Abstract
A theoretical two-mode binding model for porphyrin binding to natural DNA is presented. One of the binding modes is assumed to be base sequence specific with binding sites n base-pairs long. The other binding mode has binding sites which consist of only one base-pair and can involve cooperativity. The model fits satisfactorily to data for H2TMPyP-4, Cu(II)TMPyP-3 and Cu(II)TMPyP-4 binding to calf thymus DNA in both a high (mu congruent to 1.0 M) and a low (mu congruent to 0.2 M) ionic strength buffer. The results show that the fraction of porphyrin bound in the non-specific mode reaches a maximum at certain input DNA to porphyrin concentrations ratios. The value of this maximum decreased, and its position shifted to higher DNA to porphyrin concentration ratios for binding in the high ionic strength buffer. The value of the cooperativity parameter obtained through the fitting process suggests that the non-specific binding is positively cooperative. The results are compared with the data analysed using other techniques.
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