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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Apr 7.
Published in final edited form as: Biochimie. 2010 Feb 16;92(5):514–529. doi: 10.1016/j.biochi.2010.02.004

Table 4.

Thermodynamic profiles of poly(dA) . 2poly(dT) and 5v-dA12-x-dT12-x-dT12-3′ interaction with aminoglycosides in10 mM sodium cacodylate, 0.5 mM EDTA, pH 6.8 (unless indicated otherwise) and various KCl concentrations. T= 10 °C.

Drug [KCl] (mM) ΔHHS (kcal/mol
base triplet)
Tm0 (°C ) Tm (°C ) ΔCp (cal/mol K) Kobs(10°C)(M −1)
poly(dA) 2poly(dT)
Neomycin 100 1.20 22.7 54.2 −218 ±15 NA
Neomycin 150 1.59 33.9 46.5 −116 ± 34 NA
Neomycin 200 2.00 41.0 43.9 − 76 ± 13 NA
Neomycin 100 (pH 5.5)a 1.16 22.4 28.6 −98 ±13 (6.2 ± 0.5) × 105
Neomycin 120 (pH 5.5)a 1.50 27.5 32.4 −90 ±18 (4.0 ±0.1) × 105
Neomycin 140 (pH 5.5)a 1.70 31.4 34.4 −87 ± 4 (2.4 ±0.1) × 105
Paromomycin 100 1.20 22.7 32.2 −83 ± 15 NA
Paromomycin 150 1.59 33.9 36.3 −29 ±9 NA
Paromomycin 200 2.00 41.0 42.5 −23 ±11 NA
Ribostamycin 100 1.20 22.7 26.2 −30 ±8 NA
5′-dA12-x-dT12-x-dT12-3′
Neomycin 100 1.33 30.0 36.5 −310 ± 43 (1.4 ± 0.2) × 106
Neomycin 150 1.59 34.8 37.0 −158 ± 30 (2.5 ± 0.3) × 105
Neomycin 200 1.78 37.3 38.7 −84 ±12 (1.4 ± 0.1) × 105
Neomycin 250 1.81 42.4 43.7 − 17 ± 22 (9.3 ± 0.1) × 104
a

Experiments were done at pH 5.5.