2′-Azido-2′-deoxyuridine (N3-dU) upon phosphorylation to 2′-azido-2′-deoxyuridine 5′-diphosphate (N3dUDP) becomes a mechanistic inhibitor of bacterial ribonucleoside diphosphate reductase (RDPR). N3-dU has recently been evaluated for its potential use as a sensitive multi-spectroscopic probe for nucleic acids
Ribonucleotide reductase (RDPR) from Escherichia coli is composed of two subunits, R1 and R2, and catalyzes the conversion of nucleotides to deoxynucleotides. The mechanism of inactivation of RDPR by 2'-azido-2'-deoxynucleoside 5'-diphosphate (N3UDP) has been examined using a variety of isotopically
In this paper, the enantioselectivity of ribonucleotide reductase (RNR, EC 1.17.4.1), a pivotal enzyme involved in DNA biosynthesis, was studied using the beta-d and beta-l stereoisomers of 2'-azido-2'-deoxynucleosides of uracil and cytosine. The corresponding 5'-diphosphate derivatives in the d-configuration have
Physical chemistry chemical physics : PCCP, 13(6), 2237-2241 (2010-12-01)
The vibrations in the azido-, N(3), asymmetric stretching region of 2'-azido-2'-deoxyuridine (N(3)dU) are examined by two-dimensional infrared spectroscopy. In water and tetrahydrofuran (THF), the spectra display a single sharp diagonal peak that shows solvent sensitivity. The frequency-frequency correlation time in
Ribonucleoside diphosphate reductase (RDPR) from Escherichia coli was completely inactivated by 1 equiv of the mechanism-based inhibitor 2'-azido-2'-deoxyuridine 5'-diphosphate (N3UDP). Incubation of RDPR with [3'-3H]N3UDP resulted in 0.2 mol of 3H released to solvent per mole of enzyme inactivated, indicating
2'-Azido-2'-deoxyuridine and 2'-azido-2'-deoxycytidine were evaluated for their inhibitory activity against ribonucleotide reductase and for subsequent cell growth inhibition. Their mono- and di-phosphates were synthesized and their inhibitory activities against the reductase were also determined in a permeabilized cell system, along
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