.09.005
日期:2004.4
The wyeosine (or wye) family of tricyclic ribonucleosides from archaeal and eukaryal tRNA(Phe) constitutes one of the most complex and interesting series of posttranscriptional RNA modifications, and has been the object of numerous studies of their chemical and biological synthesis and distribution. We report the structures of two minimally elaborated wye derivatives from archaea, raising the known number of wye nucleosides to eight: 3,4-dihydro-6-methyl-3-beta-D-ribofuranosyl-9H-imidazo[1,2-a]purine-9-one (symbol imG-14), and 3,4-dihydro-6,7-dimethyl-3-p-D-ribofuranosyl-9H-imidazo[1,2-a]purine-9-one (symbol imG2). Structures were determined primarily by mass spectrometry, and confirmed by comparison of physicochemical properties with those of chemically synthesized nucleosides. The nucleosides contain no amino acid side chains at C-7 (1H-imidazo[1,2-a]purine nomenclature) and are the only wye derivatives not methylated at N-4. These features suggest a minimal role for wye methyl groups and side chains in maintenance of anticodon stem-loop structures, and support the concept that archaeal tRNA nucleoside modification motifs are generally simpler than those of their counterparts in eukarya and bacteria. (C) 2003 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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