Synthesis of 2,6-diazido-9-(beta-D-ribofuranosyl)purine 3',5'-bisphosphate: incorporation into transfer RNA and photochemical labeling of Escherichia coli ribosomes.

1994 
: 2,6-Diazido-9-(beta-D-ribofuranosyl)purine was prepared by the reaction of 2,6-dichloro-9-(beta-D-ribofuranosyl)purine with sodium azide. The nucleoside was bisphosphorylated with pyrophosphoryl chloride to form 2,6-diazido-9-(beta-D-ribofuranosyl)purine 3',5'-bisphosphate. This product was labeled with 32P using T4 polynucleotide kinase to exchange the 5' phosphate with the gamma phosphate of [gamma-32P]ATP. When yeast tRNA(Phe) containing 2,6-diazido-9-(beta-D-ribofuranosyl)purine at the 3' terminus was bound to the P site of the Escherichia coli ribosome in the presence of poly(U) and irradiated with 300-nm light, the photoreactive tRNA derivative became cross-linked exclusively to the 50S subunit. The label was attached to proteins L27 and L33 as well as to the 23S rRNA.
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