Chemical Probing of Thymine in the TGG/CGG Triad to Explore the Deamination of 5-Methylcytosine in the CGG Repeat

Biochemistry. 2020 Jul 28;59(29):2679-2683. doi: 10.1021/acs.biochem.0c00333. Epub 2020 Jul 9.

Abstract

The methylation of cytosine in the full mutation of the expanded CGG repeat and subsequent deamination to thymine could be a measure of repeat instability. We report the synthesis of NCD-Bpy, which binds to the TGG/CGG site in the repeat hairpin. NCD-Bpy forces the thymine in the TGG/CGG site to flip out from the π-stack, recruits osmium tetroxide in the vicinity of the flipped-out T, and oxidizes the T. The piperidine-induced cleavage band successfully determined the position of the T in the expanded CGG repeat.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • 2,2'-Dipyridyl / chemical synthesis
  • 2,2'-Dipyridyl / chemistry*
  • 5-Methylcytosine / analysis*
  • Deamination
  • Methylation
  • Naphthyridines / chemical synthesis
  • Naphthyridines / chemistry*
  • Thymine / analysis*
  • Trinucleotide Repeat Expansion
  • Trinucleotide Repeats*

Substances

  • Naphthyridines
  • 2,2'-Dipyridyl
  • 5-Methylcytosine
  • Thymine