Aromatic layered guanidines bind sequence-specifically to DNA minor groove with precise fit

Ryuuta Fukutomi, Aya Tanatani, Hiroki Kakuta, Nobuo Tomioka, Akiko Itai, Yuichi Hashimoto, Koichi Shudo, Hiroyuki Kagechika

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Abstract

Tetraguanidines (1 and 2) with an aromatic multilayered structure exhibit potent binding to a specific site of DNAS with binding constants of the order of 107 M-1 as deduced from Scatchard analysis of ultrafiltration data and simulation of CD titration curves. NMR spectra of the complexes indicated that 1 and 2 bind DNAs sequence-specifically at the minor groove, as predicted by computational docking studies.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)6475-6478
Number of pages4
JournalTetrahedron Letters
Volume39
Issue number36
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Sept 1998
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Guanidines
  • Molecular recognition
  • NMR
  • Nucleic acids

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Biochemistry
  • Drug Discovery
  • Organic Chemistry

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