Cytosine glycol

Cytosine glycols are intermediate unstable products of cytosine oxidation. These, in turn, are thought to undergo deamination to uracil glycols, dehydration to 5-hydroxycytosine, or both deamination and dehydration to 5-hydroxyuracil. The lifetime of cytosine glycols are enhanced in double-stranded DNA compared to the free nucleoside.

Cytosine glycol

Cytosine glycols are intermediate unstable products of cytosine oxidation. These, in turn, are thought to undergo deamination to uracil glycols, dehydration to 5-hydroxycytosine, or both deamination and dehydration to 5-hydroxyuracil. The lifetime of cytosine glycols are enhanced in double-stranded DNA compared to the free nucleoside.