The nucleoside 4-thiouridine, present in some bacterial tRNA species, is known to be a chromophore and a target for near-UV light-induced growth delay and also mediates both photoprotection and near-UV cell killing in various bacterial strains. To investigate the photoreaction of 4-thiouridine with DNA or its precursors, we irradiated aqueous mixtures of thymine and 4-thiouridine with 334 nm light and then separated photoproducts using two or more stages of reversed-phase high performance liquid chromatography. The two equally abundant major photoproducts were analyzed by UV absorbance spectrophotometry, fast-atom bombardment and electron-impact mass spectrometry, and 1H- and 13C-NMR spectroscopy, and have been identified as two diastereomers of 6-hydroxy-5-[1-(beta-D-erythro-pentofuranosyl)-4'-pyrimidin-2'- one]dihydrothymine (O6hThy[5-4]Pdo), of molecular weight = 370.32. These two diastereomers, although stable at room temperature or below, are interconvertible by heating (90 degrees C for 5 min) in aqueous solution. The possible biological significance of this photoproduct is discussed, and an application as a crosslinker for oligonucleotides to selectively block replication is suggested.
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