BINDING OF 4',6-DIAMIDINO-2-PHENYLINDOLE TO POLY(DI-DC) 2 AND POLY(DG-DC) 2 - THE EXOCYCLIC AMINO GROUP OF GUANINE PREVENTS MINOR-GROOVE BINDING
Artikel i vetenskaplig tidskrift, 1993

Complexes of 4',6-diamidino-2-phenylindole (DAPI) with [poly(dG-dC)]2 and [poly(dI-dC)]2 were studied by optical spectroscopic techniques including linear dichroism (LD), circular dichroism (CD), and fluorescence measurements. The aim was to investigate the importance of the exocyclic amino group of guanine that protrudes into the minor groove of [poly(dG-dC)]2 but is absent in [poly(dI-dC)]2. When bound to [poly(dG-dC)]2, DAPI exhibits a negative, and strongly wavelength-dependent, reduced linear dichroism (LDr) in the DAPI absorption region, a weak positive CD, and a fluorescence behavior that is similar to that of free DAPI with accessibility to quenching by the aqueous solvent. These spectroscopic properties have been interpreted in terms of a major-groove binding geometry by Kim et al. (Kim, S. K.; Eriksson, S.; Kubista, M.; Norden, B. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1993,115,3441-3447). By contrast, when bound to [poly(dI-dC)]2, DAPI exhibits a strong positive CD in the 300-420-nm region, a positive (wavelength-independent) LD(r), a strong increase of the fluorescence intensity, and shielding to added quencher. These spectroscopic properties closely resemble those of the DAPI-[poly(dA-dT)]2 complex, in which DAPI is situated deep in the minor groove of the polynucleotide. We conclude that the major groove binding geometry of DAPI when complexed with [poly(dG-dC)]2 is a result of a decreased affinity to the minor groove of [poly(dG-dC)]2 due to steric hindrance and decreased electronegative attraction caused by the amino group of guanine.

fluorescence

dapi

nucleic-acids

complexes

spectroscopy

sites

linear dichroism

polynucleotides

dna

Författare

Ulrika Sehlstedt

Institutionen för fysikalisk kemi

Seog K. Kim

Bengt Nordén

Institutionen för fysikalisk kemi

Journal of the American Chemical Society

0002-7863 (ISSN) 1520-5126 (eISSN)

Vol. 115 26 12258-12263

Ämneskategorier

Kemi

DOI

10.1021/ja00079a004

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