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Base sequence effects in radical cation migration in duplex DNA: support for the polaron-like hopping model
Chu-Sheng Liu1, Gary B Schuster
1School of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta 30332, USA.
Abstract:
A series of anthraquinone-linked (AQ) duplex DNA oligomers were prepared and investigated. Irradiation of the AQ injects a radical cation into the DNA. The radical cation migrates through the DNA and reacts selectively at GG steps, which leads to strand cleavage after treatment with piperidine. The oligomers investigated in this work were selected to assess the effect on long-distance charge transport of placing a T base (or bases) in a strand of repeating purine bases. With notable exceptions, the amount of strand scission decreases with the distance between the AQ and the GG step. The results are consistent only with models for long-distance transport, such as thermally activated polaron-like hopping, that incorporate radical cation delocalization over two or more adjacent bases.
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