Supplementary Information for: A Transition State Analog for an RNA-editing Reaction Brittany L. Haudenschild, Olena Maydanovych, Eduardo A. Veliz, Mark R. Macbeth, Brenda L. Bass and Peter A. Beal* Department of Chemistry, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah 84112 S1 Figure S1. 1 H-NMR for 2',3',5'-tri-O-acetyl 6-bromo-8azanebularine (2). Figure S2. 13 C-NMR for 2',3',5'-tri-O-acetyl 6-bromo-8azanebularine (2). Figure S3. 1 H-NMR for 5'-O-(4,4'-dimethoxyt rityl)-8-azanebularine (5). S2 Figure S4. 13 C-NMR for 5'-O-(4,4'-dimethoxytrityl)-8-azanebularine (5). Figure S5. 1 H-NMR for 5'-O-(4,4'-dimethoxytrityl)-2'-O-(t-butyldimethylsilyl)-8azanebularine (6). Figure S6. 13 C-NMR for 5'-O-(4,4'-dimethoxytrityl)-2'-O-(t-butyldimethylsilyl)-8azanebularine (6). S3 31 Figure S7. P-NMR for 5'-O-(4,4'-dimethoxytrityl)-3'-O-[(2-cyanoethoxy)(N,Ndiisopropylamino)phosphino]-2'-O-(t-butyldimethylsilyl)-8azanebularine (7). 928.30 5'-A8azaNG-3' Figure S8. MALDI mass spectrometry analysis of the 5'-A8azaNG-3', after deprotection with Et3 N•3HF giving the predicted mass of the intact trimer. (Positive ion mode.) S4 917.14 5'-AXG-3' Figure S9. MALDI mass spectrometry analysis of the 5'-A8azaNG-3', after deprotection with TBAF/THF, 5'-AXG-3', where X is proposed to be a 5-amino-1,2,3-triazole-4carbaldehyde ribosyl residue. (Negative ion mode.) A B ß complex ß complex ß free RNA ß free RNA Figure S10. (A) Quantitative gel mobility shift analysis of R-D binding to RNA containing 8-azanebularine at the R/G site. (Top) Storage phosphor autoradiogram of native polyacrylamide gel separating free from bound RNA. (Bottom) Plot of fraction bound versus concentration of R-D. Data were fit to the equation: fraction bound=A*[protein]/([protein] + KD) where KD is the fitted dissociation constant and A is the fitted maximum fraction RNA bound at that dissociation constant. (B) Analysis of RD binding to RNA containing 8-azanebularine at the A24 site. S5 A B ß complex ß complex ß free RNA ß free RNA Figure S11. (A) Analysis of ADAR2 full binding to RNA containing 8-azanebularine at the R/G site. (B) Analysis of ADAR2 full binding to RNA containing 8-azanebularine at the A24 site. ß complex ß free RNA Figure S12. Analysis of R-DE396A binding to RNA containing 8-azanebularine at the R/G site. S6