[Kinetics and equilibrium of reactions between nucleotides and methylol derivatives of beta-alanine]. / Issledovanie kinetiki i ravnovesiia reaktsii nukleotidov s metilol'nymi proizvodnymi beta-alanina.

The rate constants of forward and reverse reactions between methylol derivatives of beta-alanine and deoxycytidine 5'-phosphate, deoxyadenosine 5'phosphate and deoxyguanosine 5'phosphate and the equilibrium constants of these reactions were determined by the spectrophotometric method at 39,5 degrees C and pH 6,95. Besides, the equilibrium constant of the reaction between beta-alanine and formaldehyde was determined. Unlike deoxycytidine and deoxyadenosine 5'-phosphates, interaction of deoxyguanosine 5'phosphate with methylol derivatives is more complicated. A model proposed for the interaction of deoxyguanosine 5'phosphate with methylol derivatives explains the behavior of this nucleotide in the reaction. The kinetic and equilibrium constants of the interaction of methylol derivatives with nucleotides investigated exceed by two or three orders of magnitude the corresponding constants of the interaction of formaldehyde with these nucleotides.

[Use of the reaction product of beta-alanine and formaldehyde in the kinetic method of determining defects in secondary structure]. / Ispol'zovanie produkta vzaimodeistviia beta-alanina s formal'degidom v kineticheskom metode opredeleniia defektov vtorichnoi struktury DNK.

It is shown that the kinetics of DNA despiralization in the presence of beta-alanine--formaldehyde reaction product (beta-ALA-FORM) can be described in terms of theory of DNA despiralisation by "slowly reacting agents". Conditions are determined in which beta-ALA-FORM product can be used to establish the concentration of defects in DNA secondary structure. Possible advantages are discussed of using the new agent in the kinetic method of determining DNA defects as compared to formaldehyde, in particular in analysis of DNA complexes with proteins. The data obtained throw some light on the nature of the interaction between beta-alanine and formaldehyde in slightly acidic solutions and with the excess of aminoacid.