Mutation Point Mutations Spontaneous Induced Depurination Deamination Oxidatitive damage Replication errors Trinucleotide repeat expansion and human disease Induced Base analogs Base modifiers Base damagers (DNA damage) Ames Test for Mutagens (because some mutagens = carcinogens)
Spontaneous Mutations: Depurination
Depurination: Mutagenesis by SOS-mediated repair
Spontaneous Deamination: Cytosine to Thymine 5 methyl C’s Are hot spots For mutations
Spontaneous Mutations: Oxidative damage G-C to T-A transversions
Spontaneous Replication Errors: Amino to Imino Cytosine G-C to A-T and A-T to G-C transitions
Spontaneous Replication Errors: Keto to Enol Thymine A-T to G-C and G-C to A-T transitions
Spontaneous Replication Errors: Amino to Imino Adenine A-T to G-C and G-C to A-T transitions
Spontaneous Replication Errors: Keto to Enol Guanine G-C to A-T and A-T to G-C transitions
Spontaneous INDEL Mutations: insertion or deletion of one to a few bps Slippage and mispairing in repeat-rich sequences “hot spots” for indel mutations
Trinucleotide Repeat Expansions: Fragile-X syndrome
Induced Mutations: Base Analogs: 5 BU (5BrdU)
Induced Mutations: Base Analogs: 2-AP (2 aminopurine)
Induced Mutations: Base Modifiers: EMS and NG (ethylmethansulfonate and nitrosoquanidine)
Induced Mutations: Intercalating Drugs (intercalating dyes)
Induced Mutations: UV Light
Experimental Test for Mutagens: the Ames Test
Induced Mutations: AFB1 and G-C to T-A transversions
Example Results of the Ames Test TA100: requires a missense TA1538: requires a frame shift
Summary of Spontaneous and Induced Mutations Imino C pairs with A: G-C to A-T transition A-T to G-C Enol T pairs with G: A-T to G-C G-C to A-T Imino A pairs with C: A-T to G-C Enol G pairs with T: G-C to A-T Ionized 5 BU pairs with G: A-T to G-C Protonated 2-AP pairs with C: A-T to G-C 0-6 ethyl guanine pairs with T G-C to A-T Aflatoxin-mediated depurination of G: G-C to T-A transversion