The interaction of Mg2+, Ca2+, Zn2+, and Cd2' with calf thymus DNA has been investigated by Raman spectroscopy. These spectra reveal that all of these ions, and particularly Zn2+, bind to phosphate groups of DNA, causing a slight structural change in the polynucleotide at very small metal : D N A (
A raman study of the interaction of Mg2+, Ca2+, and Ba2+ ions with an acidic model membrane
β Scribed by Heino Susi
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1981
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 447 KB
- Volume
- 29
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0009-3084
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β¦ Synopsis
The interaction of dipalmitoylphosphatidylglycerol (DPPG) liposomes with divalent ions of magnesium, calcium and barium has been investigated with laser-Raman spectroscopy over the temperature range of 0-60Β°C. The effect of Ca 2+ ions was also investigated as a function of concentration. At a Ca2+/DPPG molar ratio of 0.1, the number of trans carbon to carbon bonds in the hydrocarbon domain of the phospholipid and the lateral order of the hydrocarbon chains was increased both below and above the gel to liquid crystal transition. At higher Ca 2+ concentrations the number of trans bonds and the lateral order is further increased over the entire temperature range studied, while the transition disappears. Magnesium and barium ions have a much smaller ordering effect on the side-chain packing of DPPG llposomes. At a molar ratio of 0.3, the gel to liquid crystal transition is still discernible for DPPG liposomes in the presence of Ba ~+ ions, but not in the presence of Mg 2+ ions.
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