Wang Yong, Ritzo Brandon, Gu Li-Qun
Department of Biological Engineering, University of Missouri, 134 research park, Columbia, MO 65211, USA.
RSC Adv. 2015;5(4):2655-2658. doi: 10.1039/c4ra14490b. Epub 2014 Dec 4.
Silver(I) ions can stabilize cytosine-cytosine, cytosine (C)-methylcytosine (5mC) and cytosine-hydroxymethylcytosine (5hmC) mismatched-base pairs. While cytosine modifications regulate DNA stability to regulate cellular functions, silver ions can modulate the stability of C-C, C-5mC and C-5hmC containing DNA duplexes in a salt concentration dependent manner.
银离子可稳定胞嘧啶-胞嘧啶、胞嘧啶(C)-甲基胞嘧啶(5mC)和胞嘧啶-羟甲基胞嘧啶(5hmC)错配碱基对。虽然胞嘧啶修饰通过调节DNA稳定性来调控细胞功能,但银离子能够以盐浓度依赖的方式调节含C-C、C-5mC和C-5hmC的DNA双链体的稳定性。