• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• 제27권7호
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• pp.1009-1014
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• 2006

Density functional theory calculations are applied to investigate the intramolecular proton transfer in the tautomers of thymine radical cation and its hydrated complexes with one water molecule. The optimized structures and energies for 6 tautomers and 6 transition states of thymine radical cation are calculated at the B3LYP/6-311++G(d,p) level. It is predicted that the order of relative stability for the keto and enol tautomers of thymine radical cation is the same with that of the neutral thymine tautomers, though the enol tautomers are more stabilized with respect to the di-keto form in the radical cation than in the neutral state. A new channel of proton transfer from >C5-$CH_{3}$ of thymine is found to open and have the lowest energy barrier of other proton transfer processes in thymine radical cation. The roles of hydration are also investigated with thymine-water 1 : 1 complex ions. The presence of water significantly lowers the barrier of the proton transfer, which clearly shows the assisting role of hydration even with one water molecule

• Journal of Radiation Protection and Research
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• 제45권1호
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• pp.11-15
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• 2020

Background: There have been various studies to investigate the mechanisms of DNA damage from low-energy electrons. To understand the mechanism of these strand breaks, it is necessary to investigate the dissociation mechanism of the DNA constituents, that is, bases, sugars, and phosphates. Materials and Methods: We studied the dissociation of thymine base upon interaction with low-energy electrons. For this experiment, thymine powder was pressed onto the indium base and irradiated by 5 eV electrons. Results and Discussion: Non-irradiated and irradiated thymine samples were compared and analyzed using the X-ray photoelectron spectroscopic technique to analyze the dissociation patterns of the molecular bonds after low-energy electron irradiation of thymine. Conclusion: With 5 eV electron irradiation, C-C and N-C = O bonds are the primary dissociations that occur in thymine molecules.

• Biomolecules & Therapeutics
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• 제2권1호
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• pp.28-33
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• 1994

In order to obtain insight into the repair mechanism of DNA containing thymine photo-dimer, the conformation of the duplex d(GCGGTTGGCG).d(CGCCAACCGC) with a thymine dimer incorporated has been studied by proton NMR. NOE data show that, although the local environment around the thymine dimer is altered, the gross structural changes are relatively small. T$_4$endonuclease V exhibited a conformational change on complex formation with DNA. This conformational change occurred around histidine 16 which was close to tyrosine 129 located in the aromatic segment (WYKYY) near the C-terminus. It is likely that the interaction between T$_4$endonuclease V and DNA is strong since the complex was not dissociated up to 1.6 M NaCl.

• 대한화학회지
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• 제39권5호
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• pp.338-343
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• 1995

피부에 대한 광증감 효과를 나타내는 소랄렌의 유도체중 8-azapsoralen and 4,4',5'-trimethyl-8-azapsoralen과 티민의 전자상태를 반경험적 분자궤도법으로 고찰하였다. 소랄렌 유도체와 티민 사이의 분자착물 형성에서 가능성 있는 배치를 결정하기 위하여 들뜬 상태의 azapsoralen과 바닥상태의 티민의 전하 이동량을 결정하고, 반응 위치인 3,4-탄소와 4'5'-탄소 이중결합과의 광부가 생성물의 입체구조는 trans-anti형의 Azaps(3,4)<>Thy(5,6) 결합과 4,4',5'-trimethyl-8-azapsoralen (3,4) < > Thymine(5,6) 결합을 형성한다는 사실을 알았다.

• 대한화학회지
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• 제38권1호
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• pp.8-12
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• 1994

소랄렌과 티민과의 구조-활성화에 대한 연구로써 소랄렌<>티민, 티민<>소랄렌<>티민의 들뜬 복합체의 모델화합물을 가정하고, 이들의 전자구조 및 전하이동량을 반경험적으로 분자궤도법으로 고찰하였다. 소랄렌의 광생성물에 대한 입체구조는 단일 부가생성물인 경우에는 trans-anti형의 소랄렌(3,4)<>티민(5,6)결합과 이중 부가생성물인 경우에는 cis-anti형태의 티민(5,6) <> (4',5')소랄렌(3,4) <>(5,6)티민의 결합이 유리하다는 사실을 알았다.

• 한국균학회지
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• 제22권4호
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• pp.366-377
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• 1994

Cycloheximide와 nalidixic acid를 각각 처리한 배지에 Aspergillus phoenicis, Rhizopus acidus, Candida albicans를 배양하는 동안에 이들 세포에서 항생물질이 DNA 합성에 어떠한 영향을 미치는 가를 대조구와 비교 분석하였다. Cycloheximide 처리구에서의 DNA 염기 함량은 A. phoenicis에서 대조구에 비해 adenine 20.4%, thymine 43.1%, cytosine 40.9%, guanine 35.3%가 감소되어 purine기, pyrimidine기가 각각 32.2%, 42.7% 억제 현상을 나타내었다. R. acidus에서는 adenine이 34.2%, thymine이 42.1%, cytosine은 38.0%, guanine은 18.1%가 감소됨으로 purine기와 pyrimidine기가 24.1%와 40.0%로 저해되었다. 그리고 C. albicans의 염기 조성은 adenine이 58.3%, thymine이 58.5%로 대조구에 비해 억제되었고 cytosine은 58.1%, guanine은 42.4%가 감소되어 purine기 46.8%, pyrimidine기 58.8%의 억제를 보여주었다. Nalidixic acid 처리구에서는 A. phoenicis에서 adenine 41.6%, thymine 47.1%, cytosine 59.3%, guanine 46.3%가 저해되어 purine기 45.6%, pyrimidine기 57.2%가 감소되었다. R. acidus에서의 염기함량은 adenine 59.1%, thymine 54.7%, cytosine 35.3%, guanine 37.4% 감소로 purine기 45.9%, pyrimidine기 44.9%가 대조구에 비해 억제 효과를 보여주었다. C. albicans에서는 adenine이 60.1%, thymine이 68.6%, cytosine이 60.7%, guanine이 40.0% 저해되어 purine기는 45.8%, pyrimidine기는 63.5% 감소현상을 보였다. 이들 3 균주의 DNA 생합성에서 purine기 보다는 pyrimidine기가 cycloheximide와 nalidixic acid에 의해 뚜렷한 저해 효과를 나타내는 것으로 조사되었다. 본 실험에서 cycloheximide보다는 nalidixic acid가 DNA 생합성에 현저한 억제작용을 하는 것으로 분석되었다.

