Pyrimidine bases derivation

The answer is a. (Murray, pp 627-661. Scriver, pp 3897-3964. Sack, pp 121-138. Wilson, pp 287—320.) The structure shown in the question is the vitamin tolic acid. Tetrahydrofolic acid, the active cofactor derived from lolic acid, is required in two steps of purine synthesis and thus required in the de novo synthesis of ATP and GTE CTP and TTP are pyrimidine base derivatives, and although de novo synthesis of the pyrimidine ring does not require tetrahydrofolate, the formation of thymine from uracil does. NADH and NADPH require niacin for their synthesis. 

The names of these compounds as aza analogs were coined in the same way as those of the 6-aza analogs employing the frequently used numbering of uracil (1). This nomenclature is most often used for the principal aza analogs of pyrimidine bases (e.g., 5-azauracil) it is rarely used for further systematic derivatives. 

All these findings, as well as the similarity of UV spectra - caused dioxotetrahydrotriazine to be classified as the simplest member of the formerly known 6-substituted derivatives. These derivatives are not interesting in connection with the analogs of natural pyrimidine bases and have been reviewed elsewhere. The structure of allantoxaidine and its appurtenance to the triazine series have been recently demonstrated by its unequivocal synthesis. 

The chemistry of the 6-aza analogs of pyrimidine bases which has been developed from the biochemical aspect since about 1956 was based on work reported in relatively numerous older papers. In spite of the fact that 6-azauracil was prepared only in 1947 and suitable syntheses were described only quite recently, substances of this type and methods of their preparation had been known for a long time. The chemistry of 6-aza analogs of pyrimidine bases is therefore relatively closely linked with the chemistry of the 1,2,4-triazine derivatives. 

The first chemical synthesis of these substances, using a procedure which yields 1-ribofuranosyl derivatives by pyrimidine bases, was described by Hall. By using the mercuric salt of 6-azathymine and tribenzoate of D-ribofuranosyl chloride, he obtained a mixture of two monoribosyl derivatives and a diribosyl derivative. He determined the structure of the 3-substituted derivative by the similarity of spectra and other properties to those of 3-methyl-6-razauracil. The structure of the 1-ribosyl derivative was then determined from the similarity of the spectra with 6-azathymine deoxyriboside obtained enzymatically. 

Figure 33-13. Synthetic derivatives of nucieoside triphosphates incapabie of undergoing hydroiytic re-iease of the terminai phosphoryi group. (Pu/Py, a purine or pyrimidine base R, ribose or deoxyribose.) Shown are the parent (hydroiyzabie) nucieoside triphosphate (top) and the unhydroiyzabie (3-methyi-ene (center) and y-imino derivatives (bottom).

Synthetic analogs of purine and pyrimidine bases and their derivatives serve as anticancer dmgs either by inhibiting an enzyme of nucleotide biosynthesis or by being incorporated into DNA or RNA. 

Two types of addition to pyrimidine bases appear to exist. The first, the formation of pyrimidine photohydrates, has been the subject of a detailed review.251 Results suggest that two reactive species may be involved in the photohydration of 1,3-dimethyluracil.252 A recent example of this type of addition is to be found in 6-azacytosine (308) which forms a photohydration product (309) analogous to that found in cytosine.253 The second type of addition proceeds via radical intermediates and is illustrated by the addition of propan-2-ol to the trimethylcytosine 310 to give the alcohol 311 and the dihydro derivative 312.254 The same adduct is formed by a di-tert-butyl peroxide-initiated free radical reaction. Numerous other photoreactions involving the formation by hydrogen abstraction of hydroxyalkyl radicals and their subsequent addition to heterocycles have been reported. Systems studied include 3-aminopyrido[4,3-c]us-triazine,255 02,2 -anhydrouri-dine,256 and sym-triazolo[4,3-fe]pyridazine.257 The photoaddition of alcohols to purines is also a well-documented transformation. The stereospecific addition of methanol to the purine 313, for example, is an important step in the synthesis of coformycin.258 These reactions are frequently more... 

Acylation reactions can be done at the nucleophilic sites on pyrimidines using activated forms of carboxylic acids. Acylation of functional groups in nucleotides typically is used for protection during synthesis (Reese, 1973). However, for bioconjugate applications, the reactivity of native groups on pyrimidines is not as great as that obtained using an amine-terminal spacer derivative, such as those described in Chapter 27, Section 2.1. Yields and reaction rates are typically low for direct acylation or alkylation of pyrimidine bases, especially in aqueous environments. 

Halogenation of pyrimidine bases may be done with bromine or iodine. Bromination occurs at the C-5 of cytosine, yielding a reactive derivative, which can be used to couple diamine spacer molecules by nucleophilic substitution (Figure 1.48) (Traincard et al., 1983 Sakamoto et al., 1987 Keller et al., 1988). Other pyrimidine derivatives also are reactive to bromine compounds... 

The coordination properties of pyrimidine bases seem to be less versatile than those of purine derivatives. Various Pt(II) and Pt(IV) compounds, including cis- and rrans-DDP, preferentially bind to the N3 site in N1-substituted cytosine derivatives (Figure 7), as verified by a variety of methods [7]. Simultaneous binding to N3 and to the exocyclic amino group C(4)-NH2 upon loss of a proton has been observed in a bridged Pt(II) system and in a chelated Pt(IV) system [7]. With 1,3-di-methyluracil, Pt(II) coordination to the C5 atom has been ascertained by X-ray crystallography [22]. 

Reverse transcriptase inhibitors are of two types those that are derivatives of purine- and pyrimidine-based nucleosides and nucleotides (NtRTIs) and those that are not nucleoside or nucleotide based (NNRTIs). 

Those nucleosides found in the nucleic acids DNA and RNA involve the joining of ribose of deoxyribose to a purine or a pyrimidine base. One such nucleoside is adenosine, in which a nitrogen of adenine is linked to carbon 1 of the pentose, ribose. In this form it is a component of RNA but as a phosphory-lated derivative of adenosine (e.g. ATP), which is a high energy compound, it fulfils an important role in metabolism. The dinucleotides NAD and NADP are two cofactors necessary for many enzymic transformations and these also contain /V-glycosides of ribose phosphate. Other important nucleosides are found... 

The bases that occur in nucleic acids are aromatic heterocyclic compounds derived from either pyrimidine or purine. Five of these bases are the main components of nucleic acids in all living creatures. The purine bases adenine (abbreviation Ade, not A ) and guanine (Gua) and the pyrimidine base cytosine (Cyt) are present in both RNA and DNA. In contrast, uracil (Ura) is only found in RNA. In DNA, uracil is replaced by thymine (Thy), the 5-methyl derivative of uracil. 5-methylcyto-sine also occurs in small amounts in the DNA of the higher animals. A large number of other modified bases occur in tRNA (see p. 82) and in other types of RNA. 

HA was found to be mutagenic in bacteria, and it was reported that plant chromosomes break in the presence of HA, but it was found to be noncarcinogenic to mice. However, Gross did cite some A-hydroxy compounds (i.e. HA derivatives) as carcinogens . The mechanism of mutagenesis of HA was found to involve primarily interaction with the pyrimidine bases of the cytidine-guanosine pairs. 

Little such information is at hand to support proposed mechanisms for the photohydration and photodimerization of the pyrimidine bases and their derivatives discussed in this chapter, and much of what is known is confusing or self-contradictory. 

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