Journal
ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION
Volume 58, Issue 29, Pages 9881-9885Publisher
WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH
DOI: 10.1002/anie.201814502
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G-quadruplexes; DNA structures; DNA recognition; polypyridyl ligands; ruthenium
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- Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council [BB/M004635/1]
- Diamond Light Source
- University of Reading
- BBSRC [BB/M004635/1, BB/P021328/1] Funding Source: UKRI
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By using X-ray crystallography, we show that the complexes L/ D-[ Ru(TAP) 2(11-CN-dppz)] 2+ (TAP= 1,4,5,8tetraazaphenanthrene, dppz= dipyridophenazine) bind DNA G-quadruplex in an enantiospecific manner that parallels the specificity of these complexes with duplex DNA. The L complex crystallises with the normally parallel stranded d(TAGGGTTA) tetraplex to give the first such antiparallel strand assembly in which syn-guanosine is adjacent to the complex at the 5' end of the quadruplex core. SRCD measurements confirm that the same conformational switch occurs in solution. The D enantiomer, by contrast, is present in the structure but stacked at the ends of the assembly. In addition, we report the structure of L-[ Ru(phen) 2(11-CN-dppz)] 2+ bound to d(TCGGCGCCGA), a duplex-forming sequence, and use both structural models to provide insight into the motif-specific luminescence response of the isostructural phen analogue enantiomers.
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