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Published in final edited form as: Biochemistry. 2011 Oct 3;50(42):9088–9113. doi: 10.1021/bi201077h

Table 4.

Thermodynamic Profiles of Neomycin Interaction With a Variety of Nucleic Acids. Buffer 10 mM Sodium Cacodylate, 0.5 mM EDTA, 100 mM NaCl at pH 5.5.

ΔHwc
(kcal/mol)
Tm0
(°C)
Tm
(°C)
ΔT
(°C)
n ΔH(T1)
(kcal/mol)
ΔH(T2)
(kcal/mol)
ΔCp
(cal/mol.K)
KT(20°C)
(M−1)
poly(dAdT)•poly(dAdT) 3.90 62.4 63.2 0.8 7.3 −2.1±0.1 (40°C) −2.3±0.1
(53°C)
−16±10 (8.9±0.1)×104
poly(dA)•2poly(dT) 1.21 23.5 31.0 7.5 6.0 −0.6±0.3 (5°C) −3.2±0.5
(15°C)
−264±30 (2.4±0.1)×105
poly(rA)•poly(dT) 7.12 64.1 67.5 3.4 8.0 −4.5±0.1 (35°C) −5.0±0.2
(45°C)
−50±20 (3.4±0.4)×106
poly(dA)•poly(rU) 3.84 43.6 65.5 21.9 6.5 3.6±0.1 (15°C) 2.8±0.1
(20°C)
−160±18 (9.4±0.1)×106
d(A2G15C15T2)2a 3.00 93.7 101.1 7.4 10.0 −0.7±0.1 (20°C) −2.7±0.1
(30°C)
−173±23 (1.8±0.6)×107
poly(rA-rA) 4.05 44.0 61.5 17.5 6.5 −1.8±0.1 (5°C) −2.1±0.1
(10°C)
−60±25 (1.7±0.2)×107
poly(rA)•poly(rU) 6.34 53.4 64.7 11.3 8.0 1.7±0.1 (15°C) −0.7±0.1
(25°C)
−245±7 (2.9±0.1)×107
poly(rA)•2poly(rU) 1.40 45.5 - - - 2.42±0.02(15°C) 0.02±0.01
(25°C)
−240±3 -
16S A-site RNAa 96.6b 70.8 77.0 6.2 1.0 −0.9±0.1 (10°C) −2.4±0.1
(20°C)
−151±12 (8.7±0.9)×107
a

Data obtained from ITC titration experiments.

b

The melting enthalpy corresponds to the melting of a molecule of the nucleic acid.