Three-state models of furanose pseudorotation.

AUTOR(ES)

Olson, W K

RESUMO

A general procedure is described to treat the pseudorotation of the furanose ring in terms of a three-state conformational equilibrium. In addition to the principal n (C3'-endo) and s (C2'-endo) puckering domains, the unusual e (01'-endo) intermediate is included in the analysis. Each of these three conformational categories is represented by a blend of five closely related puckered forms rather than by a single rotational isomeric state. Using this model together with experimentally measured nmr coupling constants, the puckering populations of various nucleic acid analogs are estimated. The conventional two-state n/s equilibria is confirmed in ordinary ribose and deoxyribose systems. The e domain, however, is found to be of major importance in several chemically modified furanoses including certain pyrimidine deoxynucleosides damaged by radiation and various nucleosides and nucleotides forced by bulky substituents on the base into unusual syn glycosyl arrangements. The "free" pseudorotation of these modified systems is not detected by conventional two-state puckering analyses.

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