Interaction of porphyrin with G-quadruplex structures

Nucleosides Nucleotides Nucleic Acids. 2005;24(5-7):753-6. doi: 10.1081/ncn-200060070.

Abstract

Isothermal titration calorimetry (ITC) is a sensitive technique for probing bimolecular processes and can provide direct information about the binding affinity and stoichiometry and the key thermodynamic parameters involved. ITC has been used to investigate the interaction of the ligand H2TMPyP to the two DNA quadruplexes, [d(AGGGT)]4 and [d(TGGGGT)]. Analysis of the ITC data reveals that porphyrin/quadruplex binding stoichiometry under saturating conditions is 1:2 for [d(AGGGT)]4 and 2:1 for [d(TGGGGT)], respectively.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Biophysical Phenomena
  • Biophysics
  • Calorimetry
  • DNA / chemistry
  • Dose-Response Relationship, Drug
  • Kinetics
  • Ligands
  • Models, Chemical
  • Molecular Conformation
  • Nucleic Acid Conformation
  • Nucleic Acid Heteroduplexes*
  • Porphyrins / chemistry*
  • Temperature
  • Thermodynamics
  • Time Factors

Substances

  • Ligands
  • Nucleic Acid Heteroduplexes
  • Porphyrins
  • DNA