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  • Title: Conformational features of distamycin-DNA and netropsin-DNA complexes by Raman spectroscopy.
    Author: Martin JC, Wartell RM, O'Shea DC.
    Journal: Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A; 1978 Nov; 75(11):5483-7. PubMed ID: 281697.
    Abstract:
    The binding of distamycin and netropsin to duplex DNA has been studied by Raman spectroscopy. Several changes occur in the Raman spectra of these drugs upon binding DNA. These changes were analyzed by assigning specific motions to the observed Raman bands through the use of molecular subunits of the drugs and normal mode calculations. Our analysis indicates that pyrrole ring and peptide group vibrations are altered upon binding to DNA. The environments of the pyrrole ring methyl groups are not affected by the binding. These data provide physical evidence consistent with a binding model in which the methyl groups on the pyrroles project away from the DNA and the peptide N-H groups form hydrogen bonds with the DNA.
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