Investigation of a chemical model for the methylation of deoxyuridine monophosphate by thymidylate synthetase
Abstract
The compound (4a; R2= H), long regarded as a putative intermediate in a chemical model for thymine biosynthesis, has been reformulated as the bis-adduct (4b; R2= H); a chemical model for the action of thymidylate synthetase has been achieved and the result is discussed.