Date of Graduation
Fall 2016
Degree
Master of Science in Chemistry
Department
Chemistry and Biochemistry
Committee Chair
Gary Meints
Abstract
Since the characterization of the oligomer d(CGCGAATTCGCG) has been published by Dickerson et al., computational studies have been carried out to produce an accurate 3D model. These models are important for visualizing how certain DNA repair enzymes, such as the glycosylases, recognize sites of damage by signatures of local 3D distortion. Using 1H NOESY-generated internuclear distances to replicate the model of this oligomer and a derivative with an 8-oxo-dA5 lesion, we propose characteristics of helical distortion that DNA glycosylases might use for identifying this form of damage. In addition, this method of comparison can be used to study the repair signatures of other known DNA lesions.
Keywords
oxo-A, NMR, NOESY, DNA, base-excision repair, Gaussian, density functional theory, 3D structure, Dickerson dodecamer
Subject Categories
Chemistry
Copyright
© Christopher Miles Reynolds
Recommended Citation
Reynolds, Christopher Miles, "Modeling The 3-Dimensional Structure Of D(Cgcgaattcgcg) And Its 8-Oxo-Da5 Adduct With 1H Nmr Noesy Refinements" (2016). MSU Graduate Theses. 3041.
https://bearworks.missouristate.edu/theses/3041
