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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
1992-3-24
pubmed:abstractText
Two-dimensional (2D) 1H-NMR spectroscopy has been used to analyze the structure of d(GCTTAAGC)2 and its interaction with berenil in solution. Nuclear Overhauser enhancement connectivities enabled sequential assignments of nearly all proton resonances in the self-complementary octamer duplex and demonstrated that the oligonucleotide is primarily in a B-type conformation. No major conformational changes were observed by the addition of berenil, but proton resonances of the two adenosine nucleotides shifted substantially. Intermolecular nuclear Overhauser effects between berenil and the DNA duplex revealed that the drug binds via the minor groove of d(GCTTAAGC)2 in the A.T-base-pair region. At 18 degrees C the twofold symmetry of the duplex is preserved on berenil binding. However, strongly shifted proton resonances broadened significantly. A model is proposed for the berenil-d(GCTTAAGC)2 complex involving fast exchange of berenil between two equivalent symmetry-related binding sites, which span the 5'-TAA-3' region and are asymmetrically disposed with respect to the dyad axis of the duplex. These results are compared with previous studies on the berenil-d(GCAATTGC)2 complex.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Feb
pubmed:issn
0014-2956
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
15
pubmed:volume
204
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
31-8
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1992
pubmed:articleTitle
H-NMR studies on d(GCTTAAGC)2 and its complex with berenil.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, University of California, San Francisco 94143-0446.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.