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SUBMITTER: Dumont E
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4705671 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Dumont Elise E Grüber Raymond R Bignon Emmanuelle E Morell Christophe C Moreau Yohann Y Monari Antonio A Ravanat Jean-Luc JL
Nucleic acids research 20151209 1
The reaction of singlet molecular oxygen with purine DNA bases is investigated by computational means. We support the formation of a transient endoperoxide for guanine and by classical molecular dynamics simulations we demonstrate that the formation of this adduct does not affect the B-helicity. We thus identify the guanine endoperoxide as a key intermediate, confirming a low-temperature nuclear magnetic resonance proof of its existence, and we delineate its degradation pathway, tracing back the ...[more]