Abstract

Fapy•dG (N6-(2-deoxy-α,β-D-erythro-pentofuranosyl)-2,6-diamino-4-hydroxy-5-formamidopyrimidine) and 8-OxodGuo (8-oxo-7,8-dihydro-2′-deoxyguanosine) are major products of 2’-deoxyguanosine oxidation. Fapy•dG is unusual in that it exists as a dynamic mixture of anomers. Much less is known about the effects of Fapy•dG than 8-OxodGuo on transcriptional bypass. The data presented here indicate that T7 RNA polymerase (T7 RNAP) bypass of Fapy•dG is more complex than that of 8-OxodGuo. Primer dependent transcriptional bypass of Fapy•dG by T7 RNAP is hindered compared to dG. T7 RNAP incorporates cytidine opposite Fapy•dG in a miniscaffold at least 13-fold more rapidly than A, G or U. Fitting of reaction data indicate that Fapy•dG anomers are kinetically distinguishable. Extension of a nascent transcript past Fapy•dG is weakly dependent on the nucleotide opposite the lesion. The rate constants describing extension past fast or slow reacting base pairs vary less than 2-fold as a function of the nucleotide opposite the lesion. Promoter dependent T7 RNAP bypass of Fapy•dG and 8-OxodGuo was carried out side-by-side. 8-OxodGuo bypass results in >55% A opposite it. When the shuttle vector contains a Fapy•dG:dA base pair, as high as 20% point mutations and 9% single-nucleotide deletions are produced upon Fapy•dG bypass. Error-prone bypass of a Fapy•dG:dC base pair accounts for ∼9% of the transcripts. Transcriptional bypass mutation frequencies of Fapy•dG and 8-OxodGuo measured in RNA products are comparable to or greater than replication errors, suggesting that these lesions could contribute to mutations significantly through transcription.

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