Structural analysis of the complex of phenoxazone antibiotic actinocyl-bis-(2-deoxytetranucleotide 5'-d(TpGpCpA) by the methods of two dimensional 1H-NMR-spectroscopy and molecular mechanics

The spatial structures of intercalated complexes of synthetic phenoxazone antibiotic actinocyl-bis-(2-dimethylaminoethyl) amide with self-complementary deoxytetranucleotide 5'-d(TpGpCpA) have been investigated. Analysis has been made using two-dimensional NMR (2D-NOESY) data in aqueous solution and molecular mechanics simulation. Distinctive features of the conformation of drug-DNA complexes have been determined at two possible orientations of the chromophore of phenoxazone antibiotic at the intercalation site.