Evstigneev, M.P. and Evstigneev, V.P. and Davies, David B. (2006) 1H NMR determination of the self-association of an acridine homodimer and its complexation with ethidium bromide in aqueous solution. Journal of Molecular Structure 784 (1-3), pp. 162-168. ISSN 0022-2860.
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Abstract
1H NMR spectroscopy (500MHz) has been used to investigate the self-association in aqueous buffered solution of a bis-intercalator, Acridine Homodimer (AcrH), and its hetero-association with the aromatic dye, Ethidium Bromide (EB). The equilibrium constants and thermodynamical parameters (enthalpy and entropy) of self-association have been determined from the observed concentration and temperature dependences of chemical shifts of AcrH protons and the results are consistent with a model consisting of at least four distinct forms of AcrH molecules in solution: unfolded (U), folded (F), a dimer formed from two folded molecules (F2) and a trimer formed from three folded molecules (F3). It has also been shown that Ethidium Bromide complexes strongly to the dimer form (F2) of the bis-acridine molecule, AcrH. Comparison of the calculated association parameters of AcrH with the previously studied Ethidium Homodimer (EBH) revealed a correlation between the effectiveness of complexation and the length of chain connecting the chromophores of a bis-intercalator.
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| Item Type: | Article |
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| Keyword(s) / Subject(s): | Acridine Homodimer, Ethidium Bromide, self-association, hetero-association, NMR spectroscopy |
| School: | Birkbeck Faculties and Schools > Faculty of Science > School of Natural Sciences |
| Depositing User: | Sandra Plummer |
| Date Deposited: | 19 Jun 2006 |
| Last Modified: | 02 Aug 2023 16:47 |
| URI: | https://eprints.bbk.ac.uk/id/eprint/379 |
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