A theoretical study of the cis-syn pyrimidine dimers in the gas phase and water cluster and a tautomer-bypass mechanism for the origin of UV-induced mutations.

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A quantum mechanical study of all cis-syn cyclobutane pyrimidine photodimers including the normal and rare tautomeric forms of bases has been performed using the ab initio method at HF/6-31G(d.p), MP2(fc)//HF/6-31G(d,p) and MP2(fc)/6-31G(d,p) levels. A puckering angle of the cyclobutyl ring and twist angle of pyrimidine rings with respect to each other is well described by these calculations. It is predicted that...

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