Grzeskowiak Kazimierz
University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1570, USA.
Nucleic Acids Symp Ser (Oxf). 2007(51):273-4. doi: 10.1093/nass/nrm137.
We use CD spectra and x-ray crystal data to compare structures of d(CGCGCG)-BP, which is d(CGCGCG) modified on 2-amino group of guanine by (+)7R,8S-dihydroxy-9S,10R-expoxy-7,8,9,10-tetra hydroBenzo(a)Pyrene (7R-BPDE), with the d(TA)6 dodecamer which with increasing ionic strength of the buffer adopts CD spectrum similar to d(CGCGCG)-BP in 0.1M MgCl2 solution but opposite in sign. We indicates that DNA bases in both oligomers may be in a B-form however as a mirror image of stereo structure of right handed d(CGCGCG)-BP and left handed d(TA)6.