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Thomas AM Nethaji M Mahadevan S Chakravarty AR 《Journal of inorganic biochemistry》2003,94(1-2):171-178
A series of mononuclear copper(II) complexes having a 1:1 molar ratio of copper and the planar heterocyclic base like 1,10-phenanthroline (phen), dipyrido[3,2-d:2',3'-f]quinoxaline (dpq) and dipyrido[3,2-a:2',3'-c]phenazine (dppz) are prepared from a reaction of copper(II) nitrate.trihydrate and the base (L) in ethanol or aqueous ethanol at different temperatures. The complexes [Cu(dpq)(NO(3))(2)] (2), [Cu(dpq)(NO(3))(H(2)O)(2)](NO(3)) (3), [Cu(dpq)(NO(3))(2)(H(2)O)(2)].2H(2)O (4.2H(2)O) and [Cu(dppz)(NO(3))(2)(H(2)O)].H(2)O (5.H(2)O) have been characterized by X-ray crystallography. The crystal structures show the presence of the heterocyclic base in the basal plane. The coordination geometries of the copper(II) centers are axially elongated square-pyramidal (4+1) in 2, 3 and 5, and octahedral (4+2) in 4. The nitrate anion in the coordination sphere displays unidentate and bidentate chelating bonding modes. The axial ligand is either H(2)O or NO(3) in these structures giving a Cu-L(ax) distance of approximately 2.4 A. The one-electron paramagnetic complexes (mu approximately 1.8 mu(B)) exhibit axial EPR spectra in DMF glass at 77 K giving g(parallel)>g( perpendicular ) with an A(parallel) value of approximately 170G indicating a [d(x)2(-y)2](1) ground state. The complexes are redox active and display a quasireversible cyclic voltammetric response for the Cu(II)/Cu(I) couple near 0.0 V vs. SCE giving an order of the E(1/2) values as 5(dppz)>2-4 (dpq)>[Cu(phen)(2)(H(2)O)](2+)>1 (phen). The complexes bind to calf thymus DNA giving an order 5 (dppz)>2 (dpq)>[Cu(phen)(2)(H(2)O)](2+)>1 (phen). An effect of the extended planar ring in dpq and dppz is observed in the DNA binding. The complexes show nuclease activity with pUC19 supercoiled DNA in DMF/Tris-HCl buffer containing NaCl in presence of mercaptopropanoic acid as a reducing agent. The extent of cleavage follows the order: [Cu(phen)(2)(H(2)O)](ClO(4))(2)>5>2 approximately 3 approximately 4>1. The bis-phen complex is a better cleaver of SC DNA than 1-5 having mono-heterocyclic base. Mechanistic investigations using distamycin reveal minor groove biding for the phen, dpq complexes, and a major groove binding for the dppz complex 5. The cleavage reactions are found to be inhibited in the presence of hydroxyl radical scavenger DMSO and the reactions are proposed to proceed via sugar hydrogen abstraction pathway. The ancillary ligand is found to have less effect in DNA binding but are of importance in DNA cleavage reactions. 相似文献
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Molecular probes are useful for both studying and controlling the functions of enzymes and other proteins. The most useful probes have high affinity for their target, along with small size and resistance to degradation. Here, we report on new surrogates for nucleic acids that fulfill these criteria. Isosteres in which phosphoryl [R-O-P(O(2)(-))-O-R'] groups are replaced with N-acylsulfonamidyl [R-C(O)-N(-)-S(O(2))-R'] or sulfonimidyl [R-S(O(2))-N(-)-S(O(2))-R'] groups increase the number of nonbridging oxygens from two (phosphoryl) to three (N-acylsulfonamidyl) or four (sulfonimidyl). Six such isosteres were found to be more potent inhibitors of catalysis by bovine pancreatic RNase A than are parent compounds containing phosphoryl groups. The atomic structures of two RNase A·N-acylsulfonamide complexes were determined at high resolution by X-ray crystallography. The N-acylsulfonamidyl groups were observed to form more hydrogen bonds with active site residues than did the phosphoryl groups in analogous complexes. These data encourage the further development and use of N-acylsulfonamides and sulfonimides as antagonists of nucleic acid-binding proteins. 相似文献
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Jenkins CL Thiyagarajan N Sweeney RY Guy MP Kelemen BR Acharya KR Raines RT 《The FEBS journal》2005,272(3):744-755
2'-Fluoro-2'-deoxyuridine 3'-phosphate (dU(F)MP) and arabinouridine 3'-phosphate (araUMP) have non-natural furanose rings. dU(F)MP and araUMP were prepared by chemical synthesis and found to have three- to sevenfold higher affinity than uridine 3'-phosphate (3'-UMP) or 2'-deoxyuridine 3'-phosphate (dUMP) for ribonuclease A (RNase A). These differences probably arise (in part) from the phosphoryl groups of 3'-UMP, dU(F)MP, and araUMP (pK(a) = 5.9) being more anionic than that of dUMP (pK(a) = 6.3). The three-dimensional structures of the crystalline complexes of RNase A with dUMP, dU(F)MP and araUMP were determined at < 1.7 A resolution by X-ray diffraction analysis. In these three structures, the uracil nucleobases and phosphoryl groups bind to the enzyme in a nearly identical position. Unlike 3'-UMP and dU(F)MP, dUMP and araUMP bind with their furanose rings in the preferred pucker. In the RNase A.araUMP complex, the 2'-hydroxyl group is exposed to the solvent. All four 3'-nucleotides bind more tightly to wild-type RNase A than to its T45G variant, which lacks the residue that interacts most closely with the uracil nucleobase. These findings illuminate in atomic detail the interaction of RNase A and 3'-nucleotides, and indicate that non-natural furanose rings can serve as the basis for more potent inhibitors of catalysis by RNase A. 相似文献
