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PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY CHEMICAL PHYSICS
Volume 11, Issue 14, Pages 2379-2386Publisher
ROYAL SOC CHEMISTRY
DOI: 10.1039/b818669c
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- Swedish Research Council
- Science and Technology Faculty of Orebro university
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A five-step mechanism is proposed for the NO center dot-induced deamination of cytosine. It has been investigated using DFT calculations, including both explicit water molecules and a bulk solvent model to mimic an aqueous environment. According to this mechanism, cytosine first undergoes tautomerization with the assistance of a water molecule from the bulk. A NO+ cation produced by the autooxidation of NO center dot is subsequently added to the exocyclic imino group of the cytosine imine tautomer. The resulting adduct is able to undergo a tautomerization step with the participation of a water molecule to produce a cytosine in which a -N2OH group is attached to carbon C4. Protonation of the oxygen of the latter gives a water molecule which dissociates instantaneously, leading to a pyrimidinic diazonium cation. This constitutes the rate-determining step of the mechanism with an activation free energy of 92.6 kJ mol(-1). The last step, which is highly exergonic, represents the driving force of the reaction. It is the substitution of the -N-2(+) terminal group by a water molecule which simultaneously allows the transfer of one of the two hydrogens to the bulk. Thus, the two products of the reaction consist of a nitrogen molecule and the enol tautomer of uracil in equilibrium with the keto form.
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