FTIR study of netropsin binding to poly d(A-T) and poly dA.poly dT.
Complexes between netropsin and two polynucleotides containing only AT base pairs (poly d(A-T) and poly dA.poly dT) have been prepared at various drug/base pair ratios and studied in solution by Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy. The drug is shown to interact in the narrow groove of poly d(A-T) with the C2O2 carbonyl of thymines and the N3 groups of adenines. Moreover the spectral modifications allow us to propose the existence of interactions at the level of the deoxyribose. No effect is detected on the phosphate groups when netropsin is progressively added. In the case of poly dA.poly dT the interaction seems much weaker as if the high propeller twist of the homopolymer would make the accessibility of the drug to the minor groove more difficult.[1]References
- FTIR study of netropsin binding to poly d(A-T) and poly dA.poly dT. Liquier, J., Mchami, A., Taillandier, E. J. Biomol. Struct. Dyn. (1989) [Pubmed]
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