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. 1983 Sep 10;11(17):6141–6154. doi: 10.1093/nar/11.17.6141

Intercalative and nonintercalative binding of large cationic porphyrin ligands to polynucleotides.

M J Carvlin, E Mark, R Fiel, J C Howard
PMCID: PMC326340  PMID: 6889139

Abstract

The interactions of two positional isomers and one analogue of meso-tetra (4-N-methylpyridyl) porphine, with the synthetic polynucleotides poly[d(A-T)] . poly[d(A-T)] and poly[d(G-C)] . poly[d(G-C)] have been investigated by circular dichroism. All four porphyrins were found to bind to the polynucleotides as shown by the induction of circular dichroism in their Soret bands. Furthermore, the sign of the induced ellipticity reflects selective occupation of binding sites by the porphyrin ligands. The conformational lability of poly[d(A-T)] X poly[d(A-T)] was found to be appreciable as micromolar amounts of meso-substituted 4-N-methylpyridyl, 3-N-methylpyridyl, and p-N-trimethylanilinium porphines induced a CD spectrum similar but not identical to that of DNA in the Z-form, i.e. a negative band at 280 nm and a positive band at 259 nm. The effect of porphyrin binding to poly[d(G-C)] X poly[d(G-C)] was less pronounced and dissimilar to that seen in the AT polymer.

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