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A bacterial
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D-glucopyranosyl-1-phosphate thymi
dylyltransferase was foun
d to couple four hexofuranosyl-1-phosphates, as well as apentofuranosyl-1-phosphate, with
deoxythymi
dine 5'-triphosphate, provi
ding access to furanosyl nucleoti
des. The enzymatic reaction mixtureswere analyze
d by electrospray ionization mass spectrometry an
d NMR spectroscopy to
determine the anomeric stereochemistry of furanosylnucleoti
de pro
ducts. This is the first
demonstration of a nucleoti
dylyltransferase
discriminating between
diastereomeric mixtures of sugar-1-phosphates to pro
duce stereopure, biologically relevant furanosyl nucleoti
des.