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JOURNAL OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY
Volume 69, Issue 21, Pages 6974-6978Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/jo0492158
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- NIGMS NIH HHS [GM-054996] Funding Source: Medline
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Nucleobase peroxyl radicals are the major reactive intermediates formed in DNA when the biopolymer is exposed to gamma-radiolysis under aerobic conditions. The major reaction pathways for the peroxyl radical (1) derived from 5,6-dihydro-2'-deoxyuridin-6-yl involve pi-bond addition to or hydrogen atom abstraction from the adjacent nucleotides to produce tandem lesions. The ability to independently generate 1 at a defined site in DNA enabled us to probe its reactivity by varying the local DNA structure. The effect of DNA structure variation reveals that 1 reacts from its syn- and anti-conformations in competition with trapping by thiol. These experiments also reveal that tandem lesions will be produced as a mixture of diastereomers, which could impact their biological effects.
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