Enzymes of the pyrimidine base catabolism, dihydrouracil dehydrogenase (EC 1.3.1.2), dihydropyrimidinase (EC 3.5.2.2), and beta-ureidopropionase (EC 3.5.1.6) were compared in the cytosolic extract of several normal and neoplastic human tissues. The activity was measured by following the catabolism of [6-14C]-uracil to dihydrouracil, carbamyl-beta-alanine, and beta-alanine. Substrate inhibition,...

Um novo ligante macrocíclico binucleador, N,N-bis(2,6-diiminometil-1hidroxifenil)malonoildicarboxamida, foi preparado. Seus complexos metálicos foram preparados pelo método da moldagem por metal, através das reações de 2,6-diformil-4-metilfenol, malonoil diidrazida com os cloretos metálicos de Cu(II), Ni(II), Co(II), Cd(II), Zn(II) e Hg(II), em methanol, que levaram à formação de uma série de c...

Target molecules based on Adamantane-pyrido[2,3-d]pyrimidine derivatives were prepared. series using N-(hydroxyadamantan-1-yl)-5-(2,4-substitutedphenyl)-2-Methyl-4-Oxo-7-(2-oxo-2H-Chromen-3-yl)pyrido[2,3-d]Pyrimidine-3(4H)carboxamide (6a-j) was synthesized by reaction between 3-(2-chloroacetyl)-5-(2,4-substitutedphenyl)-2-Methyl-7-(2-Oxo-2H-Chromen-3-yl) pyrido[2,3-d]pyrimidin-4(3H)-one (5a-j) ...

A fluorescent nucleobase analogue, 7-aminoquinazoline-2,4-(1H,3H)-dione, is incorporated into a DNA oligonucleotide and senses mismatched pairing by displaying G-specific fluorescence enhancement.

We report synthesis and crystallographic studies of a ferrocenyl conjugate of adenine, where the hydrogen bonding interactions promote and stabilize nucleobase homotetrad formation.

The fluoresceinated furanopyrimidin-2-one nucleobase incorporated into an oligonucleotide undergoes unexpectedly facile hydrolytic ring-opening in aqueous buffer at slightly elevated temperatures.

[reaction: see text]. A very simple methodology to stereoselectively achieve tricyclic isonucleosides (nucleobase = thymine, uracil, and 5-fluoruracil) and 3'-C-branched nucleosides (nucleobase = theophylline) was performed by means of a DBU-mediated addition process using a readily available 2-bromo sugar. The mechanism for these transformations implies the loss of both substituents at C-2 and...

Supramolecular patterns formed by adsorption from a liquid of nucleobase-terminated molecular rods on a graphite surface were investigated by scanning tunneling microscopy.