The binding interaction of novel podophyllotoxin derivative, (3R,4R)-4-((benzo[d][1,3]dioxol-5-yl)methyl)-dihydro-3-(hydroxy(3,4-dimethoxyphenyl) methyl) furan-2(3H)-one (PPT), with calf thymus DNA (ctDNA) has been examined using UV-Visible absorption spectrophotometry, fluorescence spectroscopy, viscosity measurement and molecular docking studies. UV-Vis absorption results showed hyperchromic ...

interactions of cationic tetrakis (n,n´,n´´,n´´´-tetramethyltetra-3,4-pyridinoporphyrazinatocobalt(ii) (co(tmtppa)) with synthetic polynucleotides, poly(a-t), poly(g-c) and calf thymus dna have been characterized in 5 mm phosphate buffer, ph 7.2, by optical absorption and fluorescence spectroscopy. the appearance of hypochromicity effect and the red shift in uv-vis spectrum of porphyrazine was ...

potential relationships between amino acid motifs in the antigen binding groove of various alleles of the bovine major histocompatibility complex dr (bola-dr) molecule and peripheral blood mononuclear cell (pbmc) proliferation, in response to s. aureus and phytohemaglutinin, were investigated. the animals included in the study were approximately of the same age and comprised of pure holstein-fr...

The double-stranded DNA of the genome contains both sequence information directly relating to the protein and RNA coding as well as functional and structural information relating to protein recognition. Only recently is the importance of DNA shape in this recognition process being fully appreciated, and it also appears that minor groove electronegative potential may contribute significantly in ...

Recently we reported that the BH3-only proteins Bim and Noxa bind tightly but transiently to the BH3-binding groove of Bak to initiate Bak homo-oligomerization. However, it is unclear how such tight binding can induce Bak homo-oligomerization. Here we report the ligand-induced Bak conformational changes observed in 3D models of Noxa·Bak and Bim·Bak refined by molecular dynamics simulations. In ...

In this study, we were synthesized Fe3O4@LDH@Lamivudine and characterized by FT-IR spectroscopy,XRD and TEM. The interaction of this nanoparticle with CT-DNA was investigated by viscosity, circulardichroism (CD), Uv-Visible and fluorescence spectroscopy. Among all nanocarriers which applied as drugdelivery vectors, layered double hydroxides (LDHs) with exchangeable anions in t...

PT-ACRAMTU ([PtCl(en)(ACRAMTU-S)](NO(3))(2), en = ethane-1,2-diamine, ACRAMTU = 1-[2-(acridin-9-ylamino)ethyl]-1,3-dimethylthiourea) is a cytotoxic platinum-acridine conjugate previously shown to form adducts with the N3 endocyclic nitrogen of adenine in the DNA minor groove. This unusual observation and our prior determination of the pronounced 5'-TA/TA base-step affinity of the drug have prom...

The energetic profiles of a significant number of protein-DNA systems at 20 degrees C reveal that, despite comparable Gibbs free energies, association with the major groove is primarily an enthalpy-driven process, whereas binding to the minor groove is characterized by an unfavorable enthalpy that is compensated by favorable entropic contributions. These distinct energetic signatures for major ...