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Post-translational tyrosine nitration of eosinophil granule toxins mediated by eosinophil peroxidase
Ulrich M Petre A Youhnovski N Prömm F Schirle M Schumm M Pero RS Doyle A Checkel J Kita H Thiyagarajan N Acharya KR Schmid-Grendelmeier P Simon HU Schwarz H Tsutsui M Shimokawa H Bellon G Lee JJ Przybylski M Döring G 《The Journal of biological chemistry》2008,283(42):28629-28640
Nitration of tyrosine residues has been observed during various acute and chronic inflammatory diseases. However, the mechanism of tyrosine nitration and the nature of the proteins that become tyrosine nitrated during inflammation remain unclear. Here we show that eosinophils but not other cell types including neutrophils contain nitrotyrosine-positive proteins in specific granules. Furthermore, we demonstrate that the human eosinophil toxins, eosinophil peroxidase (EPO), major basic protein, eosinophil-derived neurotoxin (EDN) and eosinophil cationic protein (ECP), and the respective murine toxins, are post-translationally modified by nitration at tyrosine residues during cell maturation. High resolution affinity-mass spectrometry identified specific single nitration sites at Tyr349 in EPO and Tyr33 in both ECP and EDN. ECP and EDN crystal structures revealed and EPO structure modeling suggested that the nitrated tyrosine residues in the toxins are surface exposed. Studies in EPO(-/-), gp91phox(-/-), and NOS(-/-) mice revealed that tyrosine nitration of these toxins is mediated by EPO in the presence of hydrogen peroxide and minute amounts of NOx. Tyrosine nitration of eosinophil granule toxins occurs during maturation of eosinophils, independent of inflammation. These results provide evidence that post-translational tyrosine nitration is unique to eosinophils. 相似文献
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Reactions of orthometallated binuclear palladium complexes with NaER, obtained by NaBH4 reduction of R2E2 in methanol, gave complexes, [Pd2(μ-ER)2(C∩Y)2] (HC∩Y = N,N-dimethylbenzylamine (C6H5CH2NMe2), N,N-dimethylnaphthylamine (C10H7NMe2), tri-o-tolylphosphine {P(tol-o)3}; ER=SePh, SeMes, TePh, TeMes (Mes = 2,4,6-Me3C6H2). Similar reactions of [Pd2(μ-Cl)2(C10H6NMe2-C,N)2] with Pb(SMes)2 or MesSH in the presence of NaHCO3 gave chloro/thiolato-bridged complex [Pd2(μ-Cl)(μ-SMes)(C10H6NMe2-C,N)2]. The newly synthesized complexes were characterized by elemental analysis, UV-Vis, IR, NMR (1H, 13C, 31P, 77Se, 125Te) spectroscopy. These complexes crystallized out preferentially in sym-cis configuration. A low energy charge transfer transition has been identified from chalcogenolate centers to an emptyπ∗ orbital of cyclometallated ligand in absorption spectroscopy in these complexes. The structures of [Pd2(μ-Cl)(μ-SMes)(C10H6NMe2-C,N)2] (1) and [Pd2(μ-SePh)2(C10H6NMe2-C,N) 2] (3) have been established by single crystal X-ray diffraction analyses. In the former, the two palladium atoms are held together by chloro and thiolato bridges whereas in the latter, the two phenylselenolato ligands bridge two palladium atoms. The pyrolysis of [Pd(μ-TeMes)(C10H6NMe2-C,N)]2 (10) in a furnace gave Pd7Te3 whereas thermolysis in TOPO afforded primarily PdTe2. 相似文献
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The reactions of a self-assembled silver(I) coordination polymer, [Ag2{μ-PriN(PPh2)2}(μ-NO3)2]n (1) with various bidentate N-donor ligands such as DABCO, 2,2′-bipyridyl and 1,10-phenanthroline yield 1-D helices or π-π stacked polymers, depending on the chelate vector of the N-donor ligand. The molecular structures of the resultant complexes, [Ag2{μ-PriN(PPh2)2}(DABCO)(NO3)2]n (2), [Ag2{μ-PriN(PPh2)2}(2,2′-bipy)2(NO3)2] (3) and [Ag2{μ-PriN(PPh2)2}(1,10-phen)2](NO3)2 (4) have been confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction. Complex 2 exists as an infinite helical polymer because of the exo-bidentate nature of DABCO. Complex 3 assumes a 2D grid motif as a result of intermolecular π-π stacking among adjacent bipyridine moieties. The phenanthroline complex 4 exhibits strong inter- and intramolecular π-π stacking interactions. 相似文献
