Photoreactive threading agent that specifically binds to abasic sites in DNA

Bioorg Med Chem Lett. 2006 Jan 1;16(1):154-7. doi: 10.1016/j.bmcl.2005.09.026. Epub 2005 Oct 5.

Abstract

We report the synthesis and study of a photoreactive nitrobenzamide containing acridine that specifically interacts at abasic site in DNA by threading intercalation and introduces under irradiation a lesion on the opposite strand at the unpaired pyrimidine.

MeSH terms

  • Acridines / chemistry*
  • Benzamides / chemistry*
  • DNA / chemistry*
  • DNA Repair
  • Dimerization
  • Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel
  • Intercalating Agents / pharmacology*
  • Light
  • Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy
  • Models, Chemical
  • Models, Molecular
  • Molecular Conformation
  • Nitrobenzenes / chemistry*
  • Nucleic Acid Conformation
  • Nucleic Acid Denaturation
  • Oligonucleotides / chemistry
  • Protons
  • Pyrimidines / chemistry*
  • Temperature
  • Thermodynamics

Substances

  • Acridines
  • Benzamides
  • Intercalating Agents
  • Nitrobenzenes
  • Oligonucleotides
  • Protons
  • Pyrimidines
  • DNA
  • nitrobenzene
  • pyrimidine