TY - JOUR AU - Alderfer, James, L. AB - Abstract Irradiation of dTpdT with 300 kJ/m2 of 254 nm produces numerous photoproducts, one of which labeled dT6pd4T[l] was purified by HPLC. dT6pd4T has a UV spectrum (H2O, pH 7) with λmax = 326 nm and λmin = 265 nm, and a P-31 NMR resonance at -3.46 ppm (normal dTpdT occurs at -4.01 ppm; TMP, 30°C). 2-D COSY NMR spectra facilitated proton resonance assignments and 2-D NOESY spectra aided analysis of spatial orientation. Carbon-13 and proton-coupled P-31 NMR spectra of dT6pd4T were also obtained. These analyses indicate: (1) C5=C6 of dT6p- is saturated and the -pd4T base 1s more aromatic; (2) the dT6p- base possesses a configuration of 5R, 6S; (3) dT6p- and -pd4T have anti-type glycosidic conformations; (4) furanose conformation of dT6p- is mainly C3′-endo and that of -pd4T exists in a C3′-endo ←→C3′-exo; (5) exocyclic bonds γ(C5′-C4′), β(05′-C5′) and ɛ(C3′-03′) are non-classical rotamers; (6) dihedral angle about ɛ(C3′-03′) is smaller relative to dTpdT. This content is only available as a PDF. © IRL Press Limited TI - UV irradiation of nucleic acids: formation, purification and solution conformational analysis of the ‘6-4 lesion’ of dTpdT JF - Nucleic Acids Research DO - 10.1093/nar/13.16.5949 DA - 1985-08-26 UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/oxford-university-press/uv-irradiation-of-nucleic-acids-formation-purification-and-solution-2j0qt3N2nU SP - 5949 EP - 5963 VL - 13 IS - 16 DP - DeepDyve ER -