title: Observation of a distinct transition in the mode of interconversion of ring pucker conformers in non-crystalline d-ribose-2'-d from 2H NMR spin-alignment.
abstract: Internal motions of d-ribose selectively 2H-labeled at the 2' position were measured using solid state 2H NMR experiments. A sample of d-ribose-2'-d was prepared in a hydrated, non-crystalline state to eliminate effects of crystal-packing. Between temperatures of -74 and -60 degrees C the C2'-H2' bond was observed to undergo two kinds of motions which were similar to those of C2'-H2'/H2" found previously in crystalline deoxythymidine (Hiyama et al. (1989) J. Am. Chem. Soc., 111, 8609-8613): (1) Nanosecond motion of small angular displacement with an apparent activation energy of 3.6+/-0.7 kcal mol(-1), and (2) millisecond to microsecond motion of large amplitude with an apparent activation energy > or =4 kcal mol(-1). At -74 degrees C, the slow, large-amplitude motion was best characterized as a two-site jump with a correlation time on the millisecond time scale, whereas at -60 degrees C it was diffusive on the microsecond time scale. The slow, large-amplitude motions of the C2'-H2' bond are most likely from interconversions between C2'-endo and C3'-endo by way of the O4'-endo conformation, whereas the fast, small-amplitude motions are probably librations of the C2'-H2' bond within the C2'-endo and C3'-endo potential energy minima.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry & Biophysics, Texas A&M University, 2128 TAMU, College Station, TX 77843-2128, USA. andy-liwang@tamu.edu
authors.forename: Andy C
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: LiWang
authors.forename: David E
authors.initials: DE
authors.lastname: McCready
authors.forename: Gary P
authors.initials: GP
authors.lastname: Drobny
authors.forename: Brian R
authors.initials: BR
authors.lastname: Reid
authors.forename: Michael A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Kennedy
mesh_terms: D004247:DNA / Q000737:chemistry; D003903:Deuterium; D019906:Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, Biomolecular; D009690:Nucleic Acid Conformation; D012266:Ribose / Q000737:chemistry*; D014961:X-Ray Diffraction / Q000379:methods
chemical_list: D012266:Ribose; D004247:DNA; D003903:Deuterium