Binding of a desmetallo-porphyrin conjugate of Hoechst 33258 to DNA. III. Strong binding to single-strand oligonucleotides

E. V. Bichenkova, S. Frau, O. S. Fedorova, K. T. Douglas

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    Abstract

    The binding of the conjugate of Hoechst 33258 with 5,10,15,20-tetrakis (1-methyl-4-pyridyl)-21H.23H-porphyrin (PORHOE) to single-strand DNA has been detected by UV-vis spectrophotometry and 1H-NMR. The red-shift of porphyrin Soret band with strong hypochromicity indicates that the porphyrin moiety dominates in the interaction of the PORHOE with ssDNA. The affinity constants of PORHOE for d(GCATACAATTCG) or d(CGAATTGTATGC) were determined to be >105 M-1, with strong cooperativity.
    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)157-168
    Number of pages11
    JournalNucleosides, Nucleotides and Nucleic Acids
    Volume20
    Issue number1-2
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2001

    Keywords

    • Binding constant
    • Ligand
    • NMR
    • Single strand DNA

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