OXYGEN EFFECT ON DEOXYRIBONUCLEIC ACID INACTIVATION BY HYDROXYLAMINES
OXYGEN EFFECT ON DEOXYRIBONUCLEIC ACID INACTIVATION BY HYDROXYLAMINES
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DOI:
10.1021/bi00887a023
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发表时间:
1965-01-01
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影响因子:
2.9
通讯作者:
FREESE, EB
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作者:
FREESE, E;FREESE, EB
Hydroxyl-amine (HA) and some of its derivatives containing free NOH groups exert on transforming deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) of Bacillus subtilis a predominantly mutagenic effect at high ([greater than or equ 1 [image]) and a predominantly inactivating effect at low (< 10-1 [image]) HA concentrations. The inactivating effect is indirectly caused by some product of the reaction between HA and O2 which apparently produces nitroxyl (HNO), hydrogen peroxide (H2O2), and several intermediate radicals. The formed peroxide is destroyed again by a further reaction with HA. Both the production of peroxide from HA and the inactivation of transforming DNA by HA are absent without oxygen and are inhibited by the addition of EDTA, pyro-phosphate, KCN, FeCl3, catalase, or peroxidase. The same agents also inhibit DNA inactivation by H2O2. The inactivating effect therefore seems to be caused by radicals formed during the production and destruction of peroxides by HA, and perhaps, in addition, by nitroxyl. The mutagenic effect does not depend on oxygen and is not inhibited by pyro- phosphate. It involves the direct reaction of HA groups with cytosine. These results explain earlier observations on the HA concentration dependence of inactivation and mutation and on the induction of chromosomal breaks.