Design synthesis of a sequence-specific DNA cleaving molecule. (Distamycin-EDTA)iron(II)
Abstract
The sequence-dependent recognition of nucleic acids by proteins and small molecules is important in the regulation of many biological processes. A large class of these molecules are bifunctional in nature, combining a chemically reactive moiety with a DNA binding unit. One such molecule is the naturally occurring antitumor antibiotic bleomycin, which binds to and cleaves DNA sequence specifically in a reaction that depends on Fe(II) and oxygen. Recently we reported the synthesis of a DNA binding-DNA cleaving molecule, methidiumpropyl-EDTA (MPE). This bifunctional molecule has the DNA intercalator, methidium, tethered to a metal chelator, EDTA. MPE·Fe(II) cleaves double helical DNA in the presence of dithiothreitol (DTT) with efficiencies comparable to those of bleomycin·Fe(Il)/DTT. Unlike bleomycin·Fe(II), MPE·Fe(II) cleaves DNA non-sequence-specifically, consistent with solution studies demonstrating that the intercalator methidium has no overall base composition specificity.
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© 1982 American Chemical Society. Received August 16, 1982. We are grateful to the National Institutes of Health for grant support (GM-27681). Contribution No. 6678, Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125.Additional details
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