mtDNA
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Although scientists have long known that mtDNA is easily damaged, the biological details were not fully understood.
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In experiments using cultured human cells, the team found that these GSH-DNA adducts build up in mtDNA at levels up to 80 times higher than in nuclear DNA.
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This large difference highlights how exposed mtDNA is to this form of injury.
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Linlin Zhao, the study's senior author and an associate professor of chemistry at UCR, noted that mtDNA represents only about 1-5% of a cell's total DNA.
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"When the engine's manual -- the mtDNA -- gets damaged, it's not always by a spelling mistake, a mutation," Chen said.
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