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Date of Award
2020
Document Type
Restricted Thesis: Campus only access
Degree Name
Bachelor of Science
Department
Chemistry
First Advisor
Dr. Michelle Hamm
Abstract
Reactive oxygen species (ROS) can react with 2’-deoxyguanosine (dG) to create the promutagenic lesion 8-oxo-2’-deoxyguanosine (OdG). Changes in the sterics and electronics in the base of OdG, as compared to dG, allow it to base pair with both 2’-deoxycytidine (dC) and 2’-deoxyadenosine (dA). The latter pairing can lead to transversion mutations, which have been linked to aging, and diseases such as cancer, arthritis, and lupus. The potential for OdG to pair with dA during replication was previously investigated for the A-family polymerase, Klen-Taq (KT), which is a form of pol I from Thermus aquaticus. This study investigated the incorporation of dATP and dCTP across from dG, OdG, and seven of their analogues that differed in substituent size and hydrogen-bonding ability, and revealed that KT does not exhibit typical incorporation patterns opposite two sulfur-based analogues: 8-thio-2’-deoxyguanosine (SdG) and 8-thio-2’-deoxyinosine (SdI).
Recommended Citation
Brown, Claire, "Studies into the importance of Arg675 toward the mutagenic potential of 8-oxo-2’-deoxyguanosine with Klen-Taq polymerase" (2020). Honors Theses. 1466.
https://scholarship.richmond.edu/honors-theses/1466