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DNA-protein cross-linking: Model systems for pyrimidine-aromatic amino acid cross-linking
Sun, Guangxing,Fecko, Christopher J.,Nicewonger, Robert B.,Webb, Watt W.,Begley, Tadhg P.
, p. 681 - 683 (2007/10/03)
We have synthesized simple model systems to explore the possibility of photo-cross-linking between the pyrimidine bases and the side chains of the aromatic amino acids. Thymine/phenylalanine and thymine/tyrosine models gave cross-links, and thymine/tryptophan models gave complex mixtures; the cytosine/phenylalanine model was unreactive. The quantum yields for the model cross-linking reactions were 18-46 times smaller than those for thymine dimer formation. Biphotonic excitation contributes little to the yield of these reactions.