| Literature DB >> 17165712 |
Robert F Anderson1, Sujata S Shinde, Andrej Maroz.
Abstract
The selenite radical, SeO3-, has been found to selectively produce the cytosyl radical upon one-electron oxidation of duplex DNA. This is at first a surprising result as SeO3- can only oxidize guanine of the DNA bases, implying that the transiently formed guanyl radical cation must transpose into the neutral cytosyl radical with loss of a proton. Back oxidation to produce the neutral guanyl radical, in competition with another fixation reaction, is observed.Entities:
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Year: 2006 PMID: 17165712 DOI: 10.1021/ja0658416
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Am Chem Soc ISSN: 0002-7863 Impact factor: 15.419