Abstract
Recent developments have indicated that aminoglycoside binding is limited not to RNA but to nucleic acids that, like RNA, adopt conformations similar to the A-form. We have further sought to expand the utility of aminoglycoside binding to B-DNA structures by conjugating neomycin, an aminoglycoside antibiotic, with the B-DNA minor groove binding ligand Hoechst 33258. Described herein are novel neomycin-Hoechst 33258 conjugates developed for exploring B-DNA groove recognition. We have varied the two reported conjugates in linker length and composition in an effort to improve our understanding of the spatial differences that define B-DNA binding. Spectroscopic studies such as ultraviolet (UV) melting, isothermal fluorescence titrations, differential scanning calorimetry (DSC), and circular dichroism (CD) together illustrate the mode of binding by such conjugates. Both conjugates exhibit enhanced thermal stabilization of A.T rich duplexes when compared to Hoechst 33258.
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