There are five main types of endogenous DNA damage including oxidation of bases from reactive oxygen species, alkylation of bases such as methylation, and hydrolysis of bases through deamination, depurination, and depyrimidination. DNA can also be damaged through alkylation and oxidation by exogenous sources like radiation exposure. Various mutagens including base analogs, intercalating agents, and UV light-induced thymine dimers further contribute to DNA damage that must be repaired.
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1. Types of damage
There are five main types of damage to DNA due to endogenous cellular
processes:
oxidation of bases [e.g. 8-oxo-7,8-dihydroguanine (8-oxoG)] and generation of
DNA strand interruptions from reactive oxygen species,
alkylation of bases (usually methylation), such as formation of 7-
methylguanine, 1-methyladenine, 6-O-Methylguanine
hydrolysis of bases, such as deamination, depurination, and depyrimidination.
2. DNA UNDERGOES DAMAGE
SPONTANEOUSLY FROM
HYDROLYSIS(Ë®½â) AND
DEAMINATION(È¥°±»ù)
? This is ironic since the proper structure of the double helix depends on
an aqueous environment.
4. DNA IS DAMAGED BY
ALKYLATION, OXIDATION, AND
RADIATION
Often mispqir with thymine
G:C ¨CA:T
Reactive oxygen species
O2-, H2O2, OH?
G modification (alkylation & oxidation)
5. Thymine dimer by ultraviolet light
Incapable of base-pairing and cause the DNA
polymerse to stop during replication
6. Clastogenic ¨C ionizing radiation and agents like
bleomycin that cause DNA to break are said to be
clastogenic.