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Vanadyl sulfate reacts with the peroxy acid oxidant KHSO5 to produce guanine-selective oxidation of a 167-bp restriction fragment of DNA. The oxidized lesions result in strand scission after hot piperidine treatment. Although several reactive intermediates are possible, quenching studies with ethanol and tert-butyl alcohol suggest that a monoperoxysulfate radical or a caged sulfate radical are the likely species responsible for oxidation of guanine. Several oxidants and various vanadium complexes (including insulin mimetic compounds) were studied with DNA for comparison. None of the other vanadium complexes showed modification of the double-stranded 167-bp fragment of DNA in the presence of KHSO5. The reactivity of VOSO4 may be due to its irreversible oxidation potential of 0.77 V (vs. Ag+/AgCl, pH 7.0, 10 mM phosphate), making it an appropriate catalyst for decomposition of monoperoxysulfate.
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Stemmler, A., Burrows, C. Guanine versus deoxyribose damage in DNA oxidation mediated by vanadium(IV) and vanadium(V) complexes. J. Biol. Inorg. Chem. 6, 100–106 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1007/s007750000174
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s007750000174