Abstract
The glycoside bond in alkylated nucleosides is known to be more stable for O6-alkylguanosines and O4-alkylthymines, and less stable for N3- and N7-alkylpurine and O2-alkylpyrimidine nucleosides. These marked differences have been demonstrated through in vitro acidic hydrolysis and in vivo glycosylase repair. This study examines the relative facility of the deglycosylation reaction for various nucleosides through the use of theoretical indices derived from the semiempirical AM1 SCF-MO methodology, which furnish inferences much in consonance with experiment.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 49-57 |
| Number of pages | 9 |
| Journal | Journal of Molecular Structure: THEOCHEM |
| Volume | 418 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Nov 10 1997 |
| Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- Alkylated nucleosides
- Deglycosylation
- In vitro stability
- Molecular orbital calculations