title: Stability of DNA duplexes containing hypoxanthine (inosine): gas versus solution phase and biological implications.
abstract: A series of 9-mer DNA duplexes of the sequence 5'-d(GGTTXTTGG)-3'/3'-d(CCAAYAACC)-5', where the central base X or Y = adenine (A), guanine (G), thymine (T), cytosine (C), and hypoxanthine (H), have been examined toward understanding the effect of hypoxanthine on DNA stability. Comparison of the duplex stability in the gas phase versus solution indicates that hypoxanthine has much less of a destabilizing effect in the gas phase versus in solution, relative to the normal complementary duplexes. The biological implications of these results, both in the context of hypoxanthine as a universal base and as a damaged base, are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick, New Jersey 08901, USA.
authors.forename: Xuejun
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Sun
authors.forename: Jeehiun K
authors.initials: JK
authors.lastname: Lee
mesh_terms: D002942:Circular Dichroism; D004247:DNA / Q000737:chemistry*; D005740:Gases; D019271:Hypoxanthine / Q000737:chemistry*; D007288:Inosine / Q000737:chemistry*; D015394:Molecular Structure; D044367:Phase Transition; D012996:Solutions
chemical_list: D005740:Gases; D012996:Solutions; D019271:Hypoxanthine; D007288:Inosine; D004247:DNA