Inhibition of (cytosine C5)-methyltransferase by oligonucleotides containing flexible (cyclopentane) and conformationally constrained (bicyclo[3.1.0]hexane) abasic sites

Nucleosides Nucleotides Nucleic Acids. 2001 Apr-Jul;20(4-7):451-9. doi: 10.1081/NCN-100002319.

Abstract

Pseudorotationally locked sugar analogues based on bicyclo[3.1.0]-hexane templates were placed in DNA duplexes as abasic target sites in the M. HhaI recognition sequence. The binding affinity of the enzyme increases when the abasic site is constrained to the South conformation and decreases when it is constrained to the North conformation. A structural understanding of these differences is provided.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Bridged Bicyclo Compounds / chemistry*
  • Bridged Bicyclo Compounds / pharmacology
  • Cyclopentanes / chemistry*
  • Cyclopentanes / metabolism
  • Cyclopentanes / pharmacology
  • DNA / chemistry
  • DNA / pharmacology
  • DNA-Cytosine Methylases / antagonists & inhibitors*
  • DNA-Cytosine Methylases / chemistry
  • DNA-Cytosine Methylases / metabolism
  • Nucleic Acid Conformation
  • Oligonucleotides / chemistry
  • Oligonucleotides / pharmacology*

Substances

  • Bridged Bicyclo Compounds
  • Cyclopentanes
  • Oligonucleotides
  • bicyclo(3.1.0)hexane
  • DNA
  • DNA modification methylase HhaI
  • DNA-Cytosine Methylases