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Biosorption is an eco-friendly and cost-effective method for treating the dye house effluents. Aspergillus niger and Trichoderma sp. were cultivated in bulk and biomasses used as biosorbents for the biosorption of an azo dye Orange G. Batch biosorption
studies were performed for the removal of Orange G from aqueous solutions by varying the parameters like initial aqueous phase
pH, biomass dosage, and initial dye concentration. It was found that the maximum biosorption was occurred at pH 2. Experimental
data were analyzed by model equations such as Langmuir and Freundlich isotherms, and it was found that both the isotherm models
best fitted the adsorption data. The monolayer saturation capacity was 0.48 mg/g for Aspergillus niger and 0.45 mg/g for Trichoderma sp. biomasses. The biosorption kinetic data were tested with pseudo first-order and pseudo second-order rate equations, and
it was found that the pseudo second-order model fitted the data well for both the biomasses. The rate constant for the pseudo
second-order model was found to be 10–0.8 (g/mg min−1) for Aspergillus niger and 8–0.4 (g/mg min−1) for Trichoderma sp. by varying the initial dye concentrations from 5 to 25 mg/l. It was found that the biomass obtained from Aspergillus niger was a better biosorbent for the biosorption of Orange G dye when compared to Trichoderma sp. 相似文献
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Dihydroxo-bridged dicopper(II) complexes [(Cu(phen))(2)(mu-OH)(2)](ClO(4))(2) (1), [(Cu(dpq))(2)(mu-OH)(2)](ClO(4))(2) (2) and [(Cu(dppz)(DMF))(2)(mu-OH)(2)](PF(6))(2) (3), where phen, dpq and dppz are 1,10-phenanthroline, dipyridoquinoxaline and dipyridophenazine, respectively, are prepared and their DNA binding and cleavage properties studied. Complex 3 has been structurally characterized by X-ray crystallography. The complexes have a (Cu(2)(mu-OH)(2))(2+) core with an essentially planar arrangement of two CuN(2)O(2) basal planes. The complexes are avid binder to calf thymus DNA (K(app) value of 4.8 x 10(6) and 5.9 x 10(6) M(-1) for 2 and 3, respectively, from ethidium displacement assay) and exhibits significant cleavage of supercoiled (SC) pUC19 DNA in dark in presence of mercaptopropionic acid. Besides, the dpq and dppz complexes display photo-induced DNA cleavage on UV (312 nm) and red light (632.8 nm) irradiations in absence of any additives. Mechanistic investigations reveal minor groove binding for the phen and dpq complexes, and major groove preference for the dppz species. The oxidative DNA cleavage reactions in presence of mercaptopropionic acid as a reducing agent involve hydroxyl radicals. The photo-cleavage reactions at UV light involve singlet oxygen as the reactive species, while similar reactions on red light irradiation (632.8 nm) proceed through the formation of hydroxyl radical. The complexes show significant DNA hydrolase activity in absence of any additives under dark reaction conditions. 相似文献
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Complex glycans have important roles in biological recognition processes and considerable pharmaceutical potential. The synthesis of novel glycans can be facilitated by engineering glycosyltransferases to modify their substrate specificities. The choice of sites to modify requires the knowledge of the structures of enzyme-substrate complexes while the complexity of protein structures necessitates the exploration of a large array of multisite mutations. The retaining glycosyltransferase, alpha-1,3-galactosyltransferase (alpha3GT), which catalyzes the synthesis of the alpha-Gal epitope, has strict specificity for UDP-galactose as a donor substrate. Based on the structure of a complex of UDP-galactose with alpha3GT, the specificity for the galactose moiety can be partly attributed to residues that interact with the galactose 2-OH group, particularly His280 and Ala282. With the goal of engineering a variant of bovine alpha3GT with GalNAc transferase activity, we constructed a limited library of 456 alpha3GT mutants containing 19 alternative amino acids at position 280, two each at 281 and 282 and six at position 283. Clones (1500) were screened by assaying partially purified bacterially expressed variants for GalNAc transferase activity. Mutants with the highest levels of GalNAc transferase activity, AGGL or GGGL, had substitutions at all four sites. The AGGL mutant had slightly superior GalNAc transferase activity amounting to about 3% of the activity of the wild-type enzyme with UDP-Gal. This mutant had a low activity with UDP-Gal; its crystallographic structure suggests that the smaller side chains at residues 280-282 form a pocket to accommodate the larger acetamido group of GalNAc. Mutational studies indicate that Leu283 is important for stability in this mutant. 相似文献