NMR studies of a DNA containing 8-hydroxydeoxyguanosine. |
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Authors: | Y Oda S Uesugi M Ikehara S Nishimura Y Kawase H Ishikawa H Inoue and E Ohtsuka |
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Affiliation: | Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Osaka University, Japan. |
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Abstract: | The effects of hydroxylation at the C8 of a deoxyguanosine residue in DNA were studied by NMR analysis of a self-complementary dodecanucleotide, d(C1-G2-C3-oh8G4-A5-A6-T7-T8-C9-G10-C11-G12), which has an 8-hydroxy-2'-deoxyguanosine (oh8dG) residue at the 4th position. NMR data indicate that the 8-hydroxyguanine (oh8G) base takes a 6,8-diketo tautomeric form and is base-paired to C with Watson-Crick type hydrogen bonds in a B-form structure. The thermal stability of the duplex is reduced, but the overall structure is much the same as that of the unmodified d(CGCGAATTCGCG) duplex. The structural changes caused by 8-hydroxylation of the deoxyguanosine, if any, are localized near the modification site. |
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