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NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH
Volume 29, Issue 13, Pages 2795-2801Publisher
OXFORD UNIV PRESS
DOI: 10.1093/nar/29.13.2795
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The interaction of hexamminecobalt(III), Co(NH3)(6)(3+) with 160 and 3000-8000 bp length calf thymus DNA has been investigated by circular dichroism, acoustic and densimetric techniques. The acoustic titration curves of 160 bp DNA revealed three stages of interaction: (i) Co(NH3)(6)(3+) binding up to the molar ratio [Co(NH3)(6)(3+)]/[P] = 0.25, prior to DNA condensation; (ii) a condensation process between [Co(NH3)(6)(3+)]/[P] = 0.25 and 0.30; and (iii) precipitation after [Co(NH3)(6)(3+)]/[P] = 0.3. In the case of 3000-8000 bp DNA only two processes were observed: (i) binding up to [Co(NH3)(6)(3+)]/[P] = 0.3; and (ii) precipitation after this point. In agreement with earlier observations, long DNA aggregates without changes in its B-form circular dichroism spectrum, while short DNA demonstrates a positive B --> Psi transition after [Co(NH3)(6)(3+)]/[P] = 0.25, From ultrasonic and densimetric measurements the effects of Co(NH3)(6)(3+) binding on volume and compressibility have been obtained. The binding of Co(NH3)(6)(3+) to both short and long DNA is characterized by similar changes in volume and compressibility calculated per mole Co(NH3)(6)(3+): DeltaV= 9 cm(3) mol(-1) and Delta kappa = 33 x 10(-4) cm(3) mol(-1) bar(-1). The positive sign of the parameters indicates dehydration, i.e, water release from Co(NH3)(6)(3+) and the atomic groups of DNA, This extent of water displacement would be consistent with the formation of two direct, hydrogen bonded contacts between the cation and the phosphates of DNA.
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