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. 1987 Feb 11;15(3):1199–1216. doi: 10.1093/nar/15.3.1199

The isolation and characterisation of a new type of dimeric adenine photoproduct in UV-irradiated deoxyadenylates.

S Kumar, N D Sharma, R J Davies, D W Phillipson, J A McCloskey
PMCID: PMC340518  PMID: 3822822

Abstract

A new type of dimeric adenine photoproduct has been isolated from d(ApA) irradiated at 254 nm in neutral aqueous solution. It is formed in comparable amounts to another, quite distinct, adenine photoproduct first described by Pörschke (J. Am. Chem. Soc. (1973), 95, 8440-8446). Results from high resolution mass spectrometry and 1H NMR indicate that the new photoproduct comprises a mixture of two stereoisomers whose formation involves covalent coupling of the adenine bases in d(ApA) and concomitant incorporation of the elements of one molecule of water. The photoproduct is degraded specifically by acid to 4,6-diamino-5-guanidinopyrimidine (DGPY) whose identity has been confirmed by independent chemical synthesis. Formation of the new photoproduct in UV-irradiated d(pA)2 and poly(dA), but not poly(rA), has been demonstrated by assaying their acid hydrolysates for the presence of DGPY. The properties of the photoproduct are consistent with it being generated by the hydrolytic fission of an azetidine photoadduct in which the N(7) and C(8) atoms of the 5'-adenine in d(ApA) are linked respectively to the C(6) and C(5) positions of the 3'-adenine.

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