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Nucleic Acids Research, 2002, Vol. 30, No. 3 830-837
© 2002 Oxford University Press

Long-range oxidative damage in duplex DNA: the effect of bulged G in a G–C tract and tandem G/A mispairs

Edna Boone and Gary B. Schuster*

School of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA 30332, USA

Two series of duplex DNA oligomers were prepared having an anthraquinone derivative (AQ) covalently linked at a 5'-terminus. Irradiation of the AQ at 350 nm leads to injection of an electron hole (radical cation) into the DNA. The radical cation migrates through the DNA causing reaction primarily at Gn sequences. In one series, GA tandem mispairs are inserted between GG steps to assess the effect of the mispair on the transport of the radical cation, reaction (damage) caused by the radical cation at the mispair, and repair of the resulting damage by formamidopyrimidine DNA glycosylase (Fpg). In the second series, a bulged guanine in a G3C2 sequence is interposed between the GG steps. These experiments reveal that neither G/A tandem mispairs nor bulged guanines are significant barriers to long-range charge migration in DNA. The radical cation does not cause reaction at guanines in the G/A tandem mispair. Reaction does occur at the bulged guanine, but it is repaired by Fpg.

* To whom correspondence should be addressed. Tel: +1 404 894 3300; Fax: +1 404 894 7466; Email: gary.schuster{at}cos.gatech.edu


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