Ackermann-Schmidt B, Süssmuth R, Lingens F. The reaction of the mutagen 1,1'-hexamethylene-bis-[(5-p-chlorophenyl)-biguanide] with guanosine and cysteine.
BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA 1982;
699:149-54. [PMID:
6758851 DOI:
10.1016/0167-4781(82)90148-8]
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Abstract
The mutagen 1,1'-hexamethylene-bis[(5-p-chlorophenyl)-biguanide] reacts at 37 degrees C with guanosine and guanine to yield xanthosine or xanthine and oxidizes cysteine to cystine. After treatment of a guanosine-labelled DNA sample from Escherichia coli with the mutagen xanthine could be detected as a reaction product. At a slow rate the mutagen is hydrolysed spontaneously yielding urea, 1.6-hexanediol and 4-chloroaniline. The reaction mechanisms both of the hydrolysis and of the reaction with cysteine and guanosine are discussed.
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