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NMR studies of the interaction of chromomycin A/sub 3/ with small DNA duplexes

Journal Article · · Biochemistry; (United States)
OSTI ID:6522228

/sup 1/H and /sup 31/P NMR spectral analysis of a chromomycin/d(ATGCAT)/sub 2/ complex provides strong evidence for a nonintercalative mode of drug binding. Investigation of the imino proton region of the duplex suggests a protection of one of the two guanine imino protons from fast exchange with the bulk water up to at least 45 /sup 0/C by the drug. Subsequent one-dimensional nuclear Overhauser enhancement experiments place the exchangeable chromomycin chromophoric hydroxyl proton <0.45 nm from this guanine imino proton and the chromophore 7-methyl <0.45 from the internal thymine 6-proton and/or the guanine 8-proton. /sup 1/H two-dimensional NMR reveals that the duplex retains a right-handed B conformation but there are distortions at the TGC region of one chain and large deviations in the chemical shift of protons relative to the uncomplexed duplex in the other chain in the same TGC region. The data suggest that the chromomycin chromophore is oriented such that the hydrophilic side of the ring system is proximal the helix center in the major groove near the TG region while the aromatic side of the ring is oriented away from the helix but is partially protected from the solvent by the aliphatic chain, which bends back over the two aromatic protons. Changes in the /sup 32/P spectrum of the duplex on binding of the drug are different from the effect of either actinomycin or netropsin on nucleic acid fragments.

Research Organization:
Univ. of California, San Francisco
OSTI ID:
6522228
Journal Information:
Biochemistry; (United States), Journal Name: Biochemistry; (United States) Vol. 26:4; ISSN BICHA
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English