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• 제4권2호
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• pp.95-99
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• 1983

Photoreaction of 8-methoxypsoralen (8-MOP) with thymine (${\ge}$ 300 nm) was carried out in the dioxane-water frozen state. One major and two minor monoaddition products between 8-MOP and thymine were isolated by various chromatographic methods. Major monoadduct was characterized to be a C4 cycloaddition product formed between 5,6-double bond of thymine and 3,4-double bond of 8-MOP with cis-anti stereochemistry. Two minor adducts were proved to be stereoisomers of this major adduct.

• 한국응용약물학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국응용약물학회 1994년도 춘계학술대회 and 제3회 신약개발 연구발표회
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• pp.336-336
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• 1994

In order to develope the in vitro short term screen-ing method for carcinogen, we studied a purification method for thymine glycol in oxidaized DNA. Thymine glycol (5,6-dihydroxy-5, 6-dihydrothymine) is the major stable radiolysis poduct in thymine by chemical oxidants and ionzing radiation and it is a useful biomarker among oxidized DNA adducts, related with carcinogenests. Standard thymine glycol was prepared by oxidation of 〔$^3$H〕 thymine with KMnO$_4$ followed by purification with HPLC-LSC system and it was assayed by TLC and gas chromatography-MSD. 〔$^3$H〕 DMA adducts was isolated from E. coli (wild type ) treated with oxidative agents such as benzo(a)pyrene, adriamycin, aflatoxin B$_1$ and KBrO$_3$. These oxidative agents generated free radicals in cells by oxidative metabolism. As a result, thymine glycol was produced in cultured E. coli by four chemicals. This result shows that this methodology should be useful tool in screening oxidative carcinogen.

• EDISON SW 활용 경진대회 논문집
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• 제4회(2015년)
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• pp.151-155
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• 2015

The molecular interactions between the nucleic acid bases and water molecules are important in organism. Despite Adenine-Thymine Hoogsteen base pair and Guanine-Cytosine Watson-Crick base pair have been demonstrated to be most stable in a gas phase, the effect of water on the stability of these base pairs remains elusive. Here we report the structural and thermodynamic characteristics on possible Adenine-Thymine and Guanine-Cytosine base pairs in a gas phase as well as in an aqueous phase by using quantum mechanical method and statistical mechanical calculations. First, we optimized the direct base-pair interaction energies of four Adenine-Thymine base pairs (Hoogsteen base pair, reverse Hoogsteen base pair, Watson-Crick base pair, and reverse Watson-Crick base pair) and three Guanine-Cytosine base pairs (GC1 base pair, GC2 base pair, and Watson Crick base pair) in a gas phase at the $B3LYP/6-31+G^{**}$ level. Then, the effect of solvent was quantified by the electronic reorganization energy and the solvation free energy by statistical mechanical calculations. Thereby, we discuss the effect of water on the stability of Adenine-Thymine and Guanine-Cytosine base pairs, and argue why Adenine-Thymine Watson-Crick base pair and Guanine-Cytosine Watson-Crick base pair are most stable in an aqueous environment.

• Archives of Pharmacal Research
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• 제20권3호
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• pp.259-263
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• 1997

In the preparation of acyclic thymidine nucleoside analogues, $K_2CO_3$(or NaH) treated thymine in DMSO was alkylated with .omega.-chloroalkyl nitrite (Cl-(CH_2)n-CN; n=1, 2, 3, 4) to provide an isomeric mixture of 1-(${\omega}$-cyanoalkyl)thymine (2a-d) and 1,3-bis(${\omega}$-cyanoalkyl)thymine in approximately 5:1 ratios. Reduction of the cyano function 2a-d with $NaBH_{4}/CoCl_{2}$ center dot$ 6H_{2}O$gave the corresponding 1-(${\omega}$aminoalkyl)thymine (3a-d). The newly formed primary amino function in 3a-d was directly reacted with 2-chloroethylisocyanate to afford the 1-[.omega.($N^{I}$-2-chloroethylureido) alkyl]thymine (4a-d) in good yields. Nitrosation of 1-[5-($ N^{I}-2$-chloroethylureido)pentyl] thymine (4d) with glacial acetic acid and dry $NaNO_{2}$-powder in anhydrous $CH_{2}Cl_{2}$gave two types of regioisomeric nitrosoureas, 1-[5-($N^{I}$--chloroethyl-$N^{I}$--nitrosoureido)pentylithymine (5d) and 1-[5-($N^{I}-2$-chloroethyl-N-nitrosoureido)pentyllthymine in approximately 5 :1 ratios. The in vitro cytotoxicity of the synthesized compounds (2a-d, 3a-d, 4a-d and 5a-d) against three cell lines (K-562, P-388 and FM-3A) are measured as $IC^{50}$ values. Compounds 3b and 4c showed moderate activities against all three cell lines, and all other compounds were found to be not active.