Tritium labelling of nucleic acids accompanied by conversion of cytosine to uracil.

AUTOR(ES)

Scheinker, V S

RESUMO

A new method of incorporation of tritium into nucleic acids with an accompanying conversion of cytosine to uracil is proposed. The method is based on the reaction of nucleic acids with bisulfite in the presence of 3H2O. Under certain conditions poly(C) is quantitatively converted to a radioactive poly(U), whereas similar bisulfite treatment of poly(U) does not result in any tritium incorporation. Specificity of the reaction is confirmed by the results of analysis of modified tRNA and rRNA. Incubation of tRNA with bisulfite and 3H2O does not lead to cleavage of the polynucleotide chain. Similar treatment of the denatured DNA results in tritium incorporation into DNA which is accompanied by a conversion of cytosine to uracil. There is virtually no reaction between native DNA and bisulfite. Only certain cytosone residues in yeast tRNAVal/2a interact with bisulfate providing that reaction is carried out under sufficiently mild conditions.

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