Drug and Natural Product Binding to Nucleic Acids Analyzed by Electronic Circular Dichroism

Author(s):  
George A. Ellestad
2016 ◽  
Vol 22 (47) ◽  
pp. 17011-17019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniele Padula ◽  
Sandro Jurinovich ◽  
Lorenzo Di Bari ◽  
Benedetta Mennucci

2016 ◽  
Vol 18 (2) ◽  
pp. 866-877 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniele Loco ◽  
Sandro Jurinovich ◽  
Lorenzo Di Bari ◽  
Benedetta Mennucci

The CD spectra of nucleic acids can be simulated and interpreted through an excitonic approach combining TDDFT and polarizable MM.


Science ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 368 (6498) ◽  
pp. 1465-1468 ◽  
Author(s):  
Steven Daly ◽  
Frédéric Rosu ◽  
Valérie Gabelica

DNA and proteins are chiral: Their three-dimensional structures cannot be superimposed with their mirror images. Circular dichroism spectroscopy is widely used to characterize chiral compounds, but data interpretation is difficult in the case of mixtures. We recorded the electronic circular dichroism spectra of DNA helices separated in a mass spectrometer. We studied guanine-rich strands having various secondary structures, electrosprayed them as negative ions, irradiated them with an ultraviolet nanosecond optical parametric oscillator laser, and measured the difference in electron photodetachment efficiency between left and right circularly polarized light. The reconstructed circular dichroism ion spectra resembled those of their solution-phase counterparts, thereby allowing us to assign the DNA helical topology. The ability to measure circular dichroism directly on biomolecular ions expands the capabilities of mass spectrometry for structural analysis.


Planta Medica ◽  
2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Qian Yang ◽  
An Jia ◽  
Xizi Liu ◽  
Shiyi Han ◽  
Siyang Fan

AbstractA new sesquiterpene, chlorantholide G (1), a new sesquiterpene dimer, elatiolactone (2), and 2 new diterpenes, elatiorlabdane B (3) and elatiorlabdane C (4), together with 51 known compounds, were isolated from the aerial parts of Chloranthus elatior. The new structures including their absolute configurations were mainly established by mass spectrometric, NMR, and electronic circular dichroism experiments. All isolated compounds were tested for their anti-hDHODH activity. (4S,6R)-4-hydroxy-6-isopropyl-3-methylcyclohex-2-enone (5) and (4S,5R,9S,10R)-8(17),12,14-labdatrien-18-oic acid (29) were the most active compounds with IC50 values of 18.7 and 30.7 µM, respectively.


RSC Advances ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (14) ◽  
pp. 8411-8419
Author(s):  
Jakub Kaminský ◽  
Valery Andrushchenko ◽  
Petr Bouř

Electronic absorption, natural and magnetic circular dichroism spectra of several nucleosides are simulated to understand their dependence on molecular dynamics and environment, their sensitivity to nucleoside pairing and stacking in nucleic acids.


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