6,7-Dimethyllumazine more selectively binds to adenine (A) base opposite the abasic site in DNA duplexes (5'-TCC AGX[combining low line] GCA AC-3'/3'-AGG TCN CGT TG-5', X = AP site (Spacer C3), N= A, T, C and G) than the other three nucleobases with a dissociation constant K(d) of ca. 1.0 microM; substituted methyl groups enhance the binding affinity to A and the selectivity for A over T, compared to the parent molecule, lumazine.
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Ye et al. (2008) studied this question.