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. 2002 Jul;83(1):371–381. doi: 10.1016/S0006-3495(02)75176-X

Rotation of periphery methylpyridine of meso-tetrakis(n-N-methylpyridiniumyl)porphyrin (n = 2, 3, 4) and its selective binding to native and synthetic DNAs.

Soomin Lee 1, Young-Ae Lee 1, Hyun Mee Lee 1, Jae Yang Lee 1, Dong Ho Kim 1, Seog K Kim 1
PMCID: PMC1302154  PMID: 12080127

Abstract

By utilizing circular and linear dichroism, the binding mode of meso-tetrakis(n-N-methylpyridiniumyl)porphyrin (n = 2, 3, 4) to various DNAs was studied in this work. 2-N-(methylpyridiniumyl)porphyrin(o-TMPyP), in which rotation of the periphery pyridinium ring is prevented, exhibits similar spectral properties when bound to DNA, poly[d(G-C)(2)] and poly[d(A-T)(2)], suggesting a similar binding mode. Close analysis of the spectral properties led us to conclude that o-TMPyP sits in the major groove. However, both 3-N- and 4-N-(methylpyridiniumyl)porphyrin (m- and p-TMPyP), of which the periphery pyridinium ring is free to rotate, intercalate between the basepairs of DNA and poly[d(G-C)(2)]. In the presence of poly[d(A-T)(2)], m-TMPyP exhibits a typical bisignate excitonic CD spectrum in the Soret band, while p-TMPyP shows two positive CD bands. The excitonic CD spectrum of the m-TMPyP-poly[d(A-T)(2)] complex and the positive CD band of the o-TMPyP-poly[d(A-T)(2)] complex were not affected by the presence of the minor groove binding drug, 4',6-diamidino-2-phenylindole (DAPI), indicating that this porphyrin is bound in the major groove. In contrast, two positive CD bands of the p-TMPyP-poly[d(A-T)(2)] complex altered in the presence of DAPI. From the changes in CD spectrum and other spectral properties, a few possible binding modes for p-TMPyP to poly[d(A-T)(2)] are suggested.

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