title: Further studies of the mixed acetals of nucleosides.
abstract: We reported in 1988 on a new nucleoside modification reaction: the exocyclic amino groups of (d)adenosine and (d)cytidine react rapidly at ambient temperature with acetaldehyde and alcohols to give stable mixed acetals (N-ethylethoxy-acetal). NH2 + O = CH(CH3) + ROH-->NH-CH(CH3)-O-R + H2O. Here we report in detail on the occurrence of this reaction in very dilute aqueous solution (ie under biological conditions), on its mechanism and kinetics, on the mixed acetal formation with other aldehydes and other nucleic acid components, and on the question of whether these adducts are mutagenic.
authors.affiliation: Life Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, University of California, Berkeley 94720.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Austin
authors.forename: M K
authors.initials: MK
authors.lastname: Dosanjh
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Fraenkel-Conrat
mesh_terms: D000079:Acetaldehyde; D000080:Acetals / Q000737:chemistry*; D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid; D000431:Ethanol; D009705:Nucleosides / Q000737:chemistry*; D009711:Nucleotides / Q000737:chemistry; D016339:Spectrometry, Mass, Fast Atom Bombardment; D013056:Spectrophotometry, Ultraviolet
chemical_list: D000080:Acetals; D009705:Nucleosides; D009711:Nucleotides; D000431:Ethanol; D000079:Acetaldehyde