BI-3802 is a relatively new anticancer drug known to bind the transcription repressor BCL6 and potently kill most common form of cancer cells, B-cell lymphoma, found in lymphatic system. Based on its structure we believe this small molecule can DNA through intercalation. We use Optical tweezers trap single explore binding with DNA. Once molecule, stretch measure tension as function extension.

Trioxatriangulenium ion (TOTA(+)) is a flat, somewhat hydrophobic compound that has a low-energy unoccupied molecular orbital. It binds to duplex DNA by intercalation with a preference for G-C base pairs. Irradiation of intercalated TOTA(+) causes charge (radical cation) injection that results in strand cleavage (after piperidine treatment) primarily at GG steps. The X-ray crystal structure of ...

DNA topoisomerase II (Top2) is the target of some of the most effective anticancer DNA intercalators. To determine the effect of intercalating ligands at defined positions relative to a known DNA cleavage site for human Top2alpha, we synthesized oligodeoxynucleotides containing single trans-opened benzo[a]pyrene 7,8-diol 9,10-epoxide (DE) deoxyadenosine (dA) adducts of known absolute configurat...

A computerized linked-atom modeling system was developed to examine the stereochemical requirements for intercalation of planar drugs into DNA. All classes of conformational possibilities for extending the polynucleotide backbone were examined for their ability to accommodate insertion of a drug into a base-paired region of DNA compatible with adjacent regions of B-DNA while stacking interactio...

two newly-created water-soluble complexes of palladium(ii)/platinum(ii)-dithiocarbamate, [pd/pt(phen)(pyr-dtc)]no3 (phen = 1,10-phenanthroline and pyr-dtc = pyrrolidinedithiocarbamate) were synthesized. also, their chemical characteristics are reported in the current research paper. in these complexes, the dithiocarbamato ligand coordinates to pt(ii) or pd(ii) center with two sulfur atoms as bi...