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A mechanism goes platinum: Hydrolytic deamination of cytosine is a major mutagenic event in DNA. Studies with a model system and DFT calculcations demonstrate that deamination is facilitated by coordination of the PtII center to the N3 atom (see scheme; C=cytosine, U=uracil).
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Šponer et al. (2004) studied this question.
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