Study of the interaction of 5,7,7,12,14,14-hexamethyl-1,4,8,11-tetraaza-cyclotetradeca-4,11-dienatocopper with DNA by ethidium fluorescence spectroscopy

Changlin Liu; Juan Zou; Hui-Bie F. Xu

doi:10.1117/12.58256

1 April 1992 Study of the interaction of 5,7,7,12,14,14-hexamethyl-1,4,8,11-tetraaza-cyclotetradeca-4,11-dienatocopper with DNA by ethidium fluorescence spectroscopy

Changlin Liu, Juan Zou, Hui-Bie F. Xu

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Proceedings Volume 1640, Time-Resolved Laser Spectroscopy in Biochemistry III; (1992) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.58256
Event: OE/LASE '92, 1992, Los Angeles, CA, United States

Abstract

The interaction of copper(II) and its 5,7,7,12,14,14-hexamethyl-1,4,8,11-tetraazacyclo- tetradeca-4,11-diene(HTDE) complex with calf thymus DNA has been investigated by ethidium fluorescence spectroscopy. The experimental data shows that Cu(II), Cu(II)HTDE, and Cu(II)HTDE-thiol-hydrogen peroxide cause ethidium to dissociate from its host molecule and decrease the relative emission intensity of DNA-ethidium. Two different interaction modes could be deduced from the Cu(II) characteristics, the structure, steric constraint of Cu(II)HTDE, and the composition of the system. The evidence accumulated suggests that Cu(II)HTDE intercalates predominantly into the double-helical DNA in the absence of a reducing agent and hydrogen peroxide, and that it binds within the minor groove of DNA in the presence of RSH and H2O2.

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Changlin Liu, Juan Zou, and Hui-Bie F. Xu "Study of the interaction of 5,7,7,12,14,14-hexamethyl-1,4,8,11-tetraaza-cyclotetradeca-4,11-dienatocopper with DNA by ethidium fluorescence spectroscopy", Proc. SPIE 1640, Time-Resolved Laser Spectroscopy in Biochemistry III, (1 April 1992); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.58256

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