title: Synthesis and characterization of a substrate for T4 endonuclease V containing a phosphorodithioate linkage at the thymine dimer site.
abstract: A dodecadeoxyribonucleotide containing a cis-syn thymine dimer with a phosphorodithioate linkage was synthesized on a solid support using a dinucleotide coupling unit prepared by UV-irradiation of dithymidine monophosphorodithioate followed by S- and 5'-O-protection and 3'-phosphitylation. A photodimer-containing dodecamer without phosphate modification was also synthesized. The dodecamers were hybridized to the complementary sequence, and the duplexes used as substrates for T4 endonuclease V. This enzyme cleaved the phosphate-modified substrate more slowly than the unmodified duplex with the same dissociation constant.
authors: Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan.
authors: T
authors: T
authors: Murata
authors: S
authors: S
authors: Iwai
authors: E
authors: E
authors: Ohtsuka
mesh_terms: D001483:Base Sequence; D043224:Deoxyribonuclease (Pyrimidine Dimer); D004706:Endodeoxyribonucleases / Q000378:metabolism*; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009838:Oligodeoxyribonucleotides / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism; D011740:Pyrimidine Dimers / Q000737:chemistry*; D013379:Substrate Specificity; D013873:Thionucleotides / Q000737:chemistry; D014764:Viral Proteins
chemical_list: D009838:Oligodeoxyribonucleotides; D011740:Pyrimidine Dimers; D013873:Thionucleotides; D014764:Viral Proteins; D004706:Endodeoxyribonucleases; C470698:endonuclease V, phage T4; D043224:Deoxyribonuclease (Pyrimidine Dimer)