ISSN:
0006-3525
Keywords:
Chemistry
;
Polymer and Materials Science
Source:
Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
Topics:
Chemistry and Pharmacology
Notes:
Diadenosine 5′,5‴-P1,P4-tetraphosphate (Ap4A), an intracellular regulatory nucleotide, has been found to react with the antitumor drug cis-diamminedichloroplatinum(II) and its aqua derivative to form a single complex. This complex has been purified by high-performance liquid chromatography and characterized by 1H-nmr and CD spectroscopy. In this complex, Ap4A takes a very particular conformation. It is an N7-N7 chelate of the metal with the two adenines in a head-to-head arrangement and an anti-anti conformation of the adenosines. Platinum chelation leads to a large decrease of the Ap4A conformational flexibility.
Additional Material:
5 Ill.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/bip.360230902
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