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2'-Deoxy-2'-fluorouridine-5'-phosphate: an alternative substrate for thymidylate synthetase from Escherichia coli K12.

The substrate specificity of 2'-deoxy-2'-substituted uridines and their 5'-phosphates towards thymidylate synthetase from Escherichia coli K12 was investigated. Besides the natural substrate 2'-deoxyuridine-5'-phosphate (dUMP), only 2'-deoxy-2'-fluorouridine-5'-phosphate (dUflMP) was a substrate. The KM of dUflMP is 11 times higher than that of dUMP, while the Vmax values are virtually the same. It is concluded that the size of the 2'-substituent and not its polarity (and the concomitant conformational change) determines substrate specificity of thymidylate synthetase.[1]

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  1. 2'-Deoxy-2'-fluorouridine-5'-phosphate: an alternative substrate for thymidylate synthetase from Escherichia coli K12. Wohlrab, F., Haertlé, T., Trichtinger, T., Guschlbauer, W. Nucleic Acids Res. (1978) [Pubmed]
 
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