INTERACTION OF MITHRAMYCIN WITH DNA - EVIDENCE THAT MITHRAMYCIN BINDS TO DNA AS A DIMER IN A RIGHT-HANDED SCREW CONFORMATION
INTERACTION OF MITHRAMYCIN WITH DNA - EVIDENCE THAT MITHRAMYCIN BINDS TO DNA AS A DIMER IN A RIGHT-HANDED SCREW CONFORMATION
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DOI:
10.1111/j.1432-1033.1991.tb16020.x
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发表时间:
1991-06-01
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GARNIERSUILLEROT, A
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DEMICHELI, C;ALBERTINI, JP;GARNIERSUILLEROT, A
The CD and fluorescence properties of mithramycin have been used to follow its complexation to cations such as Mg2+ and Zn2+ and the binding of these complexes to DNA. At low concentration (< 2-mu-M) in aqueous solution, mithramycin is always in the dimeric state, the conformation of the dimer being either a right-handed screw when the dimer is neutral, or a left-handed screw when the dimer is negatively charged. In the deprotonated state the dimer can bind one cation forming a complex [M2+ (Mit-)2] which has a right-handed screw conformation. The stability constants of the complex at 37-degrees-C in 0.1 M KCl are 4 x 10(5) and 1 x 10(6) for Mg2+ and Zn2+, respectively. The complex in the right-handed screw conformation binds DNA. In this case the stability constants of the complex [M2+ (Mit-)2[ increase and are 3.6 x 10(6) and 1.2 x 10(7) for Mg2+ and Zn2+, respectively.