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Enhancement of aromatic amino acid-nucleic acid base stacking interaction by metal coordination to base: fluorescence study on a tryptophan-Pt(II)-guanine ternary complex.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  7656975     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
In order to investigate the effect of the Pt(II) ion on the stacking interaction between tryptophan and a guanine base, the quenching of Trp fluorescence was monitored for some systems in the absence and presence of the metal ion, and the association constants were obtained by the analysis of Eadie-Hofstee plots. All spectral data suggested that the stacking interaction is enhanced by the Pt(II) coordination to the guanine N7 atom. The result indicates the importance of the metal ion as a bookmark in the specific recognition of a nucleic acid base by an aromatic amino acid residue.
Authors:
H Kawai; M Tarui; M Doi; T Ishida
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't    
Journal Detail:
Title:  FEBS letters     Volume:  370     ISSN:  0014-5793     ISO Abbreviation:  FEBS Lett.     Publication Date:  1995 Aug 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  1995-10-04     Completed Date:  1995-10-04     Revised Date:  2006-11-15    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  0155157     Medline TA:  FEBS Lett     Country:  NETHERLANDS    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  193-6     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Department of Physical Chemistry, Osaka University of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Japan.
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Base Composition
Fluorescence*
Guanine / chemistry*
Platinum / chemistry*,  pharmacology*
Platinum Compounds / pharmacology
Purines / chemistry
Tryptophan / chemistry*,  drug effects
Chemical
Reg. No./Substance:
0/Platinum Compounds; 0/Purines; 120-73-0/purine; 73-22-3/Tryptophan; 73-40-5/Guanine; 7440-06-4/Platinum

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