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Synchronized Chiral Induction between [5]Helicene-Spermine Ligand and B-Z DNA Transition
Kensuke Kawara1, Genichiro Tsuji1, Yosuke Taniguchi1
1Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kyushu University, 3-1-1 Maidashi, Higashi-ku, Fukuoka, 812-8582, Japan.
Abstract:
The 2,13-dimethoxy[5]helicene-spermine ligand 8 b possesses an axial chirality. The racemic 8 b was bound to B-DNA by the accompanying induction of its (P)-chirality together with the B-to-Z helicity change of the duplex DNA, [(dC-dG)3 ]2 . The (P)-chirality of the bound 8 b, in turn, transitioned to the (M)-chirality according to the Z-helicity of the DNA. These results illustrate the chirality synchronization between the DNA and the ligand.
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