Biosynthesis of 5-(4'5'-dihydroxypentyl) uracil as a nucleoside triphosphate in bacteriophage SP15-infected Bacillus subtilis.
AUTOR(ES)
Walker, M S
RESUMO
The nucleoside triphosphate of 5-(4',5'-dihydroxypentyl)uracil (DHPU) was detected in the acid-soluble extract from bacteriophage SP15-infected Bacillus subtilis W23. No uracil was found in the DNA of either replicating or mature phage. Labeled thymidine added during phage DNA synthesis was incorporated into phage DNA. The presence of DHPU as a nucleoside triphosphate in the acid-soluble pool and the incorporation of thymidine into phage DNA suggest that both DHPU and thymine are incorporated into SP15 DNA via their nucleoside triphosphates. 5-Fluorodeoxyuridine inhibited biosynthesis of SP15 DNA, and this inhibition was reversed by thymidine, resulting in the synthesis of a DNA containing reduced amounts of fully modified DHPU. It is proposed that 5-fluorodeoxyuridine, or its metabolic product, inhibits a step in the biosynthetic pathway to the nucleoside triphosphate of DHPU.
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