title: Comparison of the self-association properties of the 5'-triphosphates of inosine (ITP), guanosine (GTP), and adenosine (ATP). Further evidence for ionic interactions in the highly stable dimeric [H2(ATP)]2(4-) stack.
abstract: The concentration dependence of the chemical shifts for the hydrogens H-2, H-8 and H-1' of ITP and for H-8 and H-1' of GTP has been measured in D2O at 25 degrees C under several degrees of protonation in the pD range 1.2-8.4. For reasons of comparison, inosine and guanosine have been included in the study The results are consistent with the isodesmic model of indefinite noncooperative stacking. The association constants for the nucleosides (Ns) inosine and guanosine decrease with increasing protonation: Ns greater than D(Ns)+/Ns in a 1:1 ratio greater than D(Ns)+. In contrast, a maximum is observed with ITP and GTP; the stacking tendency of GTP following the series: GTP4- less than or equal to D(GTP)3- (K approximately 0.7 M-1) less than D(GTP)3-/D2(GTP)2- in a 1:1 ratio (K approximately 2.9 M-1) greater than D2(GTP)2- greater than D3(GTP)- (K approximately 1.5 M-1). The order of the series with ITP corresponds to that with GTP, but the association constants are slightly smaller. At the maximum of the self-association tendency the triphosphate residue has only a minor influence; this follows from the fact that the association constants for the 1:1 ratios of Ino/D(Ino)+ and D(ITP)3-/D2(ITP)2- are identical within experimental error; this holds also for Guo/D(Guo)+ and D(GTP)3-/D2(GTP)2-; in all these pairs the K-7 site is 50% protonated. Comparison of the association constant for the deprotonated species shows that here charge effects, i.e. repulsion between the negatively charged triphosphate chains, are important: Ino (K approximately 3.3 M-1) greater than ITP4- (K approximately 0.4 M-1) and Guo (K approximately 8 M-1) greater than GTP4- (K approximately 0.8 M-1). In addition the series holds: Ado (K approximately 15 M-1) greater than Guo greater than Ino. However, most important is the comparison of the ITP and GTP series with previous data for ATP: ATP4- (K approximately 1.3 M-1) less than D(ATP)3- (2.1 M-1) less than 1:1 ratio of D(ATP)3-/D2(ATP)2- (6 M-1) much less than D2(ATP)2- (approximately 200 M-1) much greater than D3(ATP)- (K less than or equal to 17 M-1).(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 400 WORDS)
authors.affiliation: Institute of Inorganic Chemistry, University of Basel, Switzerland.
authors.forename: N A
authors.initials: NA
authors.lastname: Corfù
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Tribolet
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Sigel
mesh_terms: D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate / Q000378:metabolism*; D003903:Deuterium; D004563:Electrochemistry; D006160:Guanosine Triphosphate / Q000378:metabolism*; D006863:Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; D007292:Inosine Nucleotides / Q000378:metabolism*; D007293:Inosine Triphosphate / Q000378:metabolism*; D046911:Macromolecular Substances; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy; D008968:Molecular Conformation; D015394:Molecular Structure; D011522:Protons; D012996:Solutions
chemical_list: D007292:Inosine Nucleotides; D046911:Macromolecular Substances; D011522:Protons; D012996:Solutions; D007293:Inosine Triphosphate; D006160:Guanosine Triphosphate; D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate; D003903:Deuterium