Fluorescent molecular rotors detect O6-methylguanine dynamics and repair in duplex DNA
Literature Information
Alkylation at the O6 position of guanine is a common and highly mutagenic form of DNA damage. Direct repair of O6-alkylguanines by the “suicide” enzyme O6-methylguanine DNA methyltransferase (MGMT, AGT, AGAT) maintains genome stability and inhibits carcinogenesis. In this study, a fluorescent analogue of thymidine containing trans-stilbene (tsT) is quenched by O6-methylguanine residues in the opposite strand of DNA by molecular dynamics that propagate through the duplex with as much as ∼9 Å of separation. Increased fluorescence of tsT or the cytosine analogue tsC resulting from MGMT-mediated DNA repair were distinguishable from non-covalent DNA–protein binding following protease digest. To our knowledge, this is the first study utilizing molecular rotor base analogues to detect DNA damage and repair activities in duplex DNA.
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