title: Permanganate oxidation of nucleic acid components: a reinvestigation.
abstract: KMnO4 consumption in solution by nucleoside added at an excess was measured to explore any possible oxidative interactions between these molecules. Thymidine, 5-methyldeoxycytidine and deoxycytidine rapidly decomposed KMnO4 with the pseudo-first-order kinetics (thymidine greater than 5-methyl-deoxycytidine greater than deoxycytidine), while deoxyguanosine showed only a very slow consumption and deoxyadenosine did not decompose KMnO4 at all under the conditions employed (0.16 mM KMnO4, 0.80 mM nucleoside, at 27 degrees C and pH 4.3, 7.4 and 8.6, up to 60 min). UV absorption spectra of KMnO4-treated nucleosides also indicated modification of the pyrimidine nucleosides but not of the purine nucleosides. These results are consistent with the original report of Hayatsu and Ukita published in 1967 on the KMnO4 oxidation of nucleosides, and provide difficulty in understanding the mechanism of recently reported formation of 8-hydroxypurines on treatment of DNA with KMnO4.
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama University, Japan.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Hayatsu
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Atsumi
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Nawamura
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kanamitsu
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Negishi
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Maeda
mesh_terms: D008345:Manganese / Q000737:chemistry*; D017895:Manganese Compounds; D009696:Nucleic Acids / Q000737:chemistry*; D010084:Oxidation-Reduction; D010087:Oxides / Q000737:chemistry*; D013056:Spectrophotometry, Ultraviolet
chemical_list: D017895:Manganese Compounds; D009696:Nucleic Acids; D010087:Oxides; C048856:permanganic acid; D008345:Manganese