Abstract：
:Minor groove specific DNA equilibrium binding peptides (lex) based on N-methylpyrrole-carboxamide and/or N-methylimidazolecarboxamide subunits have been modified with an O-methyl sulfonate ester functionality to target DNA methylation in the minor groove at Ade/Thy- and/or Gua/Cyt-rich sequences. HPLC and sequencing gel analyses show that the Me-lex compounds all selectively react with DNA to afford N3-alkyladenine as a major adduct. The formation of the N3-alkyladenine lesions is sequence-dependent based on the equilibrium binding preferences of the different lex peptides. In addition to the reaction at adenine, the molecules designed to target Gua/Cyt sequences also generate lesions at guanine; however, the methylation is not sequence dependent and takes places in the major groove at the N7-position. To determine if and how the level of the different DNA adducts and the sequence selectivity for their formation affects cytotoxicity, the Me-lex analogues were tested in wild type Escherichia coli and in mutant strains defective in base excision repair (tag and/or alkA or apn). The results demonstrate the importance of 3-methyladenine, and in some cases 3-methylguanine, lesions in cellular toxicity, and the dominant protective role of the DNA glycosylases. There is no evidence that the sequence specificity is related to toxicity.
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Biochemistryjournal_title
Biochemistryauthors
Varadarajan S,Shah D,Dande P,Settles S,Chen FX,Fronza G,Gold Bdoi
10.1021/bi0353272subject
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2003-12-09 00:00:00pages
14318-27issue
48eissn
0006-2960issn
1520-4995journal_volume
42pub_type
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