Five C-13-dilabeled constitution isomers of 4-coumaroylspermidines were prepared in nine to eleven steps: N-1,4-di[(E)-4-coumaroyl]-(5,8-C-13(2))spermidine (13b), N-1-[(E)-4-coumaroyl]-(5,8-C-13(2))spermidine (17b), N-1,8-di[(E)-4-coumaroyl]-(1,4-C-13(2))spermidine (20b), N-4-[(E)-4-coumaroyl]-(1,4-C-13(2))spermidine (24b) and N-1,4,8-tri[(E)-4-coumaroyl]-(5,8-C-13(2))spermidine (26). The two C-13-atoms were subsequently introduced using labeled potassium cyanide. The synthesis proceeds through stepwise construction of the polyamine backbone including protection and deprotection steps of the amino functions. Based on H-1-H-1 NOE interactions, the preliminary study of their binding reveals that 20b binds to tRNA in the. same way as spermidine does, whereas 24b and 26 do not-show any NOE effects with the tRNA protons. (C) 1998 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.
Conformation of DNA-bound spermidine by double carbon-13 labeling
摘要:
Double-C-13-labeling experiments show conclusively that the central bond of the C4 unit in spermidine adopts an anti configuration when bound to various types of DNA. Double-C-13-labeling is a powerful though laborious method of securing conformational information on biomolecules in aqueous media.