Abstract

The mediation of radiation-induced damage to dinucleoside monophosphate by oxygen and by glutathione was studied. The sequence isomers d(TpA) and d(ApT) were X-irradiated in aqueous solutions and the products isolated by reverse-phase high-performance liquid chromatography. The main products were characterized by proton NMR spectroscopy. In the presence of oxygen the principal products are the formamido derivative formed by breakdown of thymine and the aldehyde derivative formed at the 5' end of the dinucleoside monophosphate, both nucleoside monophosphates and free bases. In the presence of glutathione, the two stereoisomers of the 5,6-dihydrothymine derivatives are prominent. Radiation-induced damage to d(TpA) and d(ApT) in the solid state was also studied.

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