Inspired by the structures of natural nucleases, guanidinium groups were introduced into binuclear iron(III) systems. Compared with the corresponding analogue without guanidinium groups, the new diiron(III) system led to considerable rate enhancement on DNA cleavage. The cooperativity between metal ions and guanidine groups was evidenced by the fact that no significant cleavage was observed after incubating pBR322 plasmid DNA with non-metalated ligands or free Fe3+ ion. DNA binding experiments indicated that introduction of positively charged guanidinium groups can obtain more than one order of magnitude enhancement in the affinity of complex with DNA.
Efficient enhancement of DNA cleavage activity by introducing guanidinium groups into diiron(III) complex. Publishing Authors By Initials
Efficient enhancement of DNA cleavage activity by introducing guanidinium groups into diiron(III) complex. Journal Published:
PUBLICATION TYPE: Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov
Journal: Bioorganic & medicinal chemistry letters
VOLUME: 18
Page Numbers: 109-13
Journal Abbreviation: Bioorg. Med. Chem. Lett.
ISSN: 1464-3405
DAY: 5
MONTH: 11
YEAR: 2007
Efficient enhancement of DNA cleavage activity by introducing guanidinium groups into diiron(III) complex. Information
Number of References:
LANGUAGE: eng
NlmUniqueID: 9107377
Efficient enhancement of DNA cleavage activity by introducing guanidinium groups into diiron(III) complex. Keywords Mesh Terms:
KEYWORDS:
MESH TERMS:
Chemical & Substance for Abstract: Efficient enhancement of DNA cleavage activity by introducing guanidinium groups into diiron(III) complex. Information
Substance Name:
Registry Number:
Grant and Affiliation Information for Efficient enhancement of DNA cleavage activity by introducing guanidinium groups into diiron(III) complex.
AFFILIATION: State Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian 116012, PR China.
Country: England
AGENCY:
GRANT:
ACRONYM:
MEDLINETA: Bioorg Med Chem Lett
REFSOURCE:
DATABASENAME:
ACCESSION NUMBER:
Number Hits: 0
Efficient enhancement of DNA cleavage activity by introducing guanidinium groups into diironIII complex Related Publications