학술논문
Interactions among iron(II) bleomycin, Lewis bases, and DNA.
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Article
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Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America; December 1981, Vol. 78 Issue: 12 p7517-7520, 4p
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00278424; 10916490
Abstract
The interaction of sulfur-containing ligands with complexes of Fe(II) bleomycin [Fe(II)Blm] was investigated by comparing DNA strand-scission activity with the structural characteristics of the complex. The bithiazole ring of excess Blm can form intermolecular complexes with Fe(II)Blm and with NO-Fe(II)Blm, and the bithiazole groups of CO-Fe(II)Blm interact with the metal center. This binding can be reversed by glutathione, CO-Fe(II)Blm binds to poly(dA-dT) . poly(dA-dT) via its bithiazole group to change the environment of the Fe2+ ion. Glutathione binds to the CO-Fe(II)Blm-poly(dA-dT) . poly(dA-dT) complex under conditions in which it stimulates DNA strand scission by Fe(II)Blm.