Table 2.

Kinetic parameters for the deamination of 5-methylcytosine and 5-methylcytosine glycol at 37°C

	mdCg in nucleosidesa		Duplex DNA		mC in Duplex DNAb
	(5S,6S)	(5R,6R)	(5S,6S)	(5R,6R)
t1/2 (h)	17.1 ± 0.1	22.4 ± 0.3	37.4 ± 1.6	27.4 ± 1.0	3.3 × 108
k (h–1)	(406 ± 2) × 10–4	(309 ± 4) × 10–4	(186 ± 8) × 10–4	(253 ± 10) × 10–4	2.1 × 10–9

^aData from ref. (5).

^bData from ref. (28).