title: Structural and conformational studies on deoxyguanosyl-3',5'-deoxyadenosine monophosphate and its ethyl phosphotriester analogs--left-handed dimers.
abstract: The mode of base-base stacking, the handedness and the sugar(dGpA)phosphate backbone conformation of deoxyguanosyl 3'-5' deoxyadenosine and its diastereomeric ethyl phosphotriester analogs were studied by 1H NMR, UV and CD spectroscopy. The results indicate the three dimers are left-handed, while the sugar phosphate backbone is comprised predominantly of C2-endo,gg(C4-C5) and g'g (C5-O) conformers. The two bases are extensively stacked and interact about 90 degrees along the dyad axes. The extent of base overlap in dGpA is slightly greater than in either ethyl phosphotriester analog. The absolute configurations of the two ethyl phosphotriester diastereoisomers of dGpA can be assigned by one-dimensional and two-dimensional 1H NMR nuclear Overhauser enhancement experiments.
authors.affiliation: School of Hygiene and Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland 21205.
authors.forename: L S
authors.initials: LS
authors.lastname: Kan
authors.forename: D M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Cheng
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Chandrasegaran
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Pramanik
authors.forename: P S
authors.initials: PS
authors.lastname: Miller
mesh_terms: D000478:Alkylation; D002942:Circular Dichroism; D015226:Dinucleoside Phosphates; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy; D008968:Molecular Conformation; D009838:Oligodeoxyribonucleotides; D013056:Spectrophotometry, Ultraviolet; D013237:Stereoisomerism
chemical_list: D015226:Dinucleoside Phosphates; D009838:Oligodeoxyribonucleotides; C039701:deoxyguanylyl-(3'-5')-deoxyadenosine