{"title":"Sequence-specific alkylation of DNA by duocarmycin A and its novel derivatives bearing PY/IM polyamides.","authors":"Z F Tao, T Fujiwara, I Saito, H Sugiyama","doi":"10.1080/07328319908044799","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>A new class of sequence-specific DNA alkylating agents were developed based on the reactivity of duocarmycin A and the DNA-reading ability of pyrrole-imidazole polyamide. The DNA alkylation sequence specificity by duocarmycin A can be modulated by a variety of pyrrole-imidazole triamides in a predictable manner. Novel hybrids of the segment A of duocarmycin A and pyrrole-imidazole polyamides efficiently and highly selectively alkylated the target base possessing match sequences of Dervan's binding code.</p>","PeriodicalId":19222,"journal":{"name":"Nucleosides & nucleotides","volume":"18 6-7","pages":"1615-6"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"1999-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/07328319908044799","citationCount":"8","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Nucleosides & nucleotides","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1080/07328319908044799","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
A new class of sequence-specific DNA alkylating agents were developed based on the reactivity of duocarmycin A and the DNA-reading ability of pyrrole-imidazole polyamide. The DNA alkylation sequence specificity by duocarmycin A can be modulated by a variety of pyrrole-imidazole triamides in a predictable manner. Novel hybrids of the segment A of duocarmycin A and pyrrole-imidazole polyamides efficiently and highly selectively alkylated the target base possessing match sequences of Dervan's binding code.