Structure determination of an intercalating ruthenium dipyridophenazine complex which kinks DNA by semiintercalation of a tetraazaphenanthrene ligand

Hall, J. P., O'Sullivan, K., Naseer, A., Smith, J. A., Kelly, J. M. and Cardin, C. J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2556-9995 (2011) Structure determination of an intercalating ruthenium dipyridophenazine complex which kinks DNA by semiintercalation of a tetraazaphenanthrene ligand. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 108 (43). pp. 17610-17614. ISSN 1091-6490 doi: 10.1073/pnas.1108685108

Abstract/Summary

We describe a crystal structure, at atomic resolution (1.1 Å, 100 K), of a ruthenium polypyridyl complex bound to duplex DNA, in which one ligand acts as a wedge in the minor groove, resulting in the 51° kinking of the double helix. The complex cation Λ-[Ru(1,4,5,8-tetraazaphenanthrene)2(dipyridophenazine)]2+ crystallizes in a 1∶1 ratio with the oligonucleotide d(TCGGCGCCGA) in the presence of barium ions. Each complex binds to one duplex by intercalation of the dipyridophenazine ligand and also by semiintercalation of one of the orthogonal tetraazaphenanthrene ligands into a second symmetrically equivalent duplex. The result is noncovalent cross-linking and marked kinking of DNA.

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Divisions	Life Sciences > School of Chemistry, Food and Pharmacy > Department of Chemistry
Uncontrolled Keywords	DNA oligonucleotide, ruthenium complex, X-ray crystal structure
Publisher	National Academy of Sciences
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