The current development in the intramolecular aromatic-ring stacking interactions in the complexes with compositions of DNA and heteroaromatic N-bases has been reviewed to a great extent, especially the significant contributions in several important systems about ternary mixed-ligand complexes, including nucleotide-metal ion-po-lyaromatic amine, amino acid-metal ion-polyaromatic amine, nucleotide-metal ion-pyridine-like aromatic amine, nucleo-tide-metal ion-amino acid, nucleotide-metal ion-nucleic acid base, nucleic acid base-metal ion, and the important factors affecting the intramolecular aromatic-ring stacking interac-tions in the complexes. Based on the study of stacking inter-action in the complexes, the mechanism of interaction be-tween DNA molecules and complexes of heteroaromatic N-bases has been established, which is crucial for the design and synthesis of the complexes acting as molecular devices of DNA.
Jl Liangnian & LE XueyiDepartment of Chemistry, Key Laboratory for the Gene Engineering of the Ministry of Education of China, and State Key Laboratory of Ultrafast Laser Spectroscopy, Zhongshan University, Guangzhou 510275, China
A new ruthenium polypyridine complex, [Ru(phen) 2(pMIP)] 2+(phen=1,10-phenanthroline, pMIP=2-(4-methylphenyl)imidazo phenanthroline), was synthesized and characterized by elementary analysis, MS and 1H NMR. Spectroscopic methods have been carried out on the interaction mechanism of the Ru (Ⅱ) complex with yeast tRNA systematically. The experimental results indicate that the complex binds to yeast tRNA with an intercalative mode possibly, and interacts with yeast tRNA enantioselectively. The experimental results also suggest that spectroscopic method is effective on studying the interaction mechanism of Ru (Ⅱ) complexes with RNA. Information obtained from the study is potentially useful in the design of new RNA-targeting drugs.
The interaction of ruthenated porphyrin [Ru(bpy) 2(MPyTPP)Cl] + with CT-DNA was investigated with UV-Vis and fluorescent spectrum. It is found that [Ru(bpy) 2(MPyTPP)Cl] + binds to CT-DNA with a high affinity.
