Abstract
The genetic activity of 2-amino-N6-hydroxyadenine or 2-amino-N-hydroxylaminopurine (AHA) and N6-hydroxyadenine or 6-N-hydroxylaminopurine (HAP) was studied in S. typhimurium, E. coli and Saccharomyces cerevisiae strains. AHA was a more potent mutagen for bacteria and a less potent mutagen for yeast than HAP. The mutagenic activity of analogs was not influenced by excision, mutagenic or double-strand DNA repair mutations. On the other hand, the uvrBdel mutation has a drastic effect on the mutagenicity and toxicity of both analogs in the Salmonella strains studied. HAP was a very potent mutagen in yeast with a low capability of inducing mitotic recombination contrary to common mutagens, possessed unique intergenic specificity and was able to induce mutations in diploids at rather high frequency.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 33-46 |
Number of pages | 14 |
Journal | Mutation Research/Environmental Mutagenesis and Related Subjects |
Volume | 253 |
Issue number | 1 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Aug 1991 |
Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- 2-Amino-N-hydroxylaminopurine
- Base-pair substitution mutations
- DNA repair
- Escherichia coli
- Gene conversion
- Mutagenesis in diploid cells
- N-Hydroxylaminopurine
- Saccharomyces cerevisiae
- Salmonella typhimurium
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Toxicology
- Genetics