Abstract
The nonintercalative binding of an aliphatic and an aromatic bisguanylhydrazone (BGH) to the minor groove of double-stranded (dA-dT) n oligomers is investigated by means of theoretical computations. The preferred binding arrangements of both BGHs are stabilized by a number of H-bonding interactions with sites O2(T), N3(A) and o′1 on the two strands, and require limited conformational rearrangements of the BGHs around their C-C single bonds. The intermolecular interaction energy is larger with the aliphatic BGH than with the aromatic one. The energy difference is, however, considerably reduced when the oligomer is lengthened: it passes from 16.1 kcal/mole at the heptamer level, to 7.9 kcal/mole at the undecamer level and to 4.6 kcal/mole when each strand of the undecamer is flanked with a complementary complete helical turn of phosphates, on both the 3′ and 5′ termini.
The interaction energies of the BGHs with water molecules in the first hydration shell are, however, also larger with the aliphatic BGH, than with the aromatic BGH. This energy difference is further enhanced when one considers also the water molecules in the second shell. It becomes greater than the difference in the interaction energy of the two BGHs with (dA-dT) n for large values of n. When the dehydration energy of BGHs is taken into account the overall energy balance is then more favorable for the interaction of the aromatic than of the aliphatic BGH with the polynucleotide. This last conclusion is in agreement with experimental results.
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Gresh, N., Pullman, B. A theoretical study of the relative affinities of an aliphatic and an aromatic bisguanylhydrazone for the minor groove of double-stranded (dA-dT) n oligomers. Theoret. Chim. Acta 64, 383–395 (1984). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00548948
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