DNA double helix destabilizing properties of cyclobisintercaland compounds and competition with a single strand binding protein. 2000

M P Teulade-Fichou, and M Fauquet, and O Baudoin, and J P Vigneron, and J M Lehn
Laboratoire de Chimie des Iteractions Molécullaires, CNRS UPR 285, Collège de France, Paris.

The DNA helix destabilizing activity of a series of cyclobisintercaland compounds (CBIs) has been evaluated by measuring their ability to displace a 32P-labelled oligonucleotide primer (17-mer) hybridized to the single stranded DNA of M13. This destabilizing activity appears to be strongly dependent on the cyclic structure (the linear acyclic references are inactive) and the size of the macrocycle; both features being known to determine the preferential binding of the compound to ssDNA. Interestingly, CBIs induced the dissociation of the duplex template in a concentration range (0.5-1 microM) close to that required for the destabilizing activity of single stranded DNA binding proteins (SSBs). Therefore competition experiments between CBIs and an SSB protein (Eco SSB) for binding to a single stranded oligonucleotide target (36-mer) have been performed through gel electrophoresis and nitrocellulose binding assays and strong inhibitory effects on the formation of the SSB:36-mer complex have been observed.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D007364 Intercalating Agents Agents that are capable of inserting themselves between the successive bases in DNA, thus kinking, uncoiling or otherwise deforming it and therefore preventing its proper functioning. They are used in the study of DNA. Intercalating Agent,Intercalating Ligand,Intercalative Compound,Intercalator,Intercalators,Intercalating Ligands,Intercalative Compounds,Agent, Intercalating,Agents, Intercalating,Compound, Intercalative,Compounds, Intercalative,Ligand, Intercalating,Ligands, Intercalating
D011489 Protein Denaturation Disruption of the non-covalent bonds and/or disulfide bonds responsible for maintaining the three-dimensional shape and activity of the native protein. Denaturation, Protein,Denaturations, Protein,Protein Denaturations
D004247 DNA A deoxyribonucleotide polymer that is the primary genetic material of all cells. Eukaryotic and prokaryotic organisms normally contain DNA in a double-stranded state, yet several important biological processes transiently involve single-stranded regions. DNA, which consists of a polysugar-phosphate backbone possessing projections of purines (adenine and guanine) and pyrimidines (thymine and cytosine), forms a double helix that is held together by hydrogen bonds between these purines and pyrimidines (adenine to thymine and guanine to cytosine). DNA, Double-Stranded,Deoxyribonucleic Acid,ds-DNA,DNA, Double Stranded,Double-Stranded DNA,ds DNA
D004268 DNA-Binding Proteins Proteins which bind to DNA. The family includes proteins which bind to both double- and single-stranded DNA and also includes specific DNA binding proteins in serum which can be used as markers for malignant diseases. DNA Helix Destabilizing Proteins,DNA-Binding Protein,Single-Stranded DNA Binding Proteins,DNA Binding Protein,DNA Single-Stranded Binding Protein,SS DNA BP,Single-Stranded DNA-Binding Protein,Binding Protein, DNA,DNA Binding Proteins,DNA Single Stranded Binding Protein,DNA-Binding Protein, Single-Stranded,Protein, DNA-Binding,Single Stranded DNA Binding Protein,Single Stranded DNA Binding Proteins
D001483 Base Sequence The sequence of PURINES and PYRIMIDINES in nucleic acids and polynucleotides. It is also called nucleotide sequence. DNA Sequence,Nucleotide Sequence,RNA Sequence,DNA Sequences,Base Sequences,Nucleotide Sequences,RNA Sequences,Sequence, Base,Sequence, DNA,Sequence, Nucleotide,Sequence, RNA,Sequences, Base,Sequences, DNA,Sequences, Nucleotide,Sequences, RNA
D001667 Binding, Competitive The interaction of two or more substrates or ligands with the same binding site. The displacement of one by the other is used in quantitative and selective affinity measurements. Competitive Binding

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