title: Flavin-sensitized photochemically induced dynamic nuclear polarization detection of pyrimidine dimer radicals.
abstract: A photochemically induced dynamic nuclear polarization (photo-CIDNP) study of carboxymethyllumiflavin-sensitized splitting of pyrimidine dimers has been carried out. In aqueous solution at high pH, an emission signal (delta 3.9 ppm) was observed from the dimer C(6)- and C(6')-protons of an N(1), N(1')-trimethylene-bridged thymine dimer (1). The dimer photo-CIDNP signal was seen only above pD 11.6 and was most intense at pD 12.9. Also observed were weak enhanced absorption signals from the product of splitting, trimethylenebis(thymine) (delta 1.7 and 7.2 ppm). In contrast, cis, syn-thymine dimer (3) gave no photo-CIDNP signals from the dimer. An enhanced absorption at 1.8 ppm, however, due to the product of splitting (thymine) was observed. It was found that dimer 1 and, to a lesser extent, dimer 3 quenched flavin fluorescence. An N(3),N(3')-dimethylated derivative of 1, however, failed to quench flavin fluorescence. Comparison of the pD profile of the dimer photo-CIDNP signal to the pKa values for thymidine dimer suggested that principally the dideprotonated dimer undergoes electron abstraction by the excited flavin.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Arizona State University, Tempe 85287-1604.
authors.forename: R F
authors.initials: RF
authors.lastname: Hartman
authors.forename: S D
authors.initials: SD
authors.lastname: Rose
authors.forename: P J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Pouwels
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Kaptein
mesh_terms: D005415:Flavins; D005609:Free Radicals; D015394:Molecular Structure; D010782:Photolysis; D011740:Pyrimidine Dimers / Q000032:analysis*; D013050:Spectrometry, Fluorescence
chemical_list: D005415:Flavins; D005609:Free Radicals; D011740:Pyrimidine Dimers