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Electrophilic oxidants are known to create the modified base named 7,8-dihydro-8-oxoguanine (oxoG) in DNA. Whereas guanine base-pairs with cytosine, oxoG base-pairs with either cytosine or adenine.
(a) What are the sources of reactive oxidants within cells that cause this type of base alteration?
(b) Drawing on your knowledge of
(c) Assume that an unrepaired oxoG lesion is present in the helix of DNA opposite cytosine. Predict the type of mutation that will occur following several rounds of replication.
(d) Which DNA repair mechanisms might work to counteract an oxoG lesion? Which of these is likely to be most effective